Samantha Leiva
CV
EDUCATION
Fine Arts Studies at the Universität der Künste UdK (University of Arts) Berlin, Germany
2010
Fine Arts Studies in the class of Valerie Fâvre, UdK, Berlin
2014
Bachelor ́s Degree in Fine Arts, UdK, Berlin
Master Studies in the class of Valerie Favre at the UdK, Berlin
2015
Meisterschülerin (Master´s Degree) of Vâlerie Favre, UdK, Berlin
Nominee for the Meisterschülerpreis des Präsidenten, UdK, Berlin
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Founder / Artistic Director of Human Residency
Ambassador / Curator of Food Art Week - Mexico City
Konjunktionen, Group Show, AQUABITART GALLERY, Berlin Mitte
2017
Participation in the Ceramic Biennale of Aveiro, Portugal
Curtains Fall, site-specific Installation, Torre San Michele, Rome, Italy
Affections / Afectos, site-specific installation, IVV, Agitlab, Aveiro, Portugal
Land of the sun, Photography Series, Food Art Week (FAW) Berlin, Germany
Land of the sun, Photography Series, Food Art Week (FAW) Bologna, Italy
2016
The more the fire, the more the water, Analogue Photo-Documentation Series
Samurai I- VI, Installation Series, Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico
The more the fire, the more the water, Installation Series, Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico
Flugmaschinen / Flying machines, site-specific installation, CREA, Guanajuato, Mexico
Omen, with Camilo Rivas, Cultural Center CREA, Guanajuato, Mexico
Visions, Painting Retrospective, Astoria, Mexico City, Mexico
2015
I Temblor de Tierra, Installation in archaeological site San José el Mogote, Oaxaca, Mexico
Master ́s Award Exhibition (Meisterschülerpreis des Präsidenten), UdK, Berlin
Master Student Exhibition (Meisterschülerausstellung), UdK, Berlin
2014
Fenómenos Naturales/Naturphänomene, Solo Exhibition, Mexican Embassy, Berlin
Fremad Sports Installations, Floinc Gallery, Neu West Berlin, Berlin
Earth Figure(2014), St.Marie St. Nikolai Friedhof, Entretempo Kitchen Gallery, Berlin
Absolventen Ausstellung / Graduate Exhibition, UdK, Berlin
Klasse Valerie Fâvre Exhibition, DMNDKT Gallery, Berlin
2013
Art Fair, The American School Foundation, Mexico City
Dock America, site-specific installation, Randy´s House, Loveladies, LBI, New Jersey, USA
2012
House of wind, site-specific installation, Tabernas Desert, Almería, Spain
Jornada Cultural Mexicana (All Nations Festival), Mexican Embassy, Berlin
2011
UdK Rundgang, Berlin
Refugium, DIE ARBEIT, Berlin, Germany. 2011 Opening exhibition, DIE ARBEIT, Berlin
UdK Rundgang, Berlin
Gravity(2011) site-specific installation at Veilchen, Uferhallen, Wedding, Berlin
The Sanctuary, site-specific installation (intervention of public space), Gleisdreieck, Berlin
2010
Rundgang, UdK, Berlin
PROJECTS / RESIDENCIES / PUBLICATIONS
2018
Founder and Artistic Director of Human Residency
Ambassador / Curator of Food Art Week - Mexico City
2017
Publication of Panamerican Highway – Photographic Contribution, ALBA Berlin Magazine, Berlin, Germany
Co-founder and Director of Human Residency.
Artist Residency, Alta Vila, Agitlab, Aveiro, Portugal
2016
Artist Residency at Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico
2015
Installation 1 Temblor de Tierra was published on front page of Culture and Arts of Newspaper El Universal, Oaxaca.
Radio Interview on Exhibition 1 Temblor de Tierra, Radio UNAM, Oaxaca.
2014
House of Wind (2012) Installation published in Disonare Magazine, Mexico City - New York.
Visions of a young Mexican Artist by Diego Courchay published for The News - Mexico City.
2013
The shooting of autobiographical documentary film Las Robles, Mexico.
2012
Naufragio, site-specific installation, published in the GEUMGANG Biennale of Nature Art Catalogue, South Corea.
Co-founder of art collective DIE ARBEIT, Berlin.
2011
Pre-selected for the GEUMGANG Biennale of Nature Art, Seoul, South Corea.