Currently lives and works between El Paso, Texas and Ireland.
 

Born

1958        El Paso, TX
        

Education

1987        Yale School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, M.F.A.
1985        University of Texas at El Paso, TX, B.F.A.
1981         UCLA School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

 

Solo Exhibitions

2018   The Impossibility of Measuring Our Connectivity : New Paintings and Drawings, Talley Dunn Gallery,
             Dallas, TX

2017    The Impossibility of Measuring Our Connectivity : New Paintings and Drawings, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation,
             Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland

2016      The Impossibility of Measuring Our Connectivity, The Armory Show: Pier 94, New York, NY

2015       Iarnród Drawings, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX

2013        Aran:  New Paintings and Drawings, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX 

2012        At the Pale: New Paintings and Drawings, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2010        Sam Reveles: Juarez Paintings, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2008        Seedbed, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2007        Tilth: New Paintings, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2006        English Cantos and Portable Demons: New Paintings and Drawings, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas TX

2004        Sam Reveles: New Paintings, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

2003        Dissolution: New Works on Paper, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2002        Dissolution, Directions, Drawings: New Work by Sam Reveles, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX

2001         Sam Reveles, Subtle Body, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

1999         Sam Reveles, Recent Works, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
                 Sam Reveles: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (catalogue)
                 Sam Reveles, Recent Paintings & Drawings, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

1998         Sam Reveles, New Work, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
                 Sam Reveles – Drawings Exhibition, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO (catalogue)

1997         New Paintings and Drawings, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX

1996         Saints, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

1995         New Saints Paintings, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA

1994         New Paintings, CRG Gallery, New York, NY

1993         The Codex Paintings, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA

1991          Skull Rack Paintings, Lisson Gallery, London, England 

 

Group Exhibitions

2018          Art I-10, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA

2017          I'll Not Be In Your Damn Ledger, CRG Gallery, New York City, NY

2017         TEXAS ABSTRACT, Rudolf Blume Fine /Art Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX

2015         TEXAS ABSTRACT, Rudolf Blume Fine /Art Artscan Gallery, Houston, TX
                 TEXAS ABSTRACT, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX

2014        TEXAS ABSTRACT, Wade Wilson Art, Santa Fe, NM
                Trivial
 Pursuits: Obsession's Allure, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
                 In Six Weeks, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
                 Painting: A Love Story, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
                 Mirrored and Obscured: Contemporary Texas Self-Portraits, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX

2013         Drawings Group Show, JIM Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain

2011          New Variations, Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX

2009        10th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX  

2008        Something New, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2007        Hammer Contemporary Collection: Part 1, The Armand Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

2006        Action Precision, Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York, NY

2005        Land, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2004        5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
                 Fieroza Doorsen, Helen Ireland, Sam Reveles, Emma Hill Fine Art Eagle Gallery, London, England

2003        20 x 5 Drawings, The Eagle Gallery, Emma Hill Fine Art, London England
                 Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
                 Works on Paper: Gallery Artists and by Invitation, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
                 Dissolution: New Works on Paper, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
                 Drawn 2B Alive: Drawings by Painters from the 1950's to the Present Day, Hales Gallery, London, England

2002        Dissolution Direction, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
                 Burning Desires Acquisitions 1997-2001, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
                 Next, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2001        Roundup, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX    

1999        Changing Nature: New Visions and Imagined Lands, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
                Stuff, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL, curated by Jeanne Dunning

1998        Commitment to Image: Figurative Painting in the 90’s, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX
                Wall Paper, Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, NY
                Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
                Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

1997        Painting Exhibition, Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO

1996        Homecoming, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
                New Acquisitions, Centro De Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico

1995        The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
                New York Artists, Jim Schmidt Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO

1994        Clem Crosby, Robert Hunter, Peter Joseph, Alex Landrum, Jason Martin, Sam Reveles, New Paintings, Lisson Gallery,
                London, England
                Rhythm Bouquet, Gavin Brown, New York, NY, Curated by Corrine Robbins
                A Floor In A Building In Brooklyn, Richard Anderson Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Chuck Close

1993        Medium is the Medium, Barbara Toll, New York, NY

1992        Robert Wilson, Julian Lethbridge, Sam Reveles, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
                Matthew Barney, Sam Reveles, Nancy Rubins, Stein Gladstone, New York, NY
                Drawings, Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1988       New Talent/New Haven, Portia Harcus Gallery, Boston, MA

 


Benefit Exhibitions

2002    Two By Two for Aids and Art, Benefit for amfAR and The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

2001     Two By Two for Aids and Art, Benefit for amfAR and The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, 5 x 7 x X, Texas Fine Arts
             Association, Austin, TX

2000    Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc., Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
             5 x 7 x X, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX
             Two By Two for Aids and Art, Benefit for amfAR and The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

1999    Two By Two for Aids and Art, Benefit for amfAR and The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

1995    New Museum Benefit Auction, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
            Red Windows Project, Barney’s, New York, NY
            Minority Scholarship Benefit for Little Red Schoolhouse, New York, NY

1993    amfAR Benefit, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
            BOMB Magazine Benefit, Fawbush Gallery, New York, NY
            Performance Space Drawing Exhibition, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY

1990    S.W. AIDS Coalition Benefit, University of Texas at El Paso, TX

 

Selected Bibliography
     
Hearst, Alison. “Sam Reveles: Juarez Paintings,” Art Lies, May 21, 2010
Mattingly, June. “Sam Reveles: Dunn and Brown Contemporary’s Show up through June 19, 2010,” Modern Dallas, May,  2010. 
Kalil, Susie. "Abstraction Made Personal." Houston Press. May 20, 1999
Kutner, Janet. Review, ARTnews, April 1999, p.125-126, ill. 
D’Souza, Aruna. Review, Art in America, April 1999, p. 141, ill.
Kutner, Janet. Review, Dallas Morning News, February 9, 1999
Daniel, Jeff. Review, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 14, 1998
Wakefield, Neville. “Three to Watch,” Elle Décor, December 1997, p. 62
Pagel, David. Frieze, Issue 28, May 1996, p. 72
Castle, Frederick Ted. Review, Review, Volume 1, Number 2, May 1996, p. 3
Pagel, David. Review, Los Angeles Times, “Powerful Thrills” Thursday December 21, 1995, p. F14, calendar section
Drolet, Owen. Flash Art, November/December 1994, p. 96, ill.
Yablonsky, Linda. Art Forum, November 1994, p. 88, ill.
Saltz, Jerry. “A Year in the Life: The Tropic of Painting,” Art in America, October 1994
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: A Floor in a Building in Brooklyn,” The New York Times, July 22, 1994, p. C24
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, “Solo Quintet” Thursday May 27, 1993, p. F5                 
Saltz, Jerry.  “10 Artists of the 90’s,” Art & Auction, May 1993
Flessig, Peter. City Limits, April 29, 1992
Nargi, Lela. New York Perspectives, June 12, 1992
Cotter, Holland. The New York Times,  “Group Show-Matthew Barney, Sam Reveles, Nancy Rubins” July 10, 1992, p.C28
Saltz, Jerry. “Spotlight: Sam Reveles,” Flash Art, November/December 1992, p. 96
Saltz, Jerry. “Matthew Barney, Sam Reveles, Nancy Rubins,” Flash Art News, November/December 1992, p. 96

 

Museum Collections

Centro De Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
The Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis, MO
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yale Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
 

Public Collections

American Express Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Paine Webber Group, New York, NY

 

Awards

2013    Cill Rialaig Artist’s Residency Program, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
2012-2013    Artist’s Residency Program, University of Texas at Dallas, Central Trak, Dallas, Texas
                     SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 12011    Artist’s Residency Program, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland
1998    Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award for Painting from The American Academy of Arts and Letters
1994    Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art Grants (Chairman, Jasper Johns)
1986    Yale School of Art, Norfolk Art Program, Teaching Assistant Award
1985    Ford Foundation Minority Grants