Sam McCoy
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EDUCATION
MFA, Studio Art - Florida State University
BFA, Studio Art - University of Central Florida
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING: 2024 - Venvi Gallery - Tallahassee, FL
2024 ON VIEW - Sam McCoy & Randy Gibbs, The Arts Center - Moultrie, GA
2024 ON VIEW - En Plein Air, Gadsden Arts Center - Quincy, FL
2023 28th Annual Wildlife Arts Festival - Thomasville, GA
2023 THOM Collective Exhibition, Thomasville Center for the Arts - Thomasville, GA
2023 Experience Contemporary, Casselberry City Hall
2022 27th Annual Wildlife Arts Festival - Thomasville, GA
2022 Fresh Squeezed 6 : Emerging Artists in Florida, Morean Art Center - St. Petersburg, FL
2022 THOM Collective Exhibition, Thomasville Center for the Arts - Thomasville, GA
2022 Little Mischief : Floral, Published April, 2022
2022 FLAUNT 22: Let’s Play!, Thomasville Center for the Arts - Thomasville, GA
2022 The Members Show, Pensacola Museum of Art - Pensacola, FL
2022 Peninsula : Scenes from a Sinking State - Featuring Caroline Manuel and Sam McCoy, Wall Space - Thomasville, GA
2021 Quintessential, Museum of Fine Art, FSU - Tallahassee, FL
2021 Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Art Center - Quincy, FL
2021 Art Fields, Lake City Chamber of Commerce - Lake City, SC
2020 99 Cents, Published October, 2020
2020 99 Cents, Published July, 2020.
2020 We’re Not From Here, Working Method Contemporary – Tallahassee, FL
2019 UNFOLDING, Working Method Contemporary – Tallahassee, FL
2018 Life Forms, Southern Craft – Orlando, FL
2017 ECLIPSE (D): THE UCF BIANNUAL BFA EXHIBITION, UCF Art Gallery – Orlando, FL
2017 COLOR SPLASH, City Arts Factory – Orlando, FL
2017 A MEMORY WINGDING, City Arts Factory – Orlando, FL
2017 FLORIDA NOIR: A SUNNY PLACE WITH SHADY CIRCUMSTANCES, UCF Art Gallery – Orlando, FL
2017 TODAY FOR TOMORROW: A VISUAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, Fusion Gallery, Orlando Science Center – Orlando, FL
RESIDENCIES
2018 SWARM: AYATANA Artist Research Program, Gatineau, Quebec,
Canada (July)
ARTIST TALKS & LECTURES
2023 Presenting Wildlife Artist at the Rotary Club - Thomasville, GA
2023 Presenting Artist for the Tallahassee Watercolor Society - Tallahassee, FL
2022 Fresh Squeezed 6 : Artist Talk on June 9, 2022
2022 Art in Your Ear - 88.5 WMNF on April 8, 2022
2022 Peninsula : Scenes from a Sinking State - Wall Space, featured artist
2020 “Florida Inspired—Landscapes from the Risner Fine Art Collection”,
Museum of Florida History, live painting demonstration
2018 Daytona State Collage, visiting lecturer
COMMISSIONS
2022 Roadside : Paper Trails Mural - Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL
2019 Illustrator and designer for children’s book, Artie’s Day Out, Museum
of Florida History – Tallahassee, FL
2016 Private Art Commission, Artist rendering building front, digital
drawing, Skeletons: Museum of Osteology – Orlando, FL
BIBLOGRAPHY
2022 Fresh Squeezed 6 - Artist Feature
2017 MAIA DOUGTHIE, “Eclipse(d) BFA showcase puts student artists in
the spotlight,” NSM TODAY, published November 30, 2017.
INTERNSHIPS
2017 Flying Horse Editions – Orlando, FL
RECENT PROFESSIONAL
2021-present Senior Artist Programs Manager - Thomasville Center for the Arts
Manager - Main Exhibitions
Curator - Wall Space at Grassroots
Instructor - Youth and adult workshops
2019-2022 Adjunct - Florida State University
College of Fine Arts | Department of Interior Architecture & Design | Department of Art
Interior Design Foundations II, Drawing Foundations, Design Foundations, Beginning Painting
TA - Art + The Environment
AWARDS
2023 Plein Air Winner - St. Mark’s Wildlife Refuge
2021 Honorable Mention, Gadsden Art Center
2021 FSU Excellence in the Visual Arts - Painting Award
2020 FSU Excellence in the Visual Arts - Visual Arts Award
2019 FLAUNT 19 : Bug Out! - Best in Show
REPRESENTATION
Venvi Art Gallery - Tallahassee, FL
updated 2024