Sam Foley (artist) explained

Birth Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Known For:Oil painting
Awards:Highly commended Park Lane Art Awards 2006, Merit Award (1st equal), Parklane Art Awards 2007, Peoples Choice Award Norfolk House Realist Invitational 2008 & 2009, Peoples Choice Award The Wallace Art Awards 2009 & 2010, 1st Prize The Kaipara Wallace Arts Trust Award 2013
Website:http://samfoley.co.nz

Sam Foley (born 1977) is a contemporary New Zealand landscape painter.

His often large, finely detailed paintings portray nature and urban landscapes, combining aspects of hyper-realism and photo-realism.

Life and career

Sam Foley was born in Wellington, New Zealand and in 1998 received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Otago School of Art in Dunedin. In 2007 he won a Merit Award (1st equal) at the Parklane Art Awards in Auckland, with his painting Pathway at Night. He was awarded twice (2008 – 2009) the Peoples Choice Award at the Norfolk House Realist Invitational in Dunedin, and twice (2009 – 2010) the Peoples Choice Award at The Wallace Art Awards in Auckland. In 2013 he won The Kaipara Wallace Arts Trust Award, with his painting Tilting at the Beast. The award founder and arts patron Sir James Wallace acquired one of Foley's kinetic paintings entitled Opoho Intersection No.1.[1] [2]

Since 2008 he has visited Europe regularly,[3] spending extensive periods of time in Berlin and attending residencies in Norway and Switzerland. His works can be found in several private and public art collections such as the Dunedin International Airport collection,[4] the Historic Places Trust of New South Wales in Australia, The ASB Bank in Auckland, The Wallace Trust in Auckland,[5] The Central Library and Salmond College in the University of Otago.

Moving Image Paintings

In 2008 Foley embarked on a 10-week research tour in Europe where he visited more than 30 major museums and galleries. Most of the contemporary galleries had a dedicated moving image section which brought up the idea how to incorporate moving image onto his work. At the end of his research tour Foley returned to New Zealand and started experimenting in his studio with video projections onto his paintings. He recorded video footage of the landscapes he was painting and projected those onto the finished painting. The result was a 'moving image painting' which transports the viewer into the painting for a more immersive experience.[6]

Selected exhibitions

Awards

Works permanently displayed in collections

Notes and References

  1. News: Award founder buys Dunedin artist's work. 2009-02-20. Otago Daily Times Online News. 2018-07-26. en.
  2. Web site: Meet Art Collector Sir James Wallace - Viva. Magazine. Viva. www.viva.co.nz. en-US. 2018-10-16.
  3. News: Painting Bohemian precinct. 2017-11-02. Otago Daily Times Online News. 2018-07-28. en.
  4. Web site: Meeting Rooms - Dunedin Airport. dunedinairport.co.nz. en-US. 2018-07-26.
  5. Web site: Home - Wallace Arts Trust. Wallace Arts Trust. en-US. 2018-10-16.
  6. News: Sam Foley - Pataka. 2014-08-27. Pataka. 2018-07-26. en-US.
  7. Web site: Dowling Street. SAM FOLEY. en-US. 2018-10-16.
  8. Web site: Search Results. www.collection.wallaceartstrust.org.nz. en. 2018-09-25.
  9. Web site: Collection Ashburton Art Gallery. ashburtonartgallery.org.nz. en-US. 2018-10-16.
  10. Web site: Pictures Collection. Library. University of Otago. www.otago.ac.nz. en-nz. 2018-09-25.
  11. Web site: Collections NSW – National Trust. www.nationaltrust.org.au. en-US. 2018-09-25.

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