KARSON SELAH SAMONS
Karson Selah Samons is a London-based, Phoenix, Arizona born, interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores intimacy through photography, projection, image transfer, text, sound, and audiovisual installation. Her work examines how memory distorts personal reality, reconstructing past experiences and producing new versions of truth. Her practice investigates the relationship between confession and performance, tenderness and emotional violence, and the ways in which intimacy can both construct and destabilize our understanding of ourselves.Operating as psychological thresholds, these spaces allow desire, longing, and unconscious forces to disrupt ordinary perceptions of time and reality.
ksamons6398@gmail.com
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Education
University of the Arts London
M.A Fine Art, present - 2026
Arizona State University
Honors B.A. in English, Creative Writing, 2020
Exhibitions
2026 – Chelsea UAL “Alternative Currents MA Degree show” London, UK
2026 – Koppel Collective, “Circulus” London, UK
2026 – ANNEX by The Koppel Project, “Anchors of Artistic Narrative” London, UK
2026 – Solo Show & Zine Launch, Blondie’s Brewery “Adoration Room” London, UK
2026- The Old Waiting Room “Platform” London, UK
2025 - Crypt Gallery “The Hold” London, UK
2025 - Triangle Space Gallery “Reinterpretacions 2” London, UK
2024 - Holy Art Gallery “Art on Loop” London, UK and Athens, Greece
2024 - Holy Art Gallery “Ethereal” London, UK
2023 - Holy Art Gallery “Untitled Group Show” London, UK
2022 - Decode Gallery “Dreams” Tucson, AZ, USA
2021- Greater Good “Engrained Memory” Phoenix, AZ, USA
2021- Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art “Harmony Through Dissonance” Virtual Exhibit
2020 - Solo Show “In the Dark Room” Virtual Exhibit
Publications
“In Progress Zine” Georgia Anthi, May 2026
“Adoration Room” BAD DOG, self-published, 2026
“Issue #2” The Holy Art Magazine, June 2024. Page 42
“Highway Signs” Tenderness Lit, 2020. Online Literary Magazine
Professional Experience
Freelance Photographer
(2021–Present)
Worked with businesses, musicians, and models in Arizona and London, providing high-quality photography edited in Lightroom and Photoshop for websites, album covers, and branding. Additionally, I’ve documented events and performance art pieces in London at the Sugar House Gallery and Courtald Institute.
Writing Workshop Leader, Scottsdale Public Library
(2023)
Led a four-week writing workshop, guiding participants in developing their creative writing skills during my time as a Library Assistant at the Civic Center Scottsdale Public Library.
Community Art Exhibition Curator, Scottsdale Public Library
(2023)
Organized, curated, and installed a public community art exhibition, showcasing local artists at the Civic Center Library.