Sam Holden
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Personal
b. 1978 Bristol, UK. Currently living in London

Artistic practice
Using a range of approaches and a variety of media, my work primarily
focuses on lens-based portraiture; exploring issues surrounding multiple identities, hyperconsciousness, self-image and the image repertoire. More recently I have
expanded my practice to include installation and collage.

Education
Postgraduate Certificate: Teaching in Higher Education
CLTAD, University of the Arts, London

Masters Degree in Photography
London College of Communication (UAL), London

BA (Hons) Degree in Editorial Photography
University of Brighton

Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Photography Specialism)
Exeter College, Devon

Exhibitions/Screenings/Projects:
2010
17th Sheffield International Documentary Festival
Sheffield, UK, November 3rd - 7th 2010

ICCI Festival
University of Plymouth, UK. Sept 13th - 20th 2010

Please Touch
Coexist Galleries, Southend, UK. June 4th - 25th 2010

Digital Graffiti
Alys Beach, Florida, USA. June 12th 2010

Holding Time
Bhavan Centre, London, UK. April 8th - 13th 2010

Screening One
The Public, West Bromich, UK. March 13th – April 25th 2010

The Triumph of Failure (Supported by the British Council)
Noam Gallery, Seoul, S.Korea. February 24th - March 9th 2010

6th London Short Film Festival
London, 8th - 17th January 2010

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2009
16th Sheffield International Documentary Festival
Sheffield, UK, November 4th - 8th 2009

Outcasting, Season 9
Cardiff, Wales, September 1st - October 31st 2009

Duration:London
Candid Arts Trust, London, October 27th 2009

Reading Experimental Film Festival 2009
Whitley Arts Fetsival, Reading, Oct 23-25th 2009

Projected Weekends 2009
Digital Hub, Dublin, October 2nd - 4th 2009

Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival 2009,
Tenderpixel Gallery, London, July 26th - 30th 2009

Video Art Festival Miden 2009
Kalamata, Greece, July 10th - 12th 2009

Crosstalk Video Art Festival,
Budapest, Hungary, June 25th - 30th 2009

Camberwell Arts Festival,
Camberwell, London, June 20th - 28th 2009

5th Short Film Festival FF600,
Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 28th - 29th 2009

Simultan Video/Media Arts Festival,
Timisoara, Romania, May 21st - 23rd 2009

Windows Festival,
Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 23rd - 30th 2009

Shorts,
Norwich Arts Centre, Norfolk, April 21st 2009

Bloomberg New Contemporaries,
Rochelle School, London, Dec 6th - Feb 1st 2009

The Age of Enlightenment,
Digital Screen (QUAD), Derby, Sept 2008 – January 2009

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Hector and me, single channel video
Blackboard, installation
Focus, single channel videos
Transmission (32 channels), single channel video

2008 - 2007
Identitymix (LAB),
Cologne Online Film Festival IV, Dec 11th 2008

Exposures: Talent In Moving Image,
Cornerhouse, Manchester, Nov 23rd - 27th 2008

Beyond Film Festival,
Durham, November 22nd-23rd 2008

Unseen,
Backlit Gallery, Nottingham, Nov 21st 2008

Best in Show,
Digital Hub, Dublin, Nov 20th - 27th 2008

13th CanariaMediaFest,
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Oct 23rd - Nov 1st 2008

Switch,
Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Oct 27th - 31st 2008

3rd Streaming Festival 2008,
The Hague, October 23 - 26th 2008

Once More With Feeling,
Southwark Playhouse, London, Oct 11th - 17th 2008

Vid-e-o-phile,
Phoenix Arts, Brighton, Oct 11-12th 2008

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008,
Liverpool Biennal of Contemporary Art, Sept '08

The Mirror Stage,
Independent Museum of Contemporary Art(NeMe), Cyprus, Sept 2008

Men's Work,
Artlink, Hull. Sept 5th - Oct 6th 2008

Collision 2008,
Area 10 Project Space, Peckham, London. Sept 11th - 13th 2008

7th Kansk International Video Festival,
Kansk, Russia, Sept 1st – 7th 2008

Videoholica,
Biennial of Visual Arts, Varnu, Bulgaria, August 7th - August 28th 2008

Visual Routes,
Olympolis, Olympus Festival, Katerini, Greece. July 12th - 20th 2008

FreshFacedandWildEyed 08,
The Photographer's Gallery, London. Jun 20th - Jul 6th '08

Shorts,
Norwich Arts Centre, Norfolk, April 16th 2008

Surveillance,
South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell. November 30th – January 20th 2008

LCC MA Photography 2007,
The Well Gallery, LCC, London. November 20th – 27th '07

Throes,
Victoria Court Interiors, Nottingham. November 13th – 20th 2007

Photography for Beginners,
The Well Gallery, LCC, London, April 14th – 20th 2007

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Performance, multimedia installation
Once More With Feeling, multimedia installation
70 Still Frames and 5 Minutes 50 Seconds of Video, single channel video
Dialogue, photography.
Photographers – Part Three, photography

2006 - 2005

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Photographers – Part Two, photography
The Path of Least Resistance, photography
Photographers – Part One, photography (Independent Newspaper's Saturday Magazine)
Wish You Were Here, photography

2004 - 2000
Reactions,
OKI Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. January 12th – 21st 2004

Click,
The Bridge Gallery, London. July 1st – 8th 2003

BA Editorial Photography Degree Show,
University of Brighton, Brighton. Jun 23rd – 30th 2003

Digital Sleaze,
ICA, London, July 21st 2002

Surface Noise,
Escola Mansana, Barcelona. April 16th – 23rd 2002

Notes on Representation,
Derelict building, New North Road, Exeter. June 5th - 12th 2000

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Reactions – series’ 1, 2 & 3, photography
Reactions - single channel video
One Thousand One Hundred and Forty-four Words, photography
Smile, photography
Notes on Representation, photography

Photographic Experience
Recent editorial and commercial clients:
The Observer, The Independent on Saturday, The Sunday Times Magazine,
The Mail on Sunday’s ‘You’ Magazine , The Guardian, The Times, The Financial Times,
Golfpunk Magazine, Attitude, Trace (NYC), Sleazenation, Dazed and Confused, Hekmag, Yahoo!, Topshop, H&M, Nickelodeon, Sure, Virgin, BVHE, Disney, Danone, Resonate,
ViewCreative, Frank PR, Consolidated Communications and JCPR

Publications:
New Contemporaries 2008, Edited by Bev Bytheway & Eileen Daly, ISBN: 9780954084882
canariamediafest08, Edited by Claudia Gianetti, Published by Cabildo de Gran Canaria

Collections/Prizes
National Portrait Gallery (Permanent Collection), London
Private Collections
Kentmere Black & White Photography Prize, 2002

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