CV
Updated March 2025
Education
2015 MFA – Intermedia, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2011 BFA – Photography, Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2008 Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professional Experience
2016- Adjunct Faculty, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ (Digital Art Studies, Two-Dimensional Computer Design, Intro to Digital Photography, Color Photography 1, Photography 1, Digital Media Studies, Media Productions 1, and Portrait Photography)
2016-17 Adjunct Faculty, Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ (Digital Photography & Photoshop)
2016 Adjunct Faculty, South Mountain Community College, Phoenix, AZ (Desktop Design and Publishing - InDesign, Content Management Systems: WordPress, and Computer Graphics: Adobe Illustrator)
2016 Adjunct Faculty, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ (Introduction to Computer Graphics)
2014-15 IDM Area Coordinator, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013-15 Instructor of Record, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Introduction to Digital Media)
Selected Exhibitions
2025 M|otherworlds, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ (Curated by Ashley Czajkowski)
2022 22nd Annual Artlink Juried Exhibition, FOUND:RE Phoenix Hotel, Phoenix, AZ (Jury Panel: Liz Cohen, Nicole Olson, Hermann Plank, Gilbert Vicario, and Eunique Yazzie)
2022 Hey Look, We Make Art Too, Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2022 Age of the Bimbo, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juried by Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez)
2022 My Body My Truth, Cobra Flute Projects, Phoenix, AZ (Curated by The Association of Hysteric Curators)
2020 The Feminist Art Festival, OCAD, Toronto, ON
2020 the wrong biennial, Fine Arts Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2019 Eleutheria, Cobra Flute Projects, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Alptraum: The Wandering Show, Fine Arts Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2019 enGENDERing Change, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO (Juried by Dr. Ann Woods and Dr. Alan Woods)
2019 Solo Show, for her time, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Therefore, I AM, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (Juried by Meghan Doherty)
2019 In the Blink of an Eye, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Art D’Core Gala, Warehouse215 at Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Two Person Show Skin in the Game, Random Access Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2018 All Eyes, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Solo Show Modern Merkin, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Ritual & Randomness, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2018 In sight II, New City Studios, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Altered Barbie, Back to the Picture, San Francisco, CA
2017 Solo Show Sparkle Baby Slumber Party, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Gritty In the Pink, Bailey Contemporary Arts, Pompano Beach, FL (Curated by Megan Castellon and Lisa Rockford)
2017 FAC: Residency Open Studio, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, Ontario
2017 strange changes, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Phoenix Nasty Women, Grand ArtHaus, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Nasty Women, New Media Arts – Fine Arts Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2016 Tiny Works/Tiny Dances II, {9} Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Amid the Grid, eye lounge, Phoenix, AZ
2016 18th annual Artlink Juried Exhibition, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ (Juried by Nancy Hill, Fred Tieken, and Ann Marshall, Ph.D.)
2016 The Female Complex, MEDICI Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (Curated by Kristin Mahan)
2016 One In Herself, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Juried by Audra Jacot)
2015 Dirty Fingernails, Indy Indie Artist Colony, Indianapolis, IN
2015 De’Lunula Screeners 3: Too Little, Too Late, The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Solo Thesis Exhibition, Sparkle Baby, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Essence of Woman, Garrett Museum of Art, Garrett, IN
2015 JELLY, 53 The Calls, Leeds, United Kingdom (Curated by the GRL Collective)
2014 Curator and Exhibitor, Society for Art Video Presents, The IceHouse PHX, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Curator and Exhibitor, Society for Art Video Presents, Grant Street Studios, Phoenix, AZ
2014 The 'F' Word: Feminism Now, ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation, Chicago, IL (Juried by Jeanne Dunning)
2014 Impromp2, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2014 Photo Solandra, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2014 Honestly,, Frontal Lobe Community Space and Gallery, Braggs Pie Factory, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Summer Juried Graduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Juried by Robert Pela)
2013 Found & Lost, Live Art Platform, ASU Performing and Media Arts, Tempe, AZ
2013 Summer Juried Graduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Juried by Julio Cesar Morales)
2013 Parallax, the Women’s Photography Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD (Juried by Martha Madigan)
2012 Video Nite, Neeb Hall, Tempe, Arizona
2011 Two-Person Exhibition, Two of Hearts, A Senior Thesis Exhibition Jasona Beach, Indianapolis, IN (with photographer, Craig Tribble)
2011 Expressions of Healing Art Show, University Place Conference Center and Hotel, Indianapolis, IN
2011 The Show: A Herron Photo Senior Group Show, Indy Indie Artist Colony, Indianapolis, IN
2010 Dysfunction of Dysfunction, Herron School of Art, The Underside Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2010 The Artist Formally Known As Prints, Herron School of Art, The Underside Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2010 XCALIBUR –Community Service Show, Wheeler Arts Community, Indianapolis, IN
Awards, Honors, and Residencies
2020 Night Bloom: Grants for Artists of the Sonoran Desert Award, MOCA Tucson and ASU Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
2017 Professional Development Grant Award, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Friends of Arrowmont Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2017 The Feminist Art Conference Residency, Toronto, Ontario
2015 Best Vajazzling, Phoenix New Times, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Friends of Arrowmont Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2014-15 Ethel Larson Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2012-14 Special Talent Art Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2011, 09 Dean’s List, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
2009-11 Indiana University Foundation Scholarship, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
Volunteer Experience
2016- Volunteer, Girls Rock! Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
2018-2021 Board Member, Girls Rock! Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Dinosphere Interpretation Volunteer, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Capture Carmel Contest Organizer and Juror, Carmel Arts and Design District, Carmel, IN
2012 Program Facilitator, Girls Inc. of Greater Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2010 Photography Mentor, Key School of Mentors, Indianapolis, IN
Press and Publications
2022 “PORTRAITURE AS ETHNOGRAPHY PART 3” Maren Kathleen Elliot, MarenKathleenElliot Blog, 26, February 2022
2019 “Exhibit brings awareness to #MeToo movement with feminist art” Brooke Kato, Daily Orange, 19, March 2019
2019 “These female artists are getting ‘Gritty’ with the color pink” Phillp Valys, South Florida Sun Sentinel, 5, April 2019
2017 “bless my hairy butt”, Volume 1, Fem Lit Mag
2017 “Leafless”, Femme Fotale, Phoenix, AZ
2015 “Slag Mag”, Henry Vol. 2 Issue 4: Glitter, Old Furnace Artist Residency, Harrisonburg, VA.
2015 “Who’s Afraid of Feminism” Women’s Caucus for Art. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 1, June 2015.
2015 “The 10 Best Things I Saw in Metro Phoenix in 2015” Becky Bartkowski, The Phoenix New Times, 15, December 2015.
2015 " 'Sparkle Baby' exhibit shadows the not- so-shiny shifting boundary of girlhood to womanhood " Ryan Santistevan. The State Press, 5, April 2015.
2015 "ASU grad student's thesis exhibit explores what it means to be female in a provocative way" Ainsley Despain. College Times, 26 March- 8 April 2015.
2015 "Artist Samantha Lyn Aasen on Vajazzling, the Absurd Expectations of Womanhood (NSFW)." Mikey Estes. Jackalope Ranch. Phoenix New Times, 25 Feb. 2015.
2014 “Girls Don’t Do that” Zine Curated by Joanna Kiely
Presentations and Lectures
2022 Workshop Leader, Free Artist Workshop for Digital, Internet and Video artists, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ
2021 Lecture, 4th Wave Feminism, Issues in Intermedia, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, October 14.
2020 Presenter, Panel: Keeping it Corporeal, Feminist Art Fest, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, March 7.
2019 Artist Talk, Computer Art Graduate Studio, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, March 21.
2018 Artist Talk, Gallery Operations, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, March 29.
2016 Lecture, 4th Wave Feminism, Issues in Intermedia, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, April 3.
2015 Lecture, 4th Wave Feminism, Issues in Intermedia, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, April 1.
Professional Memberships and Clubs
2015- College Art Association
2012- Society of Photographic Education, Women’s Caucus
2016-2019 eye lounge Artist Collective, President, Website Designer
2013-15 Society of Art Video, Arizona State University, Graduate Representative, Secretary