Sam Carvosso

Born: UK, 1992.  Based in London

Royal College of Art (MA Sculpture, 2017)

I have a first class honours in Sculpture from the University of Brighton (2014) and graduated at the Royal College of Art in 2017 with an MA in Sculpture.

My practice considers the role of reality and pseudo realities presented in or represented through the landscape. Using memory, fiction, and the media to question the blurred line between the what we perceive and what actually exists.

Work is made through various media, often concluding in installations of large bodies of work including sculpture, drawing, animation, and sound.

'When Wile E Coyote painted a tunnel on to a wall, he hoped the Roadrunner would crash and die. However to the Coyote’s surprise, the Roadrunner continues flawlessly in to the painting, unharmed.

The notion of creating a space, or pseudo-reality, is a current interest within my practice, particularly focusing on landscapes. These spaces however, are simultaneously created and destroyed from a constant reality check taking place through the reveal of material, placement of found objects, and the raw, perhaps naïve approach to making.

In much the same way Who Framed Roger Rabbit creates a blur between watching a film or cartoon, I hope to make work with an ambiguous stance between coming and going, reality and imagination, display and studio.'

EDUCATION

2014-2017 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art

2011-2014 Fine Art Sculpture at University of Brighton: BA First Class Honours

2010-2011 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (UAL) at South Essex College : Distinction

RESIDENCIES / AWARDS

2019 Radical Residency at Unit 1 Gallery

2018 Shortlisted for the Barbican Arts Group Trust Award

2018 National Park Research, Yellowstone National Park

2018 Winner of the Gilchrist Fisher Award

2017 Shortlisted for the Almacantar Prize

2017 Shortlisted for the Matt’s Gallery Studio Award

2017 Villiers David Travel Award

2016 British Council South East Asia Research Residency, Myanmar

2016 Gilbert Bayes Sculpture Grant

2015 Shortlisted for the Xerxes Sculpture Prize

2014 Shortlisted for the Danny Wilson Memorial Award

2014 Shortlisted for the Signature Art Prize

2014 Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn Residency, Elterwater, Lake District

2013 Stone Carving Residency, Portland

SELECTED EXHIBITION

 2019

Radical Residency, Unit 1 Gallery, London

2018

Artworks Open 18, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London

Gilchrist Fisher Award 2018, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2017

The Worst Seats In The House, SET Studios, London

Moon, When the Calves Grow Hair, Art Licks - Bunkhouse, London

LANDSLIDE, DegreeArt, London

Royal College of Art Degree Show, London

On The Line, The Aram Gallery, London 

2016

You Have Not Been Honest, Arsenal, London

Cuticle, Royal College of Art Garden, London

What’s The Point Of It All? 5th Base Gallery, London

Not As We Know It, The Royal Standard, Liverpool

House Project, Camberwell, London

WIP Show, Royal College of Art, London

 2015

Xerxes Sculpture Prize 2015, London

Contemporary Collective - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea

Emulate, Phantom Factory Virtual Gallery, 2015

CORRESPONDENCE, Brighton, 2015

 2014

Longitude 80.34, Latitude 0.13, Brighton, Circus Street

Casting Steel, A Click of a Shutter, Brighton Photo Fringe 2014

Creative Tomorrows Open 14, Dencora Court, Southend-On-Sea

East Sussex Open, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne

Solo Show – Sam Carvosso: Work Programme, Community Arts Centre, Brighton

GROW London, Hampstead Heath, London

Sculpture Degree Show 2014, Grande Parade, Brighton

Signature Art Prize 2014, Old Spitalfields Market, London