by Sam Branton
Sam Branton produces obscure allegories that seem equally informed by a celebration of excesses, as of moral repulsion. In Branton we catch a glimpse of the draughtsman as duplicitous moralist, giving a surprisingly cute face to the vice and corruption of humanity.
Joakim Borda, Art critic
Education
2007 BA Fine Art, Norwich School of Art and Design
2004 Art Foundation, Banbury School of Art and Design
Selected Exhibitions
2011 Voyages Extraordinaires, with Claire Partington, James Freeman Gallery, London
2011 AAF, Battersea Park, James Freeman Gallery, London
2010 Drink and Dial, Wilson Williams Gallery, London
2009 Erotica Beastia, James Freeman Gallery, London (Solo show)
2009 Scope Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Metro-Land, curated by the Flora Fairbairn Projects, Merriscourt farm, Oxford
2008 Zoo Art Fair, Natalia Goldin Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2008 Scope Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, Lords Cricket Ground, London
2008 Whispers of Immortality curated by Joakim Borda, Natalia Goldin Gallery, Stockholm
2008 Faux pas de deux, with Charming Baker, Signal Gallery, London
2008 Get the Lead Out curated by Ally Takeuchi, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles
2008 UK Future Greats, SaLon Gallery, London
2008 Hollywood Apocalypse curated by Ray Zone, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles
2007 The Drawing Show, St Margaret’s Gallery, Norwich (curator)
Publications
Sketch Artist, May 2012
Interview.com, Shades of Noir, 22 July 2009
Dazedandconfused.com, Whispers of Immortality in Stockholm, 08 August 2008
Whitehotmagazine.com, Faux pas de deux, 28 November 2008
Saatchionline.com, Critic’s choice, September 2008
Collections
The Kabin Contemporary Art Collection