About Sam Messer

  • Biography

    1993 - living and working in California.
    1955 Born New York, NY

    Education

    1981 M.F.A, Yale University, New Haven, CT
    1977 B.F.A, Cooper Union, New York, NY
    1967-71 Studies at The Art Students League of New York, NY

    Honors

    1996 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award
    1995 Englehard Foundation Program in Bequia
    1993 Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant
    Purchase Award and Exhibition, Academy of Arts and Letters
    1985 The Engelhard Award, Cambridge, MA
    1984 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
    1982-84 National Studio Program, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
    1981-82 Fellowship, The Fine Arts Work Center, Provincet...

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