Korean American artist, Samuel LaPell was born in Gwangju, South Korea in 1999 and was adopted and raised in Stephentown, New York. He received a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University with a concentration in ceramic functional ware and mixed media installation. From a young age, LaPell participated in classes at IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, where he dove headfirst into pursuing his passion for the arts. Since that introduction, he has been awarded and honorably mentioned at the Columbia Greene Juried Art shows in 2017 and 2018, curated and created work for ​Rough Housing (2019) ​and Vignettes: The Time We Didn’t Share Together (2021) at the Robert C. Turner Gallery in Alfred, NY, and has been awarded both the Val Cushing Award and Art History Award at Alfred University.

Samuel’s most recent works were exhibited at his BFA thesis show on May 7, 2022, titled Welcome Home, Goodbye, Home. Since then Samuel has been pursuing a passion for the culinary arts working at The Aviary (Kinderhook, NY) and as a gallery associate at Ferrin Contemporary Gallery at Project Art (Cummington, MA).

Artist Resume

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Education  

2022          Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics

New York State of Ceramics at

Alfred University, Alfred, NY 

2018          High School Diploma, The Darrow

School, New Lebanon, NY  

 

Honors & Awards  

2022   Art History Award, NYSCC at Alfred University

2022 Val Cushing Award, Alfred University

2018  Foundations Award, Alfred University  

2018  Honorable Mention at the 22nd Annual

Columbia-Greene Juried Art Show 

2018   Visual Arts Award, Darrow School 

2017   First Place; Faculty Selection, 21st Annual

Columbia-Greene Juried Art Show  

 

Exhibitions  

2022 Welcome Home, Goodbye, Home, BFA thesis

show, Robert C. Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY

2019    Moving Past Forgetting​, Group Exhibition, Alfred

Town Hall, Alfred, NY  

2019    Rough Housing​, Group Exhibition, Robert C.

Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY 

2019     Empty Bodies,​ Solo Exhibition, Alfred Hair Pin

Outlook, Alfred, NY  

2019     Foundations Group Exhibition, Cohen Studios &

Harder Hall, Alfred, NY 

2018     Fresh Meat, Group Exhibition, Turner Gallery,

Alfred, NY 

2018     22nd Annual Columbia-Greene Juried Art Show,

Foundation Gallery, Hudson, NY 

2017     21st Annual Columbia-Greene Juried Art Show,

Foundation Gallery, Hudson, NY 

Professional Experience 

2023 - Present Studio Assistant for Mara Superior

2021 - 2022 Studio Assistant for John & Andrea Gill

2021 - 2022 Studio Assistant for Victoria Walton

2019 Curator, Rough Housing Group Exhibition, Turner Gallery, Alfred, NY 

 

Work Experience 

2023 - Present Gallery Associate, Ferrin Contemporary

Cummington, MA

2023 - Present Chef de partie, The Aviary

Kinderhook, NY

2022 - 2023 Sous Chef, Heirloom Fire Catering

Company, Richmond, MA 

2020    Sous Chef, Revival at Crissy’s Farm, Great

Barrington, MA 

2020    Host, Mario’s Restaurant, New Lebanon, NY 

2017-2020   Server, Heirloom Fire Catering Company,

Richmond, MA 

2015-2020    Line Cook, Nighthawks Restaurant, Troy,

NY