Samantha Guertin is an observational artist living on the East Sussex coast. She predominantly paints landscapes, seascapes and still lifes. Her direct approach to her subjects strives to capture immediacy, atmosphere and authenticity of light and feeling. She takes her inspiration from the unrelenting beauty of nature and the countryside and spends much of her time recording the world immediately around her through sketching , photography, and plein air painting.
Samantha studied her foundation at Wimbledon and completed her BA (Hons) degree at Camberwell School of Art, London. In her early twenties she left her London studio to travel and work first in Brazil and then more long term in Madrid. The landscapes and cityscapes in Spain set her on a more on a painterly path away from her original discipline of ceramic sculpture.
Now working in and around her St Leonards on Sea studio, Samantha has established herself through private commissions worldwide as well as exhibiting regularly.
Exhibitions:
We Are Family – curated show @wearefamlyesps and @hastingsartschool, Electro Studios,Seaside Road St Leonards August 2024
Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition 2024
Tutton &Young’s OPEN at Atelier Beside the Sea, Brighton July – September 2024
SWA 163rd Annual Exhibition 2024, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1
Swap Shop – curated group show,Cake Room , Hastings June 2024
Shrink HAF members show May 2024
SoCo Artists members show April 2024
Spring members show Hastings Arts Forum April 2024
SoCo members show Hastings Arts Forum November 2023
Do You See What I Sea? curated group show, Hastings October 2023
Metamorphosis – Sussex Contemporary @sussexcontemporary selected artist Brightoni360 October 2023
Connections – curated group show – Footbridge Gallery October 2023
Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition – August 2023
Drawing Unframed – curated group show – SoCo , Hastings July 2023
Yellow – curated group show – The Stade, Hastings June 2023
Arte Povera – curated group show Hastings Art Forum March 2023
SoCo (South Coast Artists) – ‘Three’ curated group show – Hastings Arts Forum January 2023
SoCo (South Coast Artists) members show – Hastings Arts Forum November 2022
Sussex Contemporary Art exhibition -group show- British Airways i360 Brighton – October 2022
Rye Creative Centre – open studios – September 2022
Great Escapes – group show – Hastings Stade – August 2022
Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition – August 2022
Rye Bank Gallery – Aqua – group show – July- August 2022
SoCo ( South Coast Artists) – Relay Respond Relay – jointly curated group show at Electro Studios Project , St Leonards – July 2022
SoCo (South Coast Artists) group show – Hastings Arts Forum April 2022
Ode to The Sea – joint exhibition with photographer Daniela Exley @thecrownhastings Dec-Jan 2022
Choosen to participate in exhibition on Footbridge Open Air Gallery Bexhill for two years – opened 23 October 2021
SoCo ( South Coast Artists ) – A Smaller Picture II – group show- participated in and jointly curated this show 21 Sep – 3 Oct 2021
Coastal Currents 2021 Open Studios- @bohemiaroad_studios September 2021
Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition – July 2021
Hastings Arts Forum Members show – April 2021
Lockdown Take 2 – group show – Hastings Arts Forum November 2020
Lockdown – group show – Hastings Arts Forum October 2020
Arts Hub Open -group show- Hastings Priory Meadow- September 2020
Changing Spaces – group show – Hastings Arts Forum – July 2020
Resident artist in studios at Pestalozzi 2017 – July 2019
SoCo (South Coast Artists) – RX19 – group show – November 2019
Black and White – group show – Hastings Arts Forum – October 2019
Coastal Currents 2019 Open Studios – Bohemia Studios September 2019
Rye Society of Artists Summer Exhibition 2019
Hastings Arts Forum Members show – April 2019
Coastal Currents Open Studios – Pestalozzi – September 2018
Hastings Arts Forum, Members Show 2018
Summer Open Exhibition – Murmurations Art Gallery, Bexhill on Sea August 2016
Hastings Arts Forum, Members Show 2016
Winter Open Exhibition – Murmurations Art Gallery Bexhill on Sea December 2015
Tiree Summer Open Exhibition 2015
Pop up residency – Four Houses artist cooperative at De la Warr Pavillion outlet 2014
Open house group shows: Hastings, 2010, 2011, 2012 ,2013
Life-Drawing and Seascapes – solo exhibition at Pommegranate restaurant exhibition space- Hastings 2011
Coastal Currents life- drawing exhibitions, Hastings 2009, 2010,2011
Open House exhibitions , Salamanca, Lavapies, Chamberi, Madrid 1990 – 1996
Education
Foundation: Wimbledon School of Art
BA (hons) Camberwell School of Art and Crafts
