SAM LEE CHRISTIAN Phone: (804) 806-0072 Email: sam@highandmightyco.com Website: www.highandmightyco.com
Bio Sam Christian (they/them) is a mixed media fiber Artist and educator based in Richmond, VA who is deeply committed to celebrating Black and queer stories, exploring both their light and their shadows.
Exhibitions 2026
Solo Exhibition, Personal Affects: Denim Dreams, Artspace, Richmond, VA Solo Exhibition, Personal Affects: Heirloom, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, Sacred Queerness, Artworks, Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, ARCHIVISION, Sandra Blain Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN Group Exhibition, Crafted in the Valley, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA Group Exhibition, Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Science and Innovation, Chicago, IL Trio Exhibition, We Find a Way: Lessons in Black Americana, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
2025
Group Exhibition, AIR Introduction Exhibition, Arrowmont Gallery, Knoxville, TN Solo Exhibition, The High & Mighty Dream Quilt, Chromophore Gallery, Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, HOME, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA Solo Exhibition, Dreammakers, Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, WA Group Exhibition, Glamour is Resistance Exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, It’s About the Hustle, Artspace, Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, RVA4CERF+ Exhibition, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, The Shape of Water, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2024
Group Exhibition, Black Fidelity, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, Work, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, Color Theory, Art Works, Richmond, VA Group Exhibition, Offering (in conjunction with NCECA Coalescence), Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
Trio Exhibition, Perennial Consciousness, Cocoon Mobile Gallery, Richmond, VA Solo Exhibition, The High and Mighty Dream Quilt, Richmond Triangle Players, Richmond, VA 2023
Group Exhibition, Dream Sessions, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
2022
Group Exhibition, Local Economy, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
Awards/Fellowships 2025-2026
Residency, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Residency, Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, WA First Place Award, It’s About the Hustle Juried Exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, VA
2023-2024
Residency, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2022
Residency, McGuffey Arts Center, Charlottesville, VA Residency, Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA
2021
Residency, Exodus, Mechanicsville, VA
Teaching Experience 2025-Present Teaching Artist, Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN 2021-Present Teaching Artist, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA 2019-2021
Teaching Artist, Oakwood Arts, Richmond, VA
Performances/Readings 2026
Storyteller, The Moth MainStage, Paramount Theatre, Charlottesville, VA
2025
Storyteller, Parallel Listening Series, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
Radio/Print Media 2025
The Ladybug Zine, “Textiles for Change,” London, UK
Taylor Clark, Interview, KPTZ Radio, https://kptz.org/2025/04/14/attention-please-4/
Port
Townsend,
WA,
Carolyn Lewis, “Sam Christian Creates Diaphanous Dreams,” Jefferson County Beacon, Port Townsend, WA 2023
Dina Weinstein, Interview, WRIR-LP, Richmond, VA. https://soundcloud.com/user-314182877/december-8-2023
2020
Gregory Schneider, “No longer untouchable, Lee statue becomes focus of civic outpouring in Richmond,” The Washington Post, Washington, DC
Education 2015-2019
BA, Theatre for Social Change, Emory & Henry University, Emory, VA
References Kelly Hider, Director of National Programs, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Email: khider@arrowmont.org Phone: 865-436-5860, Ex. 31 Jordan Roeder, Executive Director, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23220 Email: jordanroeder@visarts.org Phone: 804-353-0094, Ex. 252 Trey Burnart Hall, Assistant Director, Writing Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23220 Email: hallbr@vcu.edu