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Sam Rowell, b.1975                                   PDF

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
moxybox@gmail.com

EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, cum laude 1997

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
Los Angeles Contemporary Archives, Los Angeles, CA.  04/28/23 Jake Meginsky • Sam Rowell

Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA.  12/08/22   Call of the Chromophore   6-part performance series

Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA.  11/19/2021-12/19/2021 Dissolving the Sky 30-part performance series

And/Or Gallery, Pasadena, CA 07/ Dark Energy & Spectral Redshift: A History of the Universe, as told by Cosmic Radiation

Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA. 03/01/2020.  Kim Gordon • Sam Rowell

Distribution Hall, Austin, TX.  09/18/19  Looking Through the Gravity Lens: An Evocation of Sound as Radiant Energy

Eternal 30 Festival, Houston, TX.  09/06/19-09/08/19  Trichromatic Phenomena in the Service of Induced Color 9-part performance series

Hunter Shaw Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA.  01/18/19-01/20/19  Persistence of Vision:  Luminous Flux at the Event Horizon  7-part performance series

Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA.  09/06/18-09/08/18  Color Objectivism, Harmonic Distortion, and the Illusion of the Noise-free System, Vol.2   6-part performance series

Panel L.A., Los Angeles, CA. 11/04/17  PSYCHO JAZZ in L.A. – Night Four. Curated by Wolf Eyes and Tim Leanse

Getty Center Los Angeles, CA. 06/13/17 Friday Flights. Installation and performance in Central Garden

Coaxial Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. 06/01/17.  Curated by VOLUME

Panel L.A., Los Angeles, CA. 12/04/16 Soft Opening.  Curated by Chiara Giovando

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA. 02/13/16 Los Angeles Art Book Fair.  Curated by John Burtle

The Velaslavay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA. 10/17/15. Color Objectivism, Harmonic Distortion, and the Illusion of the Noise-free System as part of Dog, Lights, and Sewing Machine curated by Lun*na Menoh

Pieter, Los Angeles, CA. 07/19/15 Have you ever heard the sound of an iceberg melting? Collaboration with Lucky Dragons and Tara Jane O’Neil based on scores by Pauline Oliveros

Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 07/18/15 X POLY NATION. Organized in collaboration with New Art Dealers Alliance

BROADCASTING
Lookout FM: KGAP 96.7 LP-FM, KLDB 99.1 LP-FM, and KFQM 101.5 LP-FM Co-Director and Lead Engineer.  November 2021 - Present

Special Collections. Monthly sound collage broadcast on KCHUNG 1630 AM and kchungradio.org, Los Angeles, CA. July 2014 - Present

Centre for Contemporary Arts, 87.9 FM. Glasgow, Scotland. S. Selection, Radiophrenia Festival, 2023

Centre for Contemporary Arts, 87.9 FM. Glasgow, Scotland. Sounds of Sirens: The Audio Landscape of Civil Defense. Selection, Radiophrenia Festival, 2017

Wave Farm, WGXC 90.7 FM. Acra, NY Chasing Waterfalls: Software Defined Radio. Selection, Short Waves/Long Distance, 30th Shortwave Listeners Festival, 2017

dublab, dublab.com, Los Angeles, CA. Tribute to the Triforium. special presentation. 02/26/14

WMBR 88.1 FM, Cambridge, MA. Late Risers Club. Weekly Program. 2003

WMFO 91.5 FM, Medford, MA . First Internet Broadcast of Live Performance of Erik Satie’s Vexations. Engineer. 2001

WHRB 95.3 FM, Cambridge, MA. Record Hospital. Weekly Program. 1993-2000

MUSIC
Eloe Omoe. Bass Player 1996-Present
Contrabass solo and ensemble performer 1991-Present

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Sam RowellDissolving the Sky 5 16-hour digital release of recordings from the month-long performance series of same name.  Self Released. 2022
Special Collections.  LRH: In His Own Words CassetteSelf Released.  2021  
Special Collections. Selections from the Peoples Temple Archives Cassette. KCHUNG Tapes. 2014
Eloe Omoe. Marauders LP/CD. Animal Disguise Recordings. 2007
Eloe Omoe. Self-Titled Cassette. Animal Disguise Recordings. 2006
Eloe Omoe. Untitled. Infrasound. 2003

SELECTED ELOE OMOE CONCERT PERFORMANCES
Zebulon.   Los Angeles, CA.   02/20/2020 with Sunburned Hand of the Man
Lawndale Art Center.  Houston, TX.  09/23/2019 with John Alan Kennedy
Handbag Factory.  Los Angeles, CA.  08/16/2019 with Rubber 0 Cement
Non Plus Ultra.  Los Angeles, CA. 03/28/2018 with Bill Nace/Kathleen Kim
Zebulon. Los Angeles, CA. 11/02/17 PSYCHO JAZZ in L.A. with Wolf Eyes - Night Two
Handbag Factory. Los Angeles, CA.  06/15/16 International Noise Conference Los Angeles 2016
The Echo. Los Angeles, CA. 01/29/15 with Body/Head
Rudyards. Houston, TX. 04/29/13 with Thrones
OCCII. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 04/05/12 with Drum Eyes
North Door. Austin, TX. 02/15/12 with Cut Hands
Market Hotel, Brooklyn, NY. 05/09/09  usaisamonster Final Show
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. Detroit, MI. 12/2006 with Midlife Vacation
Casa del Popolo. Montreal, Québec. 04/01/06 with Sunburned Hand of the Man
The Hook, Brooklyn, NY. 03/19/06 No Fun Fest 2006
Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA. 01/14/03 with Thurston Moore/Brian Chippendale Duo
7 Sherman Street, Charlestown, MA. 10/12/02 A Night for Naked Eardrums
Advocate House. Cambridge, MA. 04/19/02 with Wolf Eyes.
Harvest Co-op. Allston, MA. 12/98 with Deerhoof
Fat Day House. Somerville, MA. 12/96 with Lightning Bolt

SELECTED SOLO CONTRABASS PERFORMANCES
Sade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 05/27/18 Curated by Lucas Gorham.
Summer Terrace, Los Angeles, CA. 06/03/16 Open Mouth Records presents. Curated by Bill Nace
Infrasound, Charlestown, MA. 07/27/06 Chris Corsano • Greg Kelley • Sam Rowell • The Absurder

SELECTED ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES
Sarah Hennies. Projection and Amplification. Fresh Arts, Houston, TX. 11/11/12
Keith Rowe Ensemble. 14 Pews, Houston, TX. 10/10/12
Sandy Ewen Ensemble. Re-Surfaced: Surf Music Reimagined. New Media Art and Sound Summit. Austin, TX. 06/15/12
Richard Lerman. Travelon Gamelon. University of Houston Systems of Sustainability Conference. Houston, TX. 06/30/09
Devil Music Ensemble In C.  Berwick Research Institute, Boston, MA.