Manhattan-Based photographer, writer, graphic designer and documentary filmmaker with a penchant for arts, politics and travel among a host of other things. Raised by a pair of artist a bit off the grid, Heydt’s academic career was spent overseas at institution as varied as ‘La Sorbonne’, ‘Universidad de Buenos Aires’ and the ‘Universiteit van Amsterdam’. Her aptitude for language and passion for photography and travel can be attributed to the aforemetioned, as can her interests in social advocacy which later propelled her to earn a degree in Communications from ‘The New School’ with a focus in journalism and gender studies. After which, Heydt went on to pursue a degree in Photography from ‘Parsons the New School for Design’- graduating Summa Cum Laude from both programs. While comfortable in a multitude of contexts, her skill set primarily lies in audio-visual production, journalism, graphic design and brand management. Having always regarded the camera as a tool for social advocacy, Heydt’s conceptual work speaks to issues of socioeconomic inequality, as well as the consequences of consumerism, as do the photographs she candidly shoots on her travels. From an orphanage in India to a dying fisherman village in Uruguay, a paper trail of images document the experiences that later come to inform her personal practice. As a fine art photographer, She has been internationally exhibited twice in the 'The State Hermitage Museum' in Russia, as well as in a constellation of galleries across Europe, New York and Los Angeles. Her clients include, but are not limited to: W Magazine, VMag/Visionaire, le Florentine, Photo Magazine. In Spring 2012, she was inducted into “the Contemporaries”. Her portfolio can be viewed on the official website www.samheydt.com. Read Less

ACADEMIC:

01/06 – 05/11 Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY:
Bachelors of Fine Art in Photography (Summa Cum Laude)
01/05 – 05/10 Eugene Lang College, New York, NY:
Bachelors of Art in Communications (Summa Cum Laude)
01/09 – 05/09 SACI: Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy: Italian
06/08 – 08/08 Center for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore, India
01/07 – 01/08 Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands      
01/06 – 06/06 Cooper Union, New York, NY: Photography
09/05 – 01/06 Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Spanish
10/05 – 12/05 La Escuela del Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fine Arts
06/05 – 08/05 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: Photography
09/04 – 01/05 La Sorbonne, Paris, France: French

WORK:

Heydt Studio ⎧Photographer⎫New York, NY: Fall 2011
Colloborative with Domingo Zapata ⎧Photographer⎫New York, NY: Spring 2012
IDesign ⎧Interior Designer⎫ New York, NY, Summer 2011
No Shame Records ⎧Brand Management⎫ New York, NY, Summer 2011
Vice Style ⎧Photographer⎫ New York, NY, Summer 2011
W Magazine ⎧Consultant⎫ New York, NY, Spring 2011: Assisted art director
Visionaire ⎧Consultant⎫ New York, NY, Summer 2010: Image research/ archiving
Yaroslavl ⎧Co-Director/Producer⎫ New York, NY, Fall 2010
Skin Deep ⎧Author⎫Fall 2009
Milk Gallery ⎧Assistant⎫ New York, NY, Fall 2009
Red tide on the Amber Coast ⎧PA⎫ Vilnius, Lithuania, Summer 2006
English Teacher, Sikkim, India, Spring 2004
Pacific Village Institute, India, Nepal and Tibet, Spring 2004
Experiment in International Living, Switzerland, Summer 2004
American University of Paris, Paris, France, Summer 2002: French Read Less

EXHIBITION HISTORY
Queen Street Gallery, HeadOn, Sydney, Australia 05/14 - 06/14
SG Gallery, Venice, Italy 05/14 - 05/14
Consensus, New York, NY 05/14 - 07/14
Aesthetica Prize Exhibition, St. Mary’s, York, UK 04/14 - 07/14
Florence Festival of Arts, Florence, Italy 04/14 - 07/14
Clio Art Project, Armory Show, New York, NY 02/14 - 04/14
Unpainted Media Art Fair, Munich, Germany 01/14 - 03/14
Art Basel Miami, Miami FL 12/13 - 12/13
145 Gallery, New York, NY 11/13 - 12/13
Osso:Echoes: Lisbon, Portugal 09/13 - 11/13
Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 06/13 - 07/13
HeadOn Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia 05/13 - 06/13
Art Basel, w/ Domingo Zapata, Miami, FL 12/12 - 12/12
Fountain Air Fair, Miami, FL 12/12 - 12/12
Verge Art Fair, Miami, FL 12/12 - 12/12
Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 10/12 - 11/12
Gabarron Foundation,New York & Spain 09/13 - 08/14
Cipriani Wall Street, New York, NY 04/12 - 09/12
Loftwoods, New York, NY 09/12 - 11/12
Armory Show, New York, NY 03/12 - 03/12
Kana Manglaplus Projects, Los Angeles, CL 12/11 - 01/12
The State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia 06/11 - 08/11
Calumet Gallery, New York, NY 05/11 - 06/11
Milk Gallery, New York, NY 04/11 - 05/11
Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia 06/11 - 08/11
Thomas Werner Gallery, New York, NY 10/11 - 11/11
Krasnoyarsk Museum, Krasnoyarsk, Russia 11/10 - 12/10
Museum of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk, Russia 10/10 - 11/10
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 06/10 - 08/10
La Corte Gallery, Florence, Italy 04/09 - 06/09


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