Samuel Wildman

Samuel Wildman

Lecturer

Email: samuel.a.wildman@berkeley.edu
Website: https://www.headlands.org/artist/samuel-wildman/
Instagram: @samuel_the_serious
Office hours: by appointment

Samuel Wildman works in sculpture, video, and installation. As a handyman and a dad he spends his time negotiating small domestic crises in his home and other people’s homes. His practice is rooted in the strange and sometimes mystical bodies of knowledge embedded in the soft labor of caretakers, baby whisperers, and fixers. Rendered in broad strokes, the subject of his work is intimacy, care, and repair in the anthropocene and late-capitalism. He uses humor, metaphor, and absurdity to contextualize his day-to-day participation in systems that destroy and exploit things that he cares about. For his most recent work Wildman has produced a series of flame-shaped, porcelain nightlights; converted an amazon box into a small tiled, recirculating fountain; and partnered with the UC Industrial Ergonomics Lab to study the risk exposure of various hug styles. 

Born in Seattle WA, Wildman received his MFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley, and a BFA in sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design. He is a passionate and frequent collaborator and has received grants from 4Culture, SDOT, and City of Seattle Arts and Culture. Samuel has been awarded residencies at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Monson Arts, Sou’wester Arts Week, Signal Fire, MADArt, and others.

He is the recipient of the 2023-24 Graduate Fellowship at the Headlands Center for the Arts, and the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. His work has been mentioned in Sculpture Magazine and his collaborative project “bevintage” was listed by Creative Capital as On Our Radar.

Courses Taught as GSI:
Fall 2021: Art 8 Introduction to Visual Thought
Sum 2022: Art 8 Introduction to Visual Thought
Fall 2022: Art 8 Introduction to Visual Thought
Sum 2023: ART 118 - Advanced Drawing: Remixing the Figure