lives and works in New York
| 2009 | Sam Samore, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris |
| 2008 | Sam Samore, Scenarios, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brüssel |
| 2007 | Sam Samore: The Suicidist, Galerie Gisela Capiain, Köln |
| D’Amelio Terras, New York | |
| 2006 | Sam Samore: The Suicidist, P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, New York |
| 2005 | Stories (Incomplete): A Project, Gray Kapernekas Gallery, New York |
| Galeria Graça.Brandao, Porto | |
| Stories (Incomplete), Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln | |
| 2004 | In the eye of the beholder, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam |
| 2003 | White Dahlia, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brüssel |
| Fondation Cartier pour l´art contemporain, Paris | |
| Art & Public, Genf | |
| 2002 | The Clairvoyant, the Irrational, and the Desperate, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris |
| Love Death Beauty: Live Preformance, Stazione Leopolda, Florenz | |
| The Somnambulant, The Reckless and The Desolate, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon, Portugal | |
| Schizophrenic Beauty / Dominating the Monster, Giorgio Armani, Rive Gauche, Paris | |
| Happy Expectation of Strangling, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris | |
| 2001 | Life and Death (Incomplete), Galerie Gisela Capitain |
| Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York | |
| 2000 | Sam Samore: Pathological tales/Shizophrenic Stories, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| The Sirens, Galerie Rudolphe Janssen, Brüssel | |
| 1999 | Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris |
| The Killers, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Mailand | |
| Sam Samore, The Secret Island, Ives Saint Laurent, Rive Gauche, New York | |
| Sam Samore, CCC, Tours | |
| Centre d'art contemporain, Tours | |
| The Sorceres, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York | |
| 1998 | THE OASIS-THE SIRENES-THE DRIFTERS, Art & Public, Genf |
| 1997 | Scenarios, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln |
| Allegories of Beauty (Incomplete), Galerie Rudolph Janssen, Brüssel | |
| Fictions, L'atelier Centre National de la Photographie, Paris | |
| 1996 | Allegories of Beauty (Incomplete), DAAD Galerie, Berlin |
| Allegories of Beauty (Incomplete), Galerie Massimo de Carlo, Mailand | |
| Allegories of Beauty (Incomplete), Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris | |
| Scenarios 1990´s, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York | |
| Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles | |
| 1995 | Ecole des beaux-arts de Nimes, Nimes |
| Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York | |
| Allegories of Beauty (Incomplete), Galerie Borgmann Capitain, Köln | |
| Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig | |
| Galerie Marc Jancou, London | |
| 1994 | Situations, Kunsthalle Zürich (mit Harald F. Müller) |
| Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris | |
| De Appel Stichting, Amsterdam | |
| Galerie Marc Jancou, London | |
| 1992 | Galerie Massimo de Carlo, Mailand |
| Galerie Marc Jancou, Zürich | |
| 1991 | Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln |
| Galerie Nordanstad Skarstedt, Stockholm | |
| Galerie Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica | |
| 1990 | Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz |
| Galerie American Fine Arts, New York | |
| Standart Graphik, Köln | |
| 2009 | Summertime; or, Close-ups on Places We’ve (NEver) Been, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco |
| 2008 | Sign of the Time, Whitney Museum of American Arts, New York The Object is the Mirror Part II, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
| 2007 | 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul |
| The loss of history makes them constantly curious and continuously horny...” Vito Acconci, John M Armleder, Olivier Mosset, Chuck Nanney, Steven Parrino, Sam Samore, D`Amelio Terras, New York | |
| Zum Sterben schön? Der Tod in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen | |
| 2006 | Momento Mori, Comme ci Comme ça II, Salon d`Art, Köln |
| Dormir, rêver...et autres nuits, Musée d`art contemporain, Bordeaux | |
| Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica | |
| Portrait of Artists, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York | |
| 2005 | Women Portraits, Art Statements Gallery, Hongkong |
| East-West RetroArtive, Art Statements Gallery, Hongkong | |
| 2004 | Rimbaud, I-20 Gellery, New York (curated by Max Henry) |
| Making Faces –Photography and the Death of the Portrait, Hayward Gallery, London | |
| Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel Je t'envisage: Making Faces, Musée de L'Elysée, Lausanne | |
| A Clear Vision., Photographische Werke aus der Sammlung | |
| F.C. Gundlach, Deichtorhallen Hamburg | |
| Acquisitions récentes, Kunsthaus Baselland | |
| Wake Up!, Photography is Art, Arts Staements Gallery, Hongkong | |
| Decepting Love, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin | |
| 2003 | Story Faces, Galerie Mirko Mayer, Köln |
| Something about Love, Casino Luxembourg, Luxemburg | |
| Odorama: les soirees nomades, Fondation Cartier pour l´art contemporain, Paris | |
| Doble vision, Fabrique de Tabac, Madrid | |
| 2002 | Das zweite Gesicht, Deutsches Museum, München |
| hingeschaut – zeitgenössische Fotografie, Robert-Bosch–Krankenhaus, Stuttgart | |
| Galerie Anne de Vileepoix, Paris | |
| Marking Time, Sert Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge | |
| Art Downtown: New Photography, Wall St Rising, New York | |
| From the Observatory, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (curated by Bob Nickas) | |
| 2001 | The Beauty of Intimacy, Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck; travelled to: Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden |
| Ohne Zögern, Sammlung Olbricht, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen | |
| Project 1, PCC-Elga Wimmer, New York | |
| Restaurant George/Coste, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France | |
| Les Voluptes Borusan: Culture & Art Center, Istanbul, Türkei (curated by Elga Wimmer) | |
| 2000 | The look behind, Portfolio Kunst AG, Wien |
| Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore | |
| Leaving the Island, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pusan, Korea | |
| Cross Female – Methapern des Weiblichen in der Kunst der 90er Jahre, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin | |
| Interplay, Museet For Samtidskunst, Oslo | |
| Pause/Pose, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris | |
| All You Need is Love, Laznia, Centre of Contemporary Art, Gdansk | |
| The Go-Between, Galerie Erna Hecey, Luxemburg | |
| Emerveille Moderne, Red District, Marseille | |
| Galerie Deux, Tokyo | |
| 1999 | Oh-Hitchcock, Kunsthalle Tirol |
| trans o sphère, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angouléme (curated by Philippe Régnier) | |
| A Girl Like You, Gellerie Praz- Delavallade, Paris | |
| Transmute, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (curated by Joshua Decter) | |
| 1998 | Fast Forward. Body Check, Kunstverein Hamburg |
| The Bird More Curious Than I, Exit Festival, Cretail, Paris | |
| Ontom, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig | |
| Fotografie als Handlung, 4. Internationale Foto- Triennale Esslingen 1998, Esslingen | |
| Collection d'Hiver I, Fondation d'Art Contemporain, Paris | |
| L'école de Paris? 1945-1964, Musée National d'Histoire et Art, Luxembourg | |
| Photographies, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brüssel | |
| Gare de l'Est, Casino Luxembourg- Forum D'Art Contemporain, Luxemburg | |
| 1997 | Der Menschliche Faktor - Das Individuum im |
| Spiegel der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Hypo Bank International S.A. Luxembourg; travelled to: Achenbach Kunsthandlung, Düsseldorf | |
| Enjoy, Kulturstiftung Schloß Agathenburg, Stade | |
| Fenetre sur cour Galerie ARPS, Paris | |
| 1 Minute Scenario Printemps de Cahors, Cahors | |
| The Quiet in the Land, ICA Portland, Maine; travelled to ICA Boston (kuratiert von France Morin) | |
| Rear Window, Galerie ARPS, Paris | |
| Identité, Institut Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne | |
| Veronica's Revenge, Oeuvres photographiques de la Lambert Art Collection, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genf | |
| Alien body's, Icebox/Venetia Kapernekas, Athen | |
| You can't get there from here, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York | |
| Heaven, P.S.1, New York | |
| 619 KBB 75, exposition itin érante dans une mini austin, Paris | |
| Visages, Fondation Guerlan, Les Mesnuls | |
| Symposium über Fotographie XVII: Agents ans Agencies, Marieninstitut, Graz | |
| 1996 | Sugar Hiccup, Tramway Gallery, Glasgow |
| Shopping, Deitch Projects, New York | |
| Les Conte de Fees se terminent bien, Frac, Haute Normandie, Rouen | |
| ID, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven | |
| Fools Reign, ICA London | |
| Tableaux de la vie moderne, Galerie Rudolphe Janssen, Brüssel | |
| Many true stories, Bergkerk, Deventer | |
| fast nichts (almost invisible), Ehemaliges Umspannwerk, Singen | |
| Alien Bodys, Icebox/Venetia Kapernakas, Athen | |
| 1995 | Filmcuts, Galerie neugerriemschneider, Berlin |
| Shopping, CAPC Musée, Bordeaux | |
| Pieces Meubles, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris | |
| Infra Sound, Künstlerhaus Hamburg | |
| Campo, On Board, Biennale Venedig | |
| Pictures of the real world (In real time), Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo | |
| Stoppage, CC Tours France | |
| The Peace Process, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, England | |
| Morceaux Choisis, Le magasin Centre d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble | |
| 1994 | Pictures of the real world (In real time), Paula Cooper, New York |
| Rock my world, Independant Artists Space, London | |
| Playoff, Art et Public, Genf | |
| Gaze: The impossible transparence, Carée des Arts, Paris | |
| The use of pleasure, Terrain, San Francisco | |
| Heart of darkness, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo | |
| On The Road: Between Besancon et Belfort, Centre d'Art Mobile, Besancon, France | |
| Richard Prince, Sam Samore, Cindy Sherman, Galerie Per Skarstedt, New York | |
| 1993 | Die Zweite Wirklichkeit, Schloss Wilhelm, Stuttgart |
| Tele Tube, Zürich | |
| Centre Paris, Zentrum Paris, Ritter Klagenfurt | |
| Viennesse Story, Wiener Secession, Wien | |
| Open Ditch, Hopital Ephémère, Paris | |
| Before the sound of the beep, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris | |
| Time and Tide, Tyne International, Newcastle | |
| Ars Musica 1993, Brüssel | |
| Spielhölle, Sylvana Lorenz Gallery, Paris | |
| Travelogue, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Wien | |
| Live in Your Head, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Wien | |
| Die jungen Amerikaner, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln | |
| The Stranger, Galerie David Zwirner, New York | |
| Restaurant, La Bocca, Paris | |
| 1992 | Tableaux voles, Sylvana Lorenz Gallery, Paris |
| Spielhölle, Frankfurt Universität, Metro Station | |
| In through the out door, Nordanstadt Skarstedt, New York | |
| Anomie, Patent House, London | |
| Still, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York | |
| The big nothing (or: Le presque rien), The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York | |
| Through the view finder, Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam | |
| Exhibit A, Serpentine Gallery, London | |
| Writing on the wall, 303 Gallery, New York | |
| Twenty Fragile Pieces, Galerie Analix, Genf | |
| 1991 | Kirsten Mosher, Sam Samore, Beat Streuli, Anne de Villepoix, Paris |
| Le revange de l'image, Pierre Huber, Genf | |
| The Museum of Natural History, Galerie Barbara Farbar, Amsterdam | |
| 1990 | Stephen Prina, Sam Samore, Christopher Wool, Galerie Schurr, Stuttgart |
| Cady Noland, Sam Samore, Karen Sylvester, Galerie Max Hetzler, Köln | |
| The Köln Show, Köln | |
| Sam Samore, Lawrence Weiner, Galerie Air de Paris, Nizza | |