About: Samuel ABelow
About: Samuel Abelow
Born in 1991 in New York City, NY, Samuel Abelow was raised in Connecticut and studied at the Sonic Arts Center of the City College of New York. Most recent exhibitions include “Summer Solstice, Concrete Myths” at Van Der Plas Gallery, NYC, and “OCEAN” at Ezra Gallery of the Hamptons.
As a painter, his works entered private collections between in cities including Berlin, Manhattan, Brooklyn, East Hampton, Greenwich, Westport, Fairfield, Ithaca, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boulder. In 2019, his focus on painting culminated in a solo exhibition curated by Timothy Hull titled “Samuel Abelow: The Orphic Dance & Persephone's Eyes of Water,” presented by the Azarian McCullough Gallery at St. Thomas Aquinas College in September 2019.
Between 2016 and 2019, he was employed as an art critic for the French journal Art-Critique.com. In 2020, Abelow concluded his psychoanalytic sessions conducted in the method of C.G. Jung, which continues to influence his paintings.
Since 2022, Samuel Abelow has been living in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where he studies and practices mysticism. These deep studies and the New York City environment inform and inspire his works.
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Solo & Group Exhibitions
OCEAN — Ezra Gallery, The Hamptons (Group), 2025 (Upcoming) Exhibition exploring mystical embodiment and feminine redemption.
Summer Solstice, Concrete Myths — Van Der Plas Gallery, Lower East Side, NY (Group), 2025 (Upcoming)
The Orphic Dance & Persephone’s Eyes of Water — Azarian McCullough Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College (Solo), 2019. Curated by Timothy Hull
Westport Women’s Club Annual Art Show — Westport Women’s Club, Westport, CT (Group), 2018. Curated by Miggs Burroughs
Curated Events & Design Collaborations
SS2025 Collection with Patrick Cupid — New York, NY (2025) Collaboration with fashion designer Patrick Cupid. Abelow’s original artworks were adapted into digitally printed silk textiles for a series of garments, including The Shirt Dress and The Nehru Shirt. The collection, inspired by mythology and symbolic painting, launched Spring/Summer 2025. Produced made-to-order in NYC.
2017–2019 – The Symbolist Soirée
Hosted private interdisciplinary salons with original artwork, live music, performance, and costume in a hand-designed yurt. Created intimate spaces for mystical and experimental expression in a social setting
Writing & Criticism
Forthcoming Catalog: Fruition in Ecstasy, Portraits and Other Paintings — 2025
Editor: Johannes Böckmann
Artist Monograph: Artist Catalog — 2022-2024 Editions
Editor: Johannes Böckmann
Includes essays by Christina Bickel, PhD; Johannes Böckmann; Kendra Terry, PhD.
The catalog explores themes of mystical embodiment and transformation of spiritual archetypes in Abelow’s work.
Art Critic, ArtCritique.com (Paris) — 2018–2019
Published essays on exhibitions and cultural themes, covering galleries like Kasmin and Marc Straus.
Collections
Private collections in: New York City, East Hampton, San Francisco, Boulder, Los Angeles, Berlin, Greenwich, Westport, Fairfield, and Ithaca.
Education & Study
City College of New York, Sonic Arts Program — 2009–2011
Jungian Psychoanalytic Study — 2011–2019
Mentorship with Dr. Joseph Wagenseller (President of the C.G. Jung Institute in NYC, Colombia Teacher’s College professor)
Torah Study and Mysticism — 2022–Present
Daily learning in Hasidic thought and Jewish spiritual texts (Crown Heights)
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