Samantha Cimino
Portland, Oregon
Residencies + Programs
2024 Spring Fieldwork, Summer Fieldwork
2023-24 Resident at From the Ground Up
Education
2010, Bachelor of Science in Art and Design, Towson University
Performances
2026 performer and creative director, “Lula’s Dream,” Surrealist Cabaret, Clinton Street Theater, Portland Oregon
2025 performer and co-producer, “Red Clay Cave",” Surrealist Cabaret, Turn Turn Turn, Portland Oregon
2025 performer and co-producer, “Ethereal Excavation,” Surrealist Cabaret, Blackwater Bar, Portland Oregon
2025 solo performance, “Mysticaloom” at Performance Works Northwest, Portland Oregon
2025 music performance, Violet Creatura, at Kelly’s Olympian, Portland Oregon
2025 performer and co-producer, “Forest Call", Surrealist Cabaret, The Fixin’ To, Portland Oregon
2024 performer and co-producer, “Mime Morning,” Surrealist Cabaret, October, Azoth Space, Portland Oregon
2024 performance for Fieldwork works-in-progress showing, Flock Dance Center, Portland Oregon
2024 music performance, Violet Creatura, at Turn! Turn! Turn!, Portland, Oregon
2024 performance for Fieldwork, Flock Dance Center works in progress showing, Portland Oregon
2024 music performance, Violet Creature, at Bridge City Collective, Portland Oregon
2023 music performance, Violet Creatura, at Kelly’s Olympian, Portland Oregon
2022 dancer in Touch System by Blue McCall, Performance Works Northwest, Portland Oregon
2022 music performance at Zero Wave, Portland Oregon
2019 participant in Mia Habib's ALL a physical poem of protest, TBA festival, Portland Oregon
Exhibitions
2026 Solo Exhibition, Low Brow Lounge, Portland Oregon
2026 Solo Exhibition, The Fresh Pot, Portland Oregon
2021 Solo Exhibition, The Fresh Pot, Portland Oregon
2018 Solo Exhibition, The High Watermark, Portland Oregon
2018 Solo Exhibition, The Fresh Pot, Portland Oregon
2016 Solo Exhibition, Rad Gallery, Portland Oregon
2015 Solo Exhibition, The Clearing, Portland Oregon
2014 Group Exhibition, The Beatnik, Baltimore Maryland
2012 Group Exhibition, FAB PDX, Portland Oregon
2012 Group Exhibition, Bare Bones, Portland Oregon
2011 Group Exhibition, Bite Studio, Portland Oregon
2010 Group Exhibition, Towson University, Towson Maryland
2008 Solo Exhibition, Daily Grind, Baltimore Maryland
Publications
Photography: Common Ground, published by Borderline Press
Photography: Salty World: The Abuse I Endured Was Real and I Have the Seizures to Prove it
Poetry: High Priestesses of Poetry: multiple volumes