SAMANTHA GRIMWOOD
samanthapagegrimwood@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2026 (Expected) Master of Fine Arts, University of Maine, ME
2025 Graduate Certificate in Digital Curation, University of Maine, ME
2024 Professional Development Certificate in Grant Writing, University of Maine, ME
2021 BA, English with Concentration in Creative Writing with a Minor In Education
University of Maine, ME
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2026. Becoming Through Process, Rockland, ME
2026 Imaging Your Research: A Photo Contest, Orono, ME
Marketing and outreach, spatial design, installation of all works,
2025 IMFA & Art Open House, Process/Presence, Orono, ME
Marketing and outreach, spatial design, installation of all works, and wall texts
2025 IMFA Rockland Exhibition To Define is to Limit: An Intermedia Exhibition, Rockland, ME
Marketing and outreach, spatial design, installation of all works, and wall texts
2025 Imaging Your Research: A Photo Contest, Orono, ME
Marketing and outreach, spatial design, installation of all works, and wall texts, Juror on all submissions
PUBLIC ART/COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2025 Mural for the Kenduskeag Collaboration with Bangor Beautiful Pump Station, Bangor, ME, (Invitational)
SOLO/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Partum Imagines (creative portraits), Solo Exhibition, Bangor Public Library (Adjudicated)
2025 Pearl Siren, Group Exhibition, The Bakery Photo Collective, Portland, ME (Adjudicated)
2025 Adonis of the Sea, Online Group Exhibition, Ten Mior Gallery (Adjudicated)
https://tenmoirgallery.com/vibrant-colors-february-2025-virtual-exhibition/
2025 Story Telling Through Portraits, Solo Exhibition, Dreamin Gold Jewelry, Bangor, ME (Invitational)
2025 Peaking In, Public Places, Private Spaces, Group Exhibition, Lowell, MA (Adjudicated)
2025 Adonis of the Sea, Group Exhibition, 11 Central, Bangor, ME (Invitational)
2025 Adonis of the Sea, Group Exhibition, Lotte Jacobi Photography Exhibition New Hampshire Art, Association, Portsmouth, NH (Adjudicated)
2025 We are Many and We Are Tired, Group Exhibition, IMFA Open House Orono, ME (Invitational)
2025 Emotifs, Group Exhibition, IMFA Open House, Orono, ME
2025 Aegis of Humanity, Group Exhibition, IMFA Open House, Orono ME (Invitational)
2024 Threads, A Procession and Group Exhibition, Rockland, ME (Invitational)
HONORS, AWARDS, + GRANTS
2026. Bangor Cultural Commission Community Grant, AIGA Maine Chapter - Poster Show, $3,000 ME
2026 Intermedia Grant Award $300
2025 Intermedia Grant Award $250
2025 Hamm Family Activity Fund Grant in support of Down East Visions: A Film and Dialogue Series
2025 Cultural Affairs/Disguised Lecture Grant in support of Down East Visions: A Film and Dialogue Series
2025 Honorable Mention Adonis of the Sea, Group Exhibition, New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
2025 Graduate Assistantship 25-26 Academic Year, Orono, ME
2024 Graduate Assistantship 24-25 Academic Year, Orono, ME
2023 Graduate Assistantship 23-24 Academic Year, Orono, ME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 Production of Educational Content, Hudson Museum, Orono, ME
2024 Digitization and Admin Work, Zillman Art Museum, Bangor, ME
2023 Clerical and Admin Work, Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center, Orono, ME
2024 Clerical and Admin Work, Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center, Orono, ME
2025 Clerical and Admin Work, Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center, Orono, ME
SERVICE
2025 Visual Arts Grant Review Panel, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2025 Bangor, Maine First Friday Art Walks Committee Member – Outreach, Bangor, ME
WORKSHOPS
2025 The Audio Canvas, IMRC Center, Orono, ME
ADJUDACATIONS
2024 Juror, Imaging Your Research: A Photo Contest, Orono, ME
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2026. Board Member, Maine Book and Print Collective, ME
2025 Board Member AIGA, ME