Dr Sam Belinfante
- Position: University Academic Fellow in Fine Art and Curatorial Practice
- Areas of expertise: fine art practice; sound; audio-visual; curation; film-making; installation
- Email: S.Belinfante@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 1823
- Website: Sam Belinfante's website
Profile
Sam Belinfante is an artist living and working in London.
Along with filmmaking and photographic work, his practice incorporates curating, sound and performance. Recent exhibitions include This is a Voice at MAAS Sydney and Wellcome Collection, London (2016-17); The Curves of the Needle at BALTIC 39, Newcastle and The London Open at Whitechapel Gallery, both 2015 and the solo show Many Chambers, Many Mouths, Southard Reid, London (2013). He curated and participated in The Voice and The Lens, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, which toured to Whitechapel Gallery as part of Spitalfields Festival in June 2014. Recent performances include Feedback at Palais De Tokyo, Paris (2017) and On the One Hand and the Other at Camden Arts Centre and Supernormal Festival, UK (2016).
Recently Belinfante won the Hayward Touring Curatorial Open. His exhibition Listening opened at BALTIC 39 in September 2014 and toured to the Bluecoat, Liverpool; Site Gallery, Sheffield and the Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery; and First Site and Art Exchange, Colchester.
Responsibilities
- Director, Centre for Audio Visual Experimentation (CAVE)
- Curator, Project Space
Qualifications
- PhD Fine Art Practice
- MA Fine Art
- BA Fine Art
Student education
BA Fine Art; BA Fine Art with Contemporary Cultural Theory; BA Fine Art with History of Art; BA Fine Art with Museum and Gallery Studies - Module Leader, Level 3 studio modules
MA Fine Art
PhD Fine Art Practice
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Audio Visual Experimentation (CAVE)