Sam Blanchard

Sam Blanchard is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Studio Art Program in the School of Visual Arts and a Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. He has an active international exhibition record, with solo exhibitions at such venues as the Las Vegas Contemporary Art Center, the Delaware Contemporary and The New Galley (Calgary, ON). His collaborative work in the fields of computer science and engineering have been presented at South-by-Southwest, World Maker Faire and the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference amongst other high profile venues. He received his Bachelor of Fine Art from Ohio University and Master of Fine Art in Sculpture with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design.