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Sam Vernon is an artist who creates installation art.

Early Life and Education
Vernon attended Suitland High School in District Heights, Maryland. They earned their BFA from The Cooper Union in 2009 and their MFA in Painting/Printmaking at Yale School of Art in 2015.

Career
Vernon has shown in museums and galleries across North America. Vernon was included in the 2013 group exhibition 'Pattern Recognition' at MoCADA. In 2016 she presented the large installation 'How Ghosts Sleep (Seattle)' at the Seattle Art Museum in 2016. She contributed to Jeffrey Deitch's 2016 'Coney Art Walls' project. Vernon made her Canadian debut with the exhibition 'Rage Wave' at Toronto's Gallery 44. In 2015 they were featured in Complex Magazine's '15 Young Black Artists to watch'. Vernon is an Assistant Professor at California College of the Arts where she teaches printmaking.