Sam Heydt
About
Sam Heydt (born April 20, 1986) is an American social practice and recycled media artist born/raised in New York City. Although currently residing in Vienna, Heydt has lived/worked in Paris, Venice, Amsterdam, Athens, Buenos Aires, Sydney, Reykjavik, and Rajasthan. Her academic career traversed Parsons School of Design, The New School, Cooper Union, University of Amsterdam, University of Buenos Aires, and La Sorbonne. In 2012, Heydt launched Jane Street Studio, L.L.C. in Manhattan. Since Established, the photo studio has broadened its performance to provide design and marketing consultation and art direction. Its growing client roster spans Europe, North & South America, Asia, and Oceania.
In addition to this entrepreneurial undertaking, Heydt has attended artist residencies in Iceland, Australia, and New Zealand, where she has documented different forms of environmental exploitation. A published author, producer, and lifelong activist, Heydt has undertaken various altruistic, non-profit work. Her art, anchored in social advocacy, attempts to give a voice to the veiled, forgotten, exiled, and silenced. In her practice, she works across various media- film, video, installation, photography, sculpture, sound, merchandise, and text employs multiple materials, often reinventing or trespassing their associative use. Heydts'vision looks beyond the ordinary. Esteemed as one of the pioneers of the recycled media movement, Heydt's work has been shown in galleries, museums, art fairs, and film festivals worldwide.
