Samantha Wilson / UK & PT

Samantha is a multimedia visual artist based in Lisbon, Portugal. She comes from Scotland and has worked and lived between the UK, Canada, Italy, Spain, India, and Africa. She has a BA in Fine Art and MFA in Art and Humanities from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland, 2015. Samantha has since received many awards for her work and participated in multiple international artist residencies. Exhibiting her work between the UK, US, Europe, and India, she now works full-time as an artist and Fine Arts Facilitator in Lisbon. She is co-founder of Colour the Community, a Social Arts Initiative in Kenya, which fosters creativity and growth inside rural schools and their surrounding community. Samantha strives to explore how to bring people together in a modern world of separation through art and creativity. Samantha enjoys sharing her passion for creativity and humanity in different International festivals, communities, and educational institutions among children and adults.