About

Sam is an artist/illustrator based in Melbourne Australia.

Working across a broad range of mediums and projects for a broad range of audiences, he tirelessly divides his time between meeting the needs of his commercial clients and creating personal work for solo exhibitions, events and collaborations with other artists, brands and agencies.

As comfortable with working to a strict brief on a single illustration as he is producing an entire body of work of his own concepts and visual ideas, he is always excited by new projects no matter the form or context.

A member of the Six Fifteen creative collective, collaboration, experimentation, exchange of ideas and the possibilities of cross-discipline work are all things that constantly push his work forward and upward, from strength to strength.

He has completed diplomas in multimedia design and illustration and is represented in Australia by Just Another Agency.

For all enquiries and commissions get in touch with Sam at sam[at]samoctigan[dot]com

Education:

Dipolma of Multimedia Design, Holmsglen Institute 2003

Diploma of Graphic Arts, Illustration. Chisolhm Institute 2007

Exhibitions:

2013

Torn/COMA @ The People’s Market/Joint Show with Michael Danischewski

2012

Of Two Minds/The Tate (Syd)/Solo Show

Just Another Project Space Launch/Just Another Project Space/Group Show

Form, Figure & Sexuality/ Brunswick Street Gallery/ Group Show

615 Launch/ The Order/ Group Show

Hyper Reality Dimension XX/ ambush Gallery (Syd)/ Group Show

2011

BOARD at NGV/ NGV Studio/ Group Show

Yarrr The Woods/ The Woods of Windsor/ Group Show

Just Another Group Show/ Thousand Pound Bend/ Group Show

Twin Navigation/Rancho Notorious Gallery/Joint Show with Jacob Rolfe

Up The Bend/Rancho Notorious Gallery/ Group Show

Besties/Somewhere Gallery/ Group Show

2010

Creature Feature/ Monstrosity Gallery (Syd)/ Group Show

Just Another Group Show/ Thousand Pound Bend/ Group Show

Illustrators Australia 9 x 5 Show/ Space  39 Gallery/ Group Show

2008

Illustre Graduation Show/ Chapel Off Chapel/ Group Show

Selected Clients:

Afends

Billabong

Blunt Skate & Surf

Beyond The Pale

Dead Souls Records

Di Donato Design

Drop Dead Clothing

Morning Bell Events

Stomp Records

Trial & Error Records

Selected Publications & Press:

Dazed Digital

Dazed & Confused Korea

Design Federation Annual 2010

Semi Permanent Book 2010, 2012

Acclaim Magazine

Ammo Magazine

Lost At E Minor

The Thousands

The Grafik Museum