Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA/Painting, 1984
Rhode Island School of Design BFA/Painting, 1980
Art Students League of New York 1976
Selected ExhibitionsHudson Valley Art Association, 91st Annual Show, Old Lyme, CT June 2024
McLean County Arts Center, "Timeless; Nature's Nurture," Curated by Amy Yeager, Bloomington, IL 2024
Dan Addington Gallery, “Sam & Stella,” Curated by Susan Aurinko & Susan Blackman, Chicago 2022
Fresh Lens Exhibition, curated by Shirley Nannini, Chicago 2022
Collectors Show/Fall 2016, Curated by Michael Coleman
Grand Rapids, MI
Bridgeport Art Center 3rd Annual Competition, Chicago, IL 2015
Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Exhibition for Ballet X, Philadelphia, PA 2014
Chicago Cultural Center, CAVA,"Later Impressions 2012" Chicago, Illinois 2012
Ferguson Gallery, “Recent Paintings of Stella Zee & Sam Whitaker,”Concordia University, Oak Park, Illinois 2008
Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park, Illinois 1994
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois 1987
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois 1986
1840 West Hubbard Shows, Chicago, Illinois 1983 - 1986
Randolph Street Gallery, "Sam Whitaker:Large Works", Curated by Nancy Brown, Chicago, Illinois 1985
Superior Street Gallery, SAIC,”Sam Whitaker & Kay Williams: Recent Works.” Chicago 1985
Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, R.I. 1980Private Collections
Work held in Private Collections in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Oxford, MississippiTeaching Experience
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois 1986-88
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984
Rippowam-Cisqua School, Bedford, New York 1975