Bio

Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Samuel Dylan Ewing currently lives in West Philadelphia and is a Senior Researcher at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Sam has taught courses at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA, the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS, and Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. He previously served as the Horace W. Goldsmith Curatorial Fellow in Photography at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where he curated the 2022 exhibition "Waiting for Tear Gas," among others. At the PMA, Ewing also inaugurated a comprehensive assessment of the museum's extensive holding of photographs by Carl Van Vechten, which document many of the major cultural and intellectual figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Beyond his scholarly and curatorial activities, Ewing is also a political organizer, one-time musician, and avid Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fan. Ewing received his PhD in the History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University in 2021.

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Academic CV (last updated October 2023)

Professional Resume (last updated October 2023)