Closing reception for Sugar Coated

Event Info

Sunday

Thursday, June 6th, 7 – 8 PM

2:30 pm

Location

MAD Arts

481 S Federal Hwy, Dania Beach, FL 33004

Join us for the closing event for Sugar Coated, which will feature an exclusive meet & greet with artist Samantha Salzinger. During the event, she will share details about her work and creative process.

Guests will enjoy free museum admission from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM.

Sugar Coated constructs a world where desire, nostalgia, and excess crystallize into landscapes both seductive and unsettling. Entirely built by hand—piped, poured, sculpted, and assembled—the environments mimic the glossy perfection of digital renderings, exposing the slippage between the real and the simulated. Childhood fantasies bloom into hyperreal terrains already tipping toward collapse.

About

Samantha Salzinger

Samantha Salzinger is a multidisciplinary artist based in South Florida whose work spans sculpture, photography, video, and installation through the creation of intricate, handcrafted dioramas. She earned her MFA in Photography from Yale University and her BFA from Florida International University.

Her work has been recognized with numerous awards, including three South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowships and the Artist Innovation Grant from the Broward County Cultural Division, and is held in public and private collections such as the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Young at Art Museum, Yale University, and the Girls’ Club Collection.

In addition to her studio practice, Salzinger serves as Professor and Chair of the Art Department at Palm Beach State College.