Exhibits, Accomplishments and Awards:
July 2025
Plein Air Easton, Winner Artist Choice Paint Oxford
May 2025
Pacific Northwest Plein Air, 2nd Place overall
May 2024
The Fly Fish Journal Writers On The Fly, Guest Artist
May 2024
Pacific Northwest Plein Air, Winner Best Water
August 2023
Umpqua Valley Plein Air, Winner Best In Show
August, 2023
Coast Plein Air Paint & Wine Festival, Winner Best In Show
August, 2022
Estes Valley Plein Air, 2nd Place Quick Draw
July 25-28, 2022
Pacific Northwest Plein Air, Winner Honorable Mention
July 26-29, 2021
Pacific Northwest Plein Air
May 2-8, 2021
Southwest Plein Air Galveston TX, Award of Merit
July 29– August 24, 2019
Pacific Northwest Plein Air
June 19-22, 2019
Los Gatos Plein Air 2019, Winner Honorable Mention
April 30 – May 3, 2019
The Two Rivers Plein Air Event, Winner Quick Draw
February 1, 2018
“Landscape Magic” Invitational, Giustina Gallery, LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University
Sept. 2018
Umpqua Valley Plein Air, Best In Show Overall Winner Established Artists.
July, 2018
Southern Oregon Plein Air, 3rd Place Overall Established Artist, Best In Show Award for Quick Draw Competition
February 4, 2016
“Oregon Landscape Show” Invitational Giustina Gallery, LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University
November 1, 2013 -January 2, 2014
Exhibiting in “30 Under 30” show in Hallie Brown Ford Gallery, Umpqua Valley Arts Association Arts Center.
August 30 – September 4, 2013
Organized and Guided inaugural “Rogue River Adventure Paint Out” under auspices of ROW Adventures. Assisted by fellow plein-aire painter and guide, David Kinker, and ROW adventure guide Aylan Lee.
July 29 – August 30, 2013
Exhibited in “Crater Lake Experience” International Art Show at Giustina Gallery, LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University
June 1 -June 28, 2013
Exhibited in “Art Immersed in the Aquatic Underworld” show at Giustina Gallery, Lesells Stewart Center, Oregon State University
February – March, 2013
“Raising the Main” First Place winner, “The Many Faces of Africa” Cultural Show, Oregon State University
November – December, 2012
Solo Show “The Works of James Sampsel” Clark Gallery, Roseburg, Oregon
November – December, 2012
Exhibiting at Kevin Clark’s Gallery, Roseburg, Oregon
November, 2012
“Best In Show” award LaSells Stewart Gallery, Oregon State University, “Oregon’s Waterways”.
November – December, 2012
Exhibiting “Oregon’s Waterways” at LaSells Stewart Gallery, Oregon State University
September, 2012
Exhibited Bend’s Fall Festival Bend, Oregon
September – December, 2011
“En Plein Air” the works of Mike Rangner, Laurel Buchanan, and James Sampsel
September, 2011- Present
Exhibiting at Pegasus Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon
May, 2011
Solo Show “James Sampsel” Lester Newell’s Perspectives Gallery, Bend, Oregon
December, 2010 – May, 2011
Exhibited at Lester Newell’s Perspectives Gallery, Bend, Oregon.
April, 2011
“Best In Show” Chalk art contest, Bend Spring Festival
July, 2010
Exhibited Reno City Hall for “Transition Reno” Artown Festival
December, 2009 – March 2010
Exhibited at The River Gallery, Reno, Nevada
Publications:
September 2023, Doma Coffee Commercial, Fishing the Rogue with James Sampsel
September 2023, The Fly Fish Journal, 15.1 Gallery Feature, Plein Air Pursuits of James Sampsel
August 2023, Travel Oregon Commercial, Fishing with James & SustaianiBill
January 2023, Nature Of Wellness Podcast Episode 8, Mental Health, Art, and Fly Fishing with James Sampsel
August 2022 Swing The Fly, Featured Gallery Spread
July 2021 Film: “If I Tell Them” featured film about mental health and James Sampsel’s story
Feb- March 2019 Issue, Willamette Living, Cover Image
August 2018 Issue, Salman Steelhead Journal, 6 page article “Half Pounders & Summer Runs” by Terry Sheely
April 2018 Issue Swing The FlyMagazine 6 page featured Article, “Muse at it’s Source” photo essay by James Sampsel
January 2013 Feautered in article, “Thomas Jefferson Kitts Goes Rogue” by Thomas Kitts, Plein Air Magazine.
July, 2013 Featured in Article: “Plein Air Artists Go Rogue in Oregon” by Bob Bahr, Outdoor Painter.com.
October, 2012 Featured in Article: “Fishing Steelhead Trout in the Rogue River” in Boom magazine, www.riverregionboom.com
September, 2012-Present: Featured artist in “Excellentartist.com”.
November, 2012 Featured in article: “How to Love Life” in Sonoma Christian Home Online Magazine.
October, 2012 Featured in blog article: “Oregon or Bust”; Forever Design by Cindy Barganier.