Sam Van Aken Press

March 4, 2011 "Neon is the Sign of the Times", The Wall Street Journal, review by Alexandra Cheney
March 3, 2011 "Free-for-All Spirit Breezes Into a Vast Art Fair", The New York Times, review by Roberta Smith
March 3, 2011 "Armory Show 2011: A Guide to the Must-See Art", The Wall Street Journal, review by Alexandra Cheney
March 3, 2011 "Dealers at Armory Look for Independent Identities", Art in America, review by Stephanie Cash
March 3, 2011 "Nine Best (and Five Worst) Booths of Armory Show", Artinfo.com review
March 3, 2011 "Going Contemporary at the Armory", Hyperallergic, review by Hrag Vartanian

January 19, 2011 "En Garde II: omg' at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts", Village Voice, review by Robert Shuster
December 8, 2010 "Seven", review by Charlie Schultz, Art Slant
May 9th, 2009 “Maine event”, Boston Globe, Review by Sebastian Smee
December 2008 "Eden", Art in New England, Review by Carl Little
May 10th 2007 “Free Beer: Sam Van Aken at Whitney Artworks”, Portland Phoenix, Review by Chris Thompson
2006 Oct./Nov. "From Baja to Bar Harbor: Transnational Contemporary Art", Art in New England Magazine Review by Chris Thompson

December 6, 2010 "Seven Miami: The Highlight of Art Basel", Miami New Times
December 1, 2010 "Miami’s Seven Art Fair Goes Indie", Hyperallergic.com
October 3rd, 2008 The Wall, Interview with Brenda Trembley, WXXI, NPR radio affiliate Rochester, New York
Januray 12th 2008 Reichstag Cowboy, Berlin Kurier
January 11th 2008 Wildwest ver dom Reichstag, Berliner Zeitung Newspaper
January 11th 2008 Wildwest ver dom Reichstag, StarPoop.com
January 10th 2008 High Lonesome-Reuters News Agency
2007 March/April “Sam Van Aken” Artscope Magazine, Exhibition Preview
Fall Issue 2006 Art Journal, “The Role of the University Art Gallery”, pg. 30
April 15th 2007 “Van Aken Claims Juror’s Award”, Portland Press Herald
January 22nd 2006 “One Man’s Close Encounter” front page feature article, Portland Press Herald

2010 Armory Show Exhibition Catalog
Exhibition Catalogue “2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial”
Exhibition Catalogue “Four in Maine” Published by the Farnsworth Museum of Art
Exhibition Publication Eden, Interview with Jade Dellinger, published by College of the Atlantic
Text “SOUNDS” by Cassey O’Callahan, published by Oxford University Press ISBN 978-0-19-921592-8
Exhibition Catalogue “2007 Portland Museum of Art Biennial”
Exhibition Catalogue Currents2: Sam Van Aken published by the Colby College Museum of Art, ISBN 0-9728484-6-0