After graduating with her BFA from Winthrop University in 2013, Sam Oliver attended a short-term residency at William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. Afterwards, she completed a year and a half long residency at The Bascom: Center for Visual Arts in Highlands, NC, then moving to Pennsylvania for a six-month residency at Brockway Center for Arts and Technology. She has been a winter resident artist at Penland School of Crafts, as well as a Pentaculum 2019 Resident Artist at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Oliver has been recognized as one of 21 Emerging Artist by Ceramics Monthly. Other publications include Asheville Made, Ceramic Arts Network, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Bold Life Magazine. She currently works as a full-time potter and educator out of her home studio in Tryon, NC.

