Sam Cockrell
July 29, 2025



  1. Drowned World / Substitute for Love, Madonna, 1998
  2. Autumn Sweater, Yo La Tengo, 1997
  3. Title and Registration, Death Cab for Cutie, 2003
  4. Look At Miss Ohio, Gillian Welch, 2003
  5. Drunk w/ the Only Saints I Know, Carissa's Wierd, c. 1996-1999
  6. Little Star, Stina Nordenstam, 1994
  7. Little League, Cap'n Jazz, 1998
  8. Gentle Moon, Sun Kil Moon, 2003
  9. Soco Amaretto Lime, Brand New, 2001
  10. Don't Tell Me Where You're Going, Frog, 2018
  11. Lakes Of Canada; Karen Peris, Don Peris, The Innocence Mission; 1999
  12. Shoe-In, Ida, 1997
  13. It's O.K., Dead Moon, 1994
  14. When I Was Drinking, Hem, 2001
  15. Whip-poor-will, Magnolia Electric Co. & Jason Molina, 2009
  16. Some Sinatra, Secret Stars, 1998
  17. Just Like Christmas, Low, 1999
  18. Randy Quaid, Desertshore, 2011
  19. I Love You Always Forever, Donna Lewis, 1996

Sam Cockrell (b. 1989, Colonial Williamsburg) received his BFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and his MFA from Columbia University in New York. His work was the subject of a solo exhibition at International Waters, New York, in 2023. Group exhibitions in New York include Mery Gates, Mrs. Gallery, Subtitled, International Objects, Below Grand, and Unclebrother, among others, as well as at Fjord, Philadelphia, PA, and Foyer-LA in Los Angeles, CA. His work has been written about in Two Coats of Paint, White Hot Magazine, Artnet News, and Hyperallergic. Residencies include Carrizozo AIR, Carrizozo, New Mexico, and Catwalk Institute in Catskill, NY. Cockrell was nominated for the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant in 2022. He currently lives and works in Queens, NY.