Sam Joseph

Print (MA)
Portrait of middle aged woman with long hair and glasses in black and white
image shows The Red Room, a curated room that shows a plinth exhibiting an artist book, a red bench, red shoes, a tv screen and a shelf holding a VR set.
image shows The Red Room, a curated room that shows a plinth exhibiting an artist book, a red bench, red shoes, a tv screen and a shelf holding a VR set.
in/visible; The Red Room, a curated installation, honouring survivors and victims of gender based violence. The Red Room is a space for honouring, feeling, advocacy, remembering, and imagining a world free from violence. It invites connection, collaboration, and collective reflection.
red projections in a large darkened space, vr installation. one projection of a women who is highlighted red.
red projections in a large darkened space, vr installation. one projection of a women who is highlighted red.
Image, projections/installation, in/visible Part 5; Fallen, Sam Joseph, writer, director, producer & production designer, film still, 4.33 minutes 4K, filmed at RCA Technical Studios, Battersea 2025, cinematography Zoran veljkovic, performance and choreography by Elizabeth Roberts MA Print and Annie Edwards MA Sculpture, music Calvin Calica MA IDE, costume Stella Lam alumni RCA Graduate Diploma, MA Menswear Westminster
poster for (IN)VISIBLE film shows two images and title. top image shows a man and woman sat at a table looking serious. The bottom image a film still shows a woman in a red dress holding a wine glass a man stands close to her. there are 15 film festival laurels on the poster.
poster for (IN)VISIBLE film shows two images and title. top image shows a man and woman sat at a table looking serious. The bottom image a film still shows a woman in a red dress holding a wine glass a man stands close to her. there are 15 film festival laurels on the poster.
(IN)VISIBLE part 2, an award winning international short film. Advocating against gratuitous violence in cinema, (IN)VISIBLE and challenges how violence against women is too often portrayed on screen. Instead, it reveals the insidious nature of abuse, gaslighting and coercive control and the ease with which a perpetrator can shape a narrative, leaving the survivor to face societal judgment. Filmed at Wandsworth, superSatellite, RCA 2024, 12 minutes, 4K
a young woman has a hands raised, her hair is in her face, she stands strong and her body language appears angry, the image is black and red, it is a photolithography print.
a young woman has a hands raised, her hair is in her face, she stands strong and her body language appears angry, the image is black and red, it is a photolithography print.
in/visible Part 4, UnWanted, 23 photolithography prints. Somerset Smooth 300gsm, RCA 2025, Photolithographic printing, and audio project is part of an ongoing series of works that focuses on women’s repetitive experiences of unwanted attention and sexual harassment in public spaces. The repeated images and the replicated actions of printing symbolise the frequency of women and girls experience of unwanted attention, a societal norm which restricts the freedoms of women in public spaces.
image shows The Red Room, a curated room that shows a plinth exhibiting an artist book, a red bench, red shoes, a tv screen and a shelf holding a VR set.
red projections in a large darkened space, vr installation. one projection of a women who is highlighted red.
poster for (IN)VISIBLE film shows two images and title. top image shows a man and woman sat at a table looking serious. The bottom image a film still shows a woman in a red dress holding a wine glass a man stands close to her. there are 15 film festival laurels on the poster.
a young woman has a hands raised, her hair is in her face, she stands strong and her body language appears angry, the image is black and red, it is a photolithography print.

About

The connection between violence and inequality signals a systemic devaluation of women’s lives. Despite legislative efforts globally, gender inequality continues due to entrenched patriarchal systems, perpetuating discrimination and violence against women.

Sam Joseph is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, curator, educator, designer and advocate against gender based violence, whose socially engaged practice explores the intersections of sustainability, spatial politics, and systemic inequality, with a focus on GBV and VAWG in public and lived environments. Working across expanded print, film, installation, photography and digital media, Sam uses visual storytelling as both a poetic and political tool to confront silence, resilience, and the structures that shape human experience. With experience in creative practice, curation, education, and research, Sam is graduating from the RCA with an MA in Print, an alumnus of MA Interior Design 2025 Royal College of Art, a Graduate Diploma RCA, and a BA (Hons) in Fashion and Communication from Central Saint Martins. Her practice is rooted in critical inquiry, spatial awareness, and social injustice. Sam created the first RCA Student Union Against Gender Based Society. which connected creative practitioners across the RCA community whose work focused on the realms of gender based violence.

Sam’s major body of work this year, in/visible, is a five-part interdisciplinary project that reimagines how gender-based violence is represented and remembered. Through an emotive immersive installation (The Red Room), artist books, digital media, and film, the project honours victims and survivors while challenging the systems that perpetuate silence and erasure. Sam builds platforms for immersive storytelling, resistance, and reflection as both artist for example in her curation of In/Visible and shortly In/Visible 2, a group exhibition presenting global perspectives on gender-based violence. These exhibitions offer a shared space for international voices to confront lived experience, injustice, and survival.

Sam’s work has been exhibited across the UK and internationally, including the Graduate Show 2025 at Vanner Gallery, Southwark Park Galleries and on public platforms such as the BBC Big Screen, Milan Design Week.  Her projects have been featured in Dezeen, Mix Mag, and numerous curated showcases. Sam is profiled in Mix Magazine In Colour as a rising artist of contemporary relevance. Sam also completed a residency with RCA SuperSatellite, engaging in community events and exhibitions in collaboration with Wandsworth Council.

Her award winning film (IN)VISIBLE  produced this year has received international acclaim. (IN)VISIBLE explores the psychological effects of domestic abuse and society’s complicity in trial and judgement which unfolds around a contemporary table setting, echoing iconic scenes from art history, underscoring the cyclical and enduring patterns of how women are seen, silenced, and judged. has been officially selected by 15 film festivals to date and now qualifies for the Canadian Screen Awards 2026, also to be screened in Berlin, New York, and Vienna, and nominated for 6 awards at the Toronto Independent Nollywood Film Festival. FALLEN, Sam’s second film will also screen in the Toronto Independent Nollywood Film Festival and further announcements to be revealed at a later date.

Sam is also a member of the collective 4 People, a collaborative group of artists creating art installations investigating the climate, ethical, and social impact of space debris, from the extraction of raw materials to the end-of-life materials of space-bound technologies. Sam was recently invited to participate in an expert/practitioner research workshop for the University of Manchester project: Visions of, and steps towards, an Environmentally Sustainable Space Futures . Sam will be a guest lecturer at this years Across RCA Friends House event.

Sam’s practice bridges personal narrative and collective urgency, creating emotionally resonant work that inspires dialogue, visibility, and critical change. Sam is working across many projects this Autumn which includes campaign and advocacy, art project, installation, film, workshops, exhibition,  and community events/projects.  Sam is neurodivergent and has a visual impairment, recipient of the Vice-Chancellor award and the Disabled Students award.

website launch September; samjosephstudio.com

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