Sam Joseph CV 2026
Education
2026-2030 PhD Researcher Royal College of Art
2025, MA Print, Royal College of Art
Scholarships: Vice-Chancellor Award, Disabled Students Award
2025, MA Interior Design, Royal College of Art
2024, Graduate Diploma in Art & Design (Distinction), Royal College of Art
2009, MARJON PGCE Education in Art & Design
1997, BA Hons, Fashion Communication and Promotion with Photography, Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, London
1991-1993, Photography and Media Studies BTEC National Diploma, Kitson College, Leeds
Courses
2024, Filmmakers Foundation Certificate, Raindance Film School, London
2024, Cinematography, Raindance Film School, London
2024, Screenwriters Foundation Certificate, Raindance Film School, London
2024, Film Producers Foundation Certificate, Raindance Film School, London
2024, Hands On Film Editing, Foundation Certificate, Raindance Film School, London
2021, 200hr Yoga Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance) Yorkshire Centre for Wellbeing
2020, Arts Mark, Arts Council, Leeds
Professional
2025-2026, Development Feature Film (Title TBA embargoed)
2026, Guest Judge, The Graduate Art Show, London.
2025-2026, Feature Film Project 2 (Development phase), (Meeting Bad People) Writer, Director, Production Designer.
2026, Film and Documentary Research Practice with Max Duncan, PhD, School of Architecture, RCA, film screening FALLEN & (IN)VISIBLE with talk and Q &A.
2026, Presentation: The European Review of Books Workshop, Scripting Non Spaces, Q&A Sam Joseph
2025, FALLEN (film), Killed Women, Fallen Women Campaign tba
2025, Guest Lecturer, Across RCA, Royal College of Art
2025, Contributor, Materiality of the Book Symposium broadsheet, RCA
2025, Panel Discussion, Visible Voices, New York
2025, Panel Discussion, I Will Tell International Film Festival, London
2025, Interview, Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Toronto
2024-2025 RCA ReFrame Residency, super SATELLITE Studio, NEX Community Space, New Acres, Wandsworth
2025, Guest Lecturer, Hereford College of Arts
2025, Panel Discussion, Co-Creating Wandsworth, Wandsworth Council X reframe
2025, Artist Commission, Co-Creating Wandsworth, Wandsworth Council, Kevin Haley Studio
2025, UnWanted Workshop, collaboration with Divya Balivada, RCA, Battersea, London
2025, Visible Voices Workshop, Wandsworth Council Wandsworth VAWG Strategy
2025, Professional Talk and Film community event, (IN)VISIBLE, The Nex 2025
2025, Expert/practitioner participant, research, Visions of, and Steps Towards, an Environmentally Sustainable Space Future, Manchester University, Manchester
2024-2025, Founder & President, Against Gender Based Violence Society, RCA SU
2024-2025, Outreach RCA Workshop Tutor, Architecture, Royal College of Art & Poor Collective
2023-2025, Royal College of Art Ambassador, Open Days, Online Events
2023, Part of the Graduate Diploma digital team, King Charles lll Coronation Project, Projection Mapping, Royal Collaboration, RCA
2023, Webinar speaker with Gary Clough, Creating a Distinctive Art & Design Portfolio: For artists and non-artists RCA
2010-2022, Specialist Art and Design Lead, Exhibitions, Workshops, Community Engagement, Red Kite Alliance, Yorkshire
2020, Arts Mark Lead, Red Kite Alliance, N Yorks
2020, Arts Mark Workshop and Staff Training Lead
2020, Diversity and Inclusion Labs, Educational representative for N Yorks, Arts Council, IVE, Leeds
2019-2022, School Governor, Arts, Design and Culture Governor, Red Kite Alliance, N Yorks
2018 -, Arts Award Adviser, Arts Council
2008-2010, Teacher, BTEC Art and Design, Photography Lead, GCSE Photography, A Level Photography, Heathfield Community College, East Sussex
2001-2008, Floral Event Designer & Editorial floral stylist, Condé Nast, London and Devon
1998-2001, Publicist, Claire Sawford Marketing, Media & Management, V&A, Cole & Son, London
1997-1998, Studio Manager and Photographer’s Agent, Mark Bader, Sophie Corbett
1996-1998, Freelance Fashion Photographer, Elite, Models 1, Profile, London
1995-1996, Internship, Paul Smith PR, London & New York
1995, Internship, Artwork, London Fashion Week S/S, A/W
1990-1992, Freelance Photography Assistant, Leeds & London
1992, Photographer Clothes Show, London
Awards
2026, Longlisted, The Red Room & in/visible Part 5, Aesthetica Art Prize 2026, York.
2026, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, Best Human Rights Film, London Frames International Film Festival
2026, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, Best First Time Filmmaker Short Film, Barcelona Indie Awards
2025, First Selection shortlist, (IN)VISIBLE Art Laguna Prize, Venice
2024, Finalist, Graduate Art Show, Vanner Gallery, Salisbury
2025, Longlisted (IN)VISIBLE, ARTEVOL & SAATCHI GALLERY
2025, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, Best International Short Film, Rome Independent Film Festival
2025, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE Best Experimental Short Film, Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
2025, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, Best Director & Best Actress, Moonwhite Films International Film Festival
2025, Winner, FALLEN, Best Dance Film, Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Toronto
2025, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, Best Artist Film, Berlin Indie Film Festival, Germany
2025, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, Best Actress, Montreal Women Film Festival, Canada
2025, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, Best Student Short Film, Rome Independent Film Festival
2025, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, Best Director (female), Berlin Indie Awards, Germany
2025, Winner, (IN)VISIBLE, 2025 WSXA Paris International Film Festival
2025, Honourable Mention Inspirational, (IN)VISIBLE, London Global Film Festival
2025, Honourable Mention Inspirational, (IN)VISIBLE, Rob Knox London Film Festival, london
2025, Finalist, (IN)VISIBLE, Detroit Independent Film Festival, USA
2025, Finalist, (IN)VISIBLE, International Indie Film and Screenplay, France
2025, Nominee, (IN)VISIBLE, LA Independent Women Film Festival , USA
2025, Nominee, (IN)VISIBLE, Best Film, Moonwhite Films International Film Festival, Mumbai
2025, Nominated Best International Student Short, Rome Independent Film Festival,
2025, Nominee, FALLEN, Best Experimental Film, Best International Film, Best Short Film, Australian International Film Festival, Brisbane
2025, Nominee, Global Non-Violent Film Festival,
2024, Finalist, Graduate Art Show, Vanner Gallery, Salisbury
2024, School of Architecture Climate/ Spatial Justice Prize
2024, Shortlisted Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize
2023, Shortlisted Hyundai Awards for Excellence in Sustainability and Creative Practice Inspiration category
Official Selection Film
I will Tell International Film Festival
Films
2026, Development, Feature Film
2026, Development, Meeting Bad People
2025, (IN)VISIBLE (12mins)
2025, FALLEN (5mins)
2024, Premiere (experimental short)
2024, Why Did(nt) You Leave? (experimental short)
Campaigns
2025-2026, FALLEN, Killed Women, Fallen Women Campaign (TBC)
Exhibitions
2026, Aesthetica Art Prize 2026, York Gallery, York.
2025, The Graduate Art Show 2025, Vanner Gallery, Salisbury.
2025, Small But Mighty, RE, Bankside Gallery, London.
2025, RCA Summer Show 2025, RCA Battersea, London.
2025, InBetweens, Southwark Park Galleries, London.
2025, Co-Creating Wandsworth, The Nex.
2025, ReFrame superSATELLITE Residency, Exhibition and Presentation Evening, Wandsworth
2025, The Graduate Art Show 2024, Vanner Gallery, Salisbury.
2024, InVisible, Hockney Gallery, London.
2024, InVisible Exhibition: RCA Group Show Curated by Sam Joseph
2024, Hidden, House of Smalls Art Gallery, Edinburgh.
2024, RCA Summer Show 2024, Truman Brewery, London
2024, Space Debris, 4 People Collective, RCA
2024, Extracting Tungsten, Lighting Cinema, Upper Gulbenkian, RCA
2024, BBC Television Centre Big Screen Showcase, RCA
2023-2024, RCA X HSBC Across & Over, (Exhibition and Publication, group show)
HSBC HQ in Canary Wharf
2023-2024, Hyundai Awards for Excellence in Sustainability and Creative Practice Inspiration Exhibition, Rausing Research, London.
2016, Conserving our Biodiversity, collaboration with 303 young artists, Saatchi Gallery (2016 Saatchi Gallery/Deutsche Bank Art Prize shortlisted, Installation, exhibited May - September, 2016 London
Press
2025, Fox 44 News, At Voices Rising Film Festival, Stories of Service and Survival Light the Screen,
2025, In Colour, Industry Focus, New Talent, ColourHive.
2025, Interview, M—A (A SPACE BETWEEN), Joe Richards
www.maaspacebetween.com/diary/sam-joseph-a-space-bewteen
2025, FAD Magazine, Visible Voices by Sam Joseph
2025, Daria Magazine, Short Film Directed by Sam Joseph, Canada
2024, Dezeen, Fifteen Art and Design Projects, featured artist. www.dezeen.com/2024/07/13/art-design-student-projects-royal-college-of-art-dezeen-schoolshows/
2024, artplugged.co.uk
Publications
2026, Scripting Non-Space, Artist Book, London
2025, InVisible, Artist Book, A Curation, RCA Special Collections Library, Kensington, London
2025, Invisible, Part 3, Lithography Artist Book, RCA, London
2025, Visible Voices, Exploring Women and Girls’ Safety in Wandsworth, exhibition publication, Wandsworth Council
2025, Contributor, Materiality of the Book Symposium broadsheet, RCA
2025. Improving Wandsworth Council,
2025, (IN)VISIBLE, Part 2, Making of (IN)VISIBLE (film), reFRAME Residency
2025, Visions of, and steps towards, an Environmentally Sustainable, Space Future, Manchester University, Ciara McGrath, Robert Bellamy, Nicholas Crisp, Craig Thomas, Alejandro Schmid Gallego, Katherine Smith
2025, Vanner Gallery catalogue
2024, In/visible, Part 1, exhibition catalogue, Hockney Gallery, London
2024, Why Did(nt) You Leave? Artist Book 1-4, RCA, Kensington
2024, Extracting Tungsten, Lighting Cinema, Artist Book, RCA, Kensington
2024, Across & Over, RCA X HSBC
2024, Premiere, (early cinema) Artist Book, RCA Media Studies 2
2024, Artist Group Publication, Artist Fieldwork, Sam Nightingale, MSll, RCA Special Collections
2020, Importance of Design and Technology in Primary Education, Design and Technology Association