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Kevin Sampson is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his roles in films such as The Warriors (1979), The Cotton Club (1984), and The Preacher's Wife (1996). He has also appeared in television series such as Law & Order, NYPD Blue, and The Wire. Sampson was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1954. He attended Rutgers University, where he studied theater and film. After graduating, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Sampson has appeared in numerous films and television shows throughout his career. He has also directed and produced several films, including the critically acclaimed drama The Preacher's Wife (1996). As of 2021, Kevin Sampson's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million. He has earned his wealth through his successful career in the entertainment industry.

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2020

Alongside other Newark-based artists, Sampson has spoken out against the recent, ongoing gentrification taking place in Newark, NJ. Sampson has completed a number of residencies all over the country. Including The Marie Walsh Sharp Space program, NY.NY. A teaching Residency at the John Michael Kohler art Center, in Sheboygan Wisconsin. The Joan Mitchell Centers Residency in New Orleans. The Art and Industry Residency at the Kohler, Kohler Wisconsin and most recently, the Inaugural Residency at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Conn. Sampson was selected to appear on the long running PBS Cartoon, Arthur, he was turned into a cartoon, did the voice over, and will appear as his self, an artist and teacher in a segment which will be released some time in the beginning of 2020. Sampson along with Newark Photographer Cesar Melgar has been invited to exhibit and teach at this years 2019 International Society of Biourbanism Design Summer School. Which will take place in Artena, Italy which is province of Rome, he has been selected along with Thinkers, designers, writers, entrepreneurs, politicians, economists, citizens, activists, and artists, from all around the world.

1993

Sampson moved to Newark in 1993. He attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts.

1992

Sampson has been a gallery Artist with Cavin-Morris Gallery NY,NY since 1992 Sampson makes sculptures from found objects (such as, glass cabinet knobs, sticks, strings, screws, and wood chips) that act as altars, memorials, and spiritual objects. Sampson began making art as a means to heal after the death of several family members and a new way to provide a service for the community. In the early 1990s, Sampson's wife, Pamela, was diagnosed with a terminal illness and their son, Kyle, was born prematurely and died. Sampson's work has been influenced by other New York artists who honor the dead through vernacular memorials. His work differs from these artists since most create murals in Latin American neighborhoods, street-side, altar-like assemblages of objects meant to last through only a brief public-display period of remembrance and grief.

1954

Kevin Blythe Sampson (born 1954) is an African-American artist and retired police officer living in Newark, New Jersey. Sampson makes sculptures from discarded found objects that act as memorials for various people who have died. Sampson still has a studio based out of Newark.

Sampson was born in 1954 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Following high school and a few years of college, Sampson became a police officer and then a Detective with the Scotch Plains Police Department NJ. During his career as a Police Officer, Sampson worked as a composite sketch artist for the Scotch Plains Police Department. Sampson is the first African American Uniformed Police Composite sketch artist in the country. Sampson considers himself to be a civil rights Baby. His Father Stephen Sampson was a civil rights leader for over 50 years in and around New Jersey. Sampson grew up in a household where many of New jersey Civil rights and civil unrest marches were planned. His household was always a focal point for meetings, many civil rights leaders came to Sampson's House, including, Dick Gregory,Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Robert Ferris Thompson and William Kunsler. Congress Woman Shirley Chisholm, was one of Sampson's fathers Mentors, she was a frequent Dinner Guest at his house, growing up.