Sam Rueter is a multidisciplinary artist, movement practitioner, storyteller. Her work explores the hidden narratives of the bodily facade, unveiling the unconscious patterns that shape our existence. Through painting, movement, and immersive experiences, she investigates how the body stores memory, trauma, and consciousness—bridging the physical and emotional landscapes that define us. Born and raised just north of New York City, Sam currently lives and works out of her studio in Boston, MA. She received a dual degree in Fine Arts and Arts Education from Marywood University in 2013. After creating her emergent career in Charleston, SC, she moved back to the Northeast and considers it home. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in private collections worldwide. Rueter has independently curated and shown in the highly regarded art installations Consumption and Resurgence—contemporary immersive experiences that earned her the Low Country Fine Arts Grant for both exhibitions. In 2021, she completed a 300-foot installation for the Charleston Belmond Place Hotel. She has collaborated on large-scale creative projects such as I Am an Artist with The Other Art Fair and exhibited a live installation for the Entrepreneur’s Organization East Coast Conference. Two recent works focusing on the ache of feminine nostalgia, ‘Some Might Call Them Weeds’ and ‘Night Garden’ were exhibited at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in Manhattan. Her work has been featured on the cover of Skirt Magazine and in publications such as Art and Antiques Magazine, Create! Magazine, and World Interiors Magazine. Her figurative work has also been highlighted in Marie Claire, Creative Boom, The Visionary Projects, A Women’s Thing, and more. At the core of her practice is a deep commitment to understanding and honoring the body's wisdom. Whether through paint, movement, or storytelling, Rueter’s work creates space for deeper self-awareness, healing, and reconnection to the stories our bodies hold.