1936 Born in Mexico City
1944 Family moved to the United States of America
1947 Became a US Citizen
1955-59 Served in the US Navy
1963 Graduated from Western Washington State College Bellingham
1965 MFA degree in Sculpture and Glass, University of Wisconsin (working under Harvey Littleton)
1965 Came to Britain on a Fulbright Scholarship (working at Edinburgh College of Art under Helen Monro Turner)
1966-67 Research Fellow at the Royal College of Art, London
1966-67 Visiting Lecturer at Stourbridge College of Art
1967-74 Tutor in charge of the Glass Department at the Royal College of Art
1969 Established the Glasshouse, Covent Garden (under the aegis of Graham Hughes)
1974 Moved to Australia at the invitation of the South Australian Government to establish glass workshop at the Jam Factory, Adelaide
1979 Returned to the UK to establish own studio at Lots Road in London where he worked until 1984
1983 Became a Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art
1984 Moved to a painting and sculpture studio in Camberwell, London
1986 Acquired a house and studio in Mallorca, Spain where he spends half the year.
1986-2007 Concentrating on painting, architectural glass commissions, sculpture and stained glass lighting pieces in his studios in London and Spain
1994 Became a UK citizen.
2007 Made a brief return to glass making producing a collection of work at the studio of Aaronson Noon in London.
2007-12 Mainly focused on painting and sculpture, still dividing his time between London and Spain.
2012 Moved his main UK focus to Gloucestershire. Was invited by London Glassblowing to work on some new pieces with the assistance of the glass artist Layne Rowe. Also made a series of glass pieces at Colin Hawkins' studio in Cirencester assisted by Richie Alli
2012-20 In 2019 Lund Humphries published a book edited by Rollo Campbell entitled "Sam Herman" with an introduction from the Marques of Queensberry and contributions from Lucy Abel Smith, Michael Boylen, Mark Hill, Greg Votolato and Michael Regan. The book was launched at a retrospective exhibition at the Frestonian Gallery in London.
Follow Sam's journey through the more photographic biography section of this site "The Journey"