Samuel E Vázquez is a visual artist working primarily in found materials and mixed media. Vázquez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1970 and raised in New York City in the 1980s. His inspiration is rooted in the New York City subway style writing movement of the 1970s and 80s along with the works of Ed Clark, Jackson Pollock, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Vázquez was appointed a Scholar In Residence at the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Arts and Humanities Institute (2017-2018) and awarded a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis (2017-2018). His work is in private and public collections including The Joanna Nixon Collection, The Miles Family Collection, and Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF).

In 2017, Vázquez was a featured artist alongside Keith Haring, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, Chris “Daze” Ellis, Zephyr, Torrick “Toxic” Ablack, and Cey Adams among others in City as Canvas: New York City Graffiti from the 70s & 80s at the Indianapolis Museum of Art Galleries at Newfields. The works in City as Canvas are from The Martin Wong Collection at the Museum of the City of New York.