ABOUT
SAMANTHA HOLMES
samantha.holmes@gmail.com
917 244 8852
Select Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2018 What Is & What If: Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Hartford, PA
Tessellated, Ringel Gallery, Purdue University Art Galleries, Lafayette, IN
One Nation, Lillstreet Rooftop Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015 The Space Between, Sharjah Museum of Contemporary Art, in conjunction with the 2015 Islamic Arts Festival,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Public Installations
NYC Department of Transportation and Columbus-Amsterdam BID, New York, NY
Installation of Mundillo, 2021-2022
NYC Department of Transportation Community Commissions, West Farms Square, Bronx, NY
Commission and Installation of Mundillo, 2020-2021
NYC Parks Department, Starlight Park, Bronx, NY
Commission and Installation of The Cavalry, 2018
Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Commission and Installation of And If We Should Pass Here, 2017
NYC Parks Department, Riverside Park, New York, NY
Installation of Hell Gate Cairns, 2017
Randall’s Island Park, Randall’s Island Park Alliance, New York, NY
Commission and Installation of Hell Gate Cairns, 2015
NYC Public Schools, NYC Construction Authority, PS 35Q, Queens, NY
Commission and Installation of The Maze, 2015
ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow, Russia
Commission and Installation of Absence (Moscow), 2012
Select Group Exhibitions
2021 Newark Arts Festival, Newark Arts, NJ
Hypotheses, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2019 Pushing Paper, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, curated by Paul Wong, Dieu Donné
The Objects’ Shadow / Sensory Spaces, JHB Gallery, New York, NY
Infinite Archive, New York Public Library, New York, NY
2018 Bronx NOW, Bronx Art Space, Bronx, NY
Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself, The Cigar Factory, Long Island City, NY
River Rising / Sube el Rio, Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY
Infinite Archive, New York Public Library, New York, NY
Work On Paper, Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Works On/Of Paper, Brick Red Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Center for the Arts, Long Beach, NJ
2017 New Installations, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
Art in the Parks, Riverside Park, New York City Parks, New York, NY
Unrestricted, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Transcendence, Carrie Able Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
International Biennial of Mosaic Art, Obernia, France
2016 FLOW.16, Randall’s Island Park, New York, NY
Jamaica Flux 2016, JCAL, Queens, NY
Disarming Geometries, Dorsky Gallery, Queens, NY
2015 PROPORTIO, Palazzo Fortuny, in conjunction with the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Bronx Calling: The Third AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
Contemporary Mosaic International, Egyptian Academy in Rome, Italy
Bibliomosaico, Obernai Commune, Obernai, France
2014 "Aperiodic Asymmetry IV", New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
No More Place, Aferro Gallery and the Arts Council of Newark, Newark, NJ
Noir et blanc, Association M Comme Mosaique, Paray-le-Monial, France
Bibliomosaico, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
GAEM -Giovani Artisti e Mosaico, Art Museum of the City of Ravenna, Italy
Women in the Heights, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, New York, NY
Shattering Expectations, Philadephia Magic Gardens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 Art in Odd Places, Public Installation on 14th Street, New York, NY
RAM Prize 2013, Museo d’Arte della Città, Ravenna, Italy
Equazione Impossibile, Associazione Culturale MARTE, Ravenna, Italy
All of the Above, Openings NYC, Saint Paul the Apostle, New York, NY
Trans-Position, INSCAPE Art Center, Seattle, Washington
Bibliomosaico, International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy
2012 Ti Desidero, Musivum Gallery, ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow
After After, niArt Gallery, Ravenna, Italy
Le Visioni Barbariche, Comune di Russi, Italy
2011 GAEM –Giovani Artisti e Mosaico, Museo d’Arte della Città, Ravenna, Italy
Opere dal Mondo, International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy
Avvistamenti: Nuovi Visioni e Mosaico, Antichi Chiostri Francescani, Ravenna, Italy
Frammentamenti, Comune di Ravenna, Italy
2010 DecadEND, Artificerie Almagià, Ravenna, Italy
2009 365: AIGA Year in Design, AIGA National Design Center, New York
2007 Four-Handed Lift, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York
Education
ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI DI RAVENNA, 2014
Master of Fine Arts (Laurea Magistrale) in Experimental Mosaic
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2006
Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Environmental Studies
Awards, Lectures and Residencies
Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art, 2018
Vermont Studio Center, Artist’s Residency, 2018
Snow Farm | New England Craft Program Instructor, 2018
Franconia Sculpture Park, FSP / Jerome Foundation Fellowship, Shafer, MN, 2017
Trestle Open Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NY, 2017
Brooklyn Art Cluster / Cluster Gallery, Artist’s Residency, Brooklyn, NY, 2017
The Watermill Center, Art and Science Workshop, Watermill, NY, 2014, 2016, 2017
Marble House Project, Artist’s Residency, Dorset, Vermont, 2016
Leading Culture Destinations’ Best Exhibition of the Year, Proportio, Palazzo Fortuny, 2015
Symposium for Contemporary Mosaic, Egyptian Academy in Rome, Italy, 2015
Bronx Museum of the Arts, Selected Artist, Artists in the Marketplace, New York, 2014
Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside, Artist’s Residency, Troy, NY, 2014
Woodside Pecha Kucha, Artist’s Lecture, Troy, New York, 2014
RAM Prize, Associazione Culturale Mirada and the Comune di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy, 2013
New York Institute for the Humanities, New York University, Artist’s Lecture, New York, 2012
Ismail Akhmetov Foundation, Exhibition Residency, Moscow, Russia, 2012
Premio Internazionale GAEM (Giovani Artisti e Mosaico), Ravenna, Italy, 2011
Les Langages du Bleu, European Commission, Paris, France, 2011
AIGA Annual Design Award, American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York, 2009
Michael Christian Fellowship, Harvard University, 2005x
Collections
Egyptian Academy of Rome, Italy
Ismail Akhmetov Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna (MAR), Italy
New York City Parks Department, New York, NY
Vervoordt Collection, Antwerp, Belgium
