Samantha Holmes

Teaches at UrbanGlass

Samantha Holmes is an artist based in New York and Ravenna, Italy, who focuses on experimentation in the medium of mosaic. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Art Design Center (Moscow), the Moti Hasson Gallery (New York), and the International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic (Ravenna). In 2011, she represented Italy at the European project Les Langages du Bleu in Paris, where she was awarded the International Gaem Art Prize (Young Artists and Mosaic) from the Museum of the City of Ravenna, which holds her work in its permanent collection. She is the founder of design mind and editor of SoloMosaico, the leading international journal on contemporary mosaic. A graduate of Harvard College’s Visual and Environmental Studies Department, she is currently a Master’s candidate at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Ravenna, Italy.