Samantha Van Heest

Samantha Van Heest (b. 1998) is an artist and art educator currently residing in the greater Washington DC area. She has exhibited her work across the United States and Europe. Her debut solo exhibition, DEEP/CLEAN, opened February 2023 at HOMME Gallery in Washington, DC. Samantha has been included in various group shows at spaces such as UMBRELLA Art Fair (Washington DC); Hamiltonian Artists (Washington DC); Magma Maria (Offenbach am Main, Germany); McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA); The University of Maryland (College Park, MD); among others. She was featured in New American Paintings South #148 and has worked for the contemporary painter Amy Sherald. She has been awarded residencies with the Peter Bullough Foundation, the Torpedo Factory, and Elf School of the Arts. Van Heest earned a BA in Studio Art from the University of Mary Washington in 2020, and is an MFA Candidate in Painting at Boston University.