Samantha Van Heest (b. 1998) is an artist currently residing in Boston, MA.
She has exhibited her work across the United States and Europe. Van Heest has had solo exhibitions at the University of Mary Washington (Fredericksburg, VA) and HOMME (Washington DC), and has been included in various group show at spaces such as UMBRELLA Art Fair (DC); Hamiltonian Artists (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 is a member of the 2024 Sparkplug Collective at DC Arts Center, and has been awarded residencies at the Torpedo Factory (Alexandria, VA), The Peter Bullough Foundation (Winchester, VA), and the Elf School of the Arts (Hayesville, NC). 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.