Samantha Bittman

Session one - May 28 – June 3

Samantha Bittman  is a visual artist and educator based in Woodstock, NY.  In her practice, she works with woven patterning to generate paintings, graphic wallpapers, and tiled installations.  She has participated in residency programs at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and Ox-Bow School of Art.  In 2012, she received the Artadia Award.  Recent solo exhibitions include, Ronchini, London, UK; Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, IL; Morgan Lehman, NY, NY; and Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. She has been included in numerous group exhibitions including David Castillo, Miami, FL; Shane Campbell, Chicago, IL; and Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, IL.  Her work has been written about in The New York Times, Wall Street International, and The Washington Post, amongst others.  In 2022, she founded Catskill Weaving School, an artist-run school that offers in-person and online weaving and weaving-related workshops, based in Catskill, NY.  She holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.

Samantha Bittman, Interlace, 2018, custom digitally printed wallpaper, Museum of Art and Design Installation, NY, NY