Barbara Holmes was born and raised in Southern California. She attended Brigham Young University and San Diego State University where she received her MFA. Barbara has exhibited nationally and internationally, is a Sam & Alfreda Maloof scholarship recipient, and has been awarded art residencies at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Capital City Arts Initiative, Facebook, I-Park, Penland School of Crafts and Recology. Her artwork often utilizes material reclaimed from the waste stream, transforming seemingly untidy material into carefully crafted forms and site-specific installations. She has been commissioned for projects at Facebook Headquarters, and has work in the permanent collections at San Francisco Museum of Art (SFMOMA) and Recology (et al.). She has taught art and design for over 20 years at a variety of institutions and currently works and lives in Southern California.