BIO

Samantha McElhiney was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is a tattoo artist, painter and performing artist with Bachelor's degrees in Fine Arts and Forensic Science from the University of Central Oklahoma. She has shown her paintings and handmade creations in local shows as well as out of state festivals including Burning Man. Much of her work involves spiritual and metaphysical aspects which relate to festival goers, wanderers, and journeyers.

Aside from painting, Samantha also enjoys expressing herself through metal-smithing and performing aerial silks and fire spinning at festivals across the United States alongside her twin sister Adriana Faith. In 2017 Samantha and Adriana began performing under the name Evil Twin Performing Arts, and are now pioneering a larger group of talented aerialists and artists under the troupe name Hypnotrix.