Marissa Saneholtz began metalsmithing and jewelry work while in high school in Bowling Green, Ohio, continuing on to earn a BFA Degree in metals from Bowling Green State University in 2008. She graduated from the Master of Fine Arts Program in Metal Design at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Her work has been published in the book Art Jewelry Today II as well as in Metalsmith Magazine. She has also created work that has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in shows such as Best of 2010 Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Surfacing: The 8th International Juried Student Exhibition of the Enamelist Society in San Francisco, eXtreme Tea Exhibition, Houston, An Element of Surprise: Artists Working with Tin, and many others.