Meet Katie Holmes’ rumoured new beau, painter Jason Bard Yarmosky

Jul 18, 2026

New York-based artist Jason Bard Yarmosky is rumoured to be Katie Holmes’ new beau. Photos: @katieholmes, @jasonbardyarmosky/Instagram

Everyone knows about the Dawson’s Creek’s star’s marriage to Tom Cruise, her daughter Suri Noelle, and her romance with Jamie Foxx … now she’s being linked to a New York-based artist

Katie Holmes appears to be getting back on the dating scene. The Dawson’s Creek actress, 47, was recently spotted in East Hampton, New York, with a new beau at a screening of Olivia Wilde’s latest movie, The Invite.

An eyewitness told People that Holmes arrived at the event venue hand in hand with a man who was “whispering in her ear”, and that the actress was laughing. The onlooker went on to say that Holmes had “a smile on her face all night” while the two sat together during the screening, with the actress resting her head on the man’s shoulder at one point. The pair was later seen stepping out for a stroll around the Big Apple.

Holmes’ new man has since been identified as Jason Bard Yarmosky, a New York-based artist who is nine years younger than the actress. This is Holmes’ first public romance since 2022, when she and musician Bobby Wooten III split up after dating for about eight months.

Here’s what we know about Yarmosky …

What does Jason Bard Yarmosky do?

Jason Bard Yarmosky in his art studio in 2024. Photo: @jasonbardyarmosky/Instagram

Jason Bard Yarmosky was born in 1987, in New York. The 38-year-old has gravitated towards the arts since he was young, when he began drawing, as he shared on his Instagram. He graduated with a bachelor of fine arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2010.

He currently lives in the famous Double Diamond house on Long Island, a mid-century modern icon built in 1959 by architect Andrew Geller, according to The New York Times. The house had offered him solace after he moved in following the passing of his grandparents, he said in a 2021 interview with The New York Times. “I’ve been able to deal with loss and my grief in a space that doesn’t pressure me,” he said.

His grandparents were his muses

Jason Bard Yarmosky’s grandparents featured in his work, “Trick or Treaters” (2013). Photo: @jasonbardyarmosky/Instagram