Ed Smiley

Ed Smiley

Santa Cruz, CA, United States

About Ed Smiley

I believe in the elusive, the poetic, in ecstasy and joy. My art practice incorporates acrylic transfer of digital printing and xerography into a acrylic painting, as well as inclusion of drawing media, and transferred paint skins. I use scanners and hand movement to produce digitally modified images, gestural yet unpainted, and combine them in overlays with glazes and painted gesture. Image sources for digital distortions can be other paintings, fabrics, and found objects. I aim for a paradox of the intricate and the broadly gestural: inviting the viewer into a vivid disjunction of non-locality through abrupt and colorful rhythmic shifts. I explore the interconnectedness of things, for I believe that everything is connected. I believe in things that can't easily be put into words.

Education:

Bachelors in Art (2D)
University of California Santa Cruz

Events:

Past:
"Santa Cruz Open Studios" October 2017, and 2018
Juried open studio event
Santa Cruz CA
"Rare Art Fair"
JCO'S Art Haus May 2017
Los Gatos CA

"Catamaran Anniversary Art Show at R. Blitzer Gallery" Art and Jazz Anniversary Gala, featuring 3 of my works November 2014

"Eyeball Music"  One Man Art Event  Art Revór Santa Cruz, CA  November 2012 

Exhibitions:

List of One Man, Juried Shows, and Awards:
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Awards:
"Science, Technology and The Future of Art"
First Prize Winner
Pacific Art League Juried Show Palo Alto CA
July 2017, Juror: Susanne Forchheimer.

"50 Memorable Painters 2015" Poets and Artists magazine, curated by John Seed and Didi Menendez

"Abstractions, Pure Color, Shape, Form & Imagination!"
Second Prize Winner
Pacific Art League Juried Show Palo Alto CA
February 6th-26th, 2015

Curation:
Co-curator "Abstract Santa Cruz" 2016, and 2019
R.Blitzer Gallery
Santa Cruz CA

One Man Shows:
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"Eyeful: The Colorful Abstracts of Ed Smiley"
Boyer Gallery, Pacific Grove Art Center
Pacific Grove CA
May 2018

"Ed Smiley"
Santa Cruz Art League Santa Cruz CA
August 14 - September 13 2015

"Ed Smiley: Colorful Abstracts"
Gallery 505 Santa Cruz CA July 1-31 2015

"Ed Smiley: Recent Paintings”"
Trendsetter, Felton CA
March 2015

“Ed Smiley: Recent Paintings"
One Man Show TrendSetter, Felton, CA April 3, 2014 April 2014

"Rapture"
Camouflage, Santa Cruz CA
April 2013 April 18, 2013

"Reinventions"
Boyer Gallery, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove April 12, 2012 May 23, 2012

"Wayward Offspring"
Leeds Gallery, Santa Cruz CA
May 31, 2012 July 4, 2012

"Undulations"
Swirl
Santa Cruz CA April 30, 2011 September 30, 2011

"Recent Paintings"
Santa Cruz Art League
February 12, 2011 March 6, 2011

"Recent Paintings" One Man Show
Santa Cruz Office of Education
April 30, 2010 August 30, 2010

"Recent Paintings and Collages" One Man Show
Santa Cruz Library
April 30, 2010 - July 30, 2010

"Stroke of Luck" One Man Show
Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz CA
February 1, 2010 - February 28, 2010

"Recent Works" One Man Show
Santa Cruz CA
January 1, 2010 January 31, 2010

"The Waves" One Man Show
Mr. Toots, Capitola CA
May 8, 2009 May 30, 2009

"Joyous Convulsions" One Man Show
The Firefly, Santa Cruz CA
October 31, 2008 November 30, 2008

Juried Shows
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"Members Exhibit"
Pacific Art League Palo Alto CA
July 2017

"Science, Technology and The Future of Art"
Pacific Art League Palo Alto CA
July 2017

Arrangements in Black & White
Santa Cruz Art League
August 13 - September 11

"Abstractions, Pure Color, Shape, Form & Imagination!" Juried, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto 2015 (WON SECOND PRIZE) February 6th-26th

"All Mixed Up " Juried Santa Cruz Art League
July11-Aug 10 2014

"Abstractions: Pure Color, Shape, Form and Imagination" Juried Pacific Art League Palo Alto
February 3, 2014 - February 28, 2014

"16th Annual Open International Society of Acrylic Painters International Exhibition" Juried
Paso Robles Art Association The Showroom Gallery
July 31, 2013 - September 1, 2013

"All Those Figures" Juried
Santa Cruz Art League
August 16, 2013 -September 14, 2013

"Abstract" Juried
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA
March 23, 2011 - April 29, 2011

"International Society of Acrylic Painters 13th Annual Exhibit" Juried
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA
July 31, 2010 - August 30, 2010

"Transference of Light " Juried
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA
June 30, 2010 - July 30, 2010

"National Drawing and Sculpture Exhibit" Juried
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz CA
December 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009