Jasmin Smith

Jasmin Smith is a DC-based artist who has lived in the area for more than 30 years. Previously she has lived in Canada, United Kingdom and Bangladesh. She has travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and Australia. Her art has been inspired by many international artists including the Canadian Group of Seven, Wassily Kandinsky, David Hockney and Henri Rousseau. She has also been influenced by US artists including the visionary artist Alex Grey.

Jasmin maintains a full-time studio practice in Potomac, Maryland. She has experimented with many art styles and her work has transitioned to different expressions of abstract styles, including stylized mandalas, impressions of cave art, and semi-abstract works depicting animals.

In most of her works, Jasmin uses a restricted color palette with intense colors inspired by her South Asian background. Her process is time-consuming - consisting of the application of many layers of liquid acrylic - wet onto dry. She uses this process of layering, flatness of form and color to create a sense of depth and subtle chromatic variation within the work.

For 27 years, Jasmin worked as a technical writer, multi-media developer, and web content manager at Marriott International in Bethesda, Maryland...

Jasmin has a BA in English Literature and Visual Arts from the University of Ottawa, Canada. She has also attended multiple classes in contemporary art in Maryland, Washington DC, New York and Ottawa.

Since 2016, Jasmin has been studying abstract art under the tutelage of Mira Hecht at the Corcoran School of Art and Design at George Washington University (GWU) in DC. She is part of the E Street Artists' group.

Solo Shows

2023

May-September - Upcoming show at the Women's National Democratic Club, Washington DC

2018

March - Toward A New Beginning - at Grilled Cheese DC (GCDC), Washington DC
Group Shows
2022
April
Upcoming show Art Rave DC at The House of Temple
March
Upcoming show Lost, Found and Looking Forward Show, Rockville Art League, Rockville, MD
2021
December
Rockville Art League Juried Member’s Winter Show, Rockville, MD
September
50th Annual Glen Echo Park Labor Day Juried Art Show, Glen Echo, MD
June
Landscape Exhibit, The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
March
Themed Exhibit: Line by Line Artists Interpret Poetry, The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
2020
December (Online)
Climate Change Through a Personal Lens, Women's National Democratic Club, Washington DC
Touchstone Gallery Washington DC
Rockville Art League Juried Member’s Virtual Art Show, Rockville, MD
July
The Friends of the Yellow Barn Small Works V Exhibition, Glen Echo, MD (Online)
May
Rockville Art League Juried Member’s Virtual Art Show, Rockville, MD
Juror: Ruth Lozner
Juried Open Art Exhibit (Online Only), The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
February
Climate Change Group Show at the Wa...