Shelby Dawn Smith
Kenora, ON, Canada
BIO (1994 - ) Shelby Dawn Smith is an artist who grew up in small town Northwestern Ontario, and ...
About the artist
Shelby Dawn Smith
Joined In 2016
(3 Followers)
About the artist
Shelby Dawn Smith
Joined In 2016
(3 Followers)
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BIO (1994 - )
Shelby Dawn Smith is an artist who grew up in small town Northwestern Ontario, and currently conducts her practice in Kenora, Ontario. She graduated with honours from the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of Ottawa in 2015. It wasn’t until the final years of her BFA that she began exploring abstraction, after discovering the art of other abstractionists, like Fiona Rae and Cy Twombly.
Shelby’s expressive mixed-media paintings explore the complexities of emotion through visual elements, such as colour and texture, and attempt to find a balance between harmony and tension. Her debut solo show, Different Every Time, took place in the spring of 2016 at Studio Sixty-Six and showcased her experimental and process-based style. In the spring of 2019, Shelby was announced as the Programmer for Kenora’s new Art Centre.
2011-2015 | Bachelor of Fine Arts with Minor in Psychology | University of Ottawa, Canada | Specialization in Painting and Drawing
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 | Different Every Time | Studio Sixty Six | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 | Follow Blue | Various Locations | Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
2016 | Timeless Images | Tantra Lounge | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2016 | 4x4 …and a Little More | #HASHTAG Gallery | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2016 | Emerging Artists Tea Party | 533 College Street | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2016 | Paint the Town Silver | 47 Rue Clarence | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2016 | Show and Tell Ottawa | Brixton's British Pub | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2015 | Holiday Art Sale | 100 Laurier | University of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2015 | Approaching Form | Studio Sixty Six | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2015 | XXV | 100 Laurier | University of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2015 | Site Sighted | Alliance Française of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2015 | Silent Auction Fundraiser for XXV | SAW Gallery | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2014 | Holiday Art Sale | Gallery 115 | University of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2014 | Permanent Exhibition | Paradigm[e]: The Dean’s Gallery | University of Ottawa | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2013 | Permanent Exhibition | Paradigm[e]: The Dean’s Gallery | Universi...