Bonnie Smerdon

(b. 1992) Currently based in Bellingham, WA.

Education

2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and sculpture, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

Selected Exhibitions

2023 Winter Artist Showcase, Kent Centennial Gallery (2 person show), Kent, WA

2022 40 Under 40, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA 

October Art Showcase, Bremerton Canvas, (3 person show), Bremerton, WA

Artists from the Pacific Northwest, Gallery Syre, Bellingham, WA 

Summer Exhibit, Centennial Center Gallery, Kent, WA

Local Landscape, Pop-up Gallery, (solo show), Bellingham, WA

2021 Artist Showcase, Ryan James Belltown Capsule Gallery (solo show), Seattle, WA 

Heatwave, Dodomu Gallery, (online group exhibition) Brooklyn, NY

Overlay, Geheim Gallery, (two person show) Bellingham, WA

Replica, The Redlight, (solo show) Bellingham, WA

2020 Sharp Edges, Honey Salon, (solo show) Bellingham, WA

Art From Afar: The Shape of Content, Off the Cost, (online group exhibition) US

Around the Square, Studio 103, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA

Northwest Landscape, Lynnwood Convention Center, Lynnwood, WA

2019 Fall Juried Exhibit, Jansen Arts Center, Lyndon, WA

Oneiric Geographies, (two person show) Dakota Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2018 September Artist Showcase, The Old School, Hrisey, IS

Sensorium, Pegasus Gallery, Bellingham, WA

my grip softened as i began to see, Dakota Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2017 4.2/NO, Ryan James Fine Arts, Kirkland, WA

Glimpse, Ryan James Fine Arts, Kirkland, WA

2016 Familiar Hindsight, (two person show) Dakota Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Visual Impressions, Ryan James Fine Arts, Kirkland, WA

Artist Showcase, Rock and Rye Oyster House, (solo show) Bellingham, WA

2015 Vestiges, Pop-up Gallery, 221 Prospect Street, (solo show) Bellingham, WA

SITES, Pop-up Gallery, 221 Prospect Street, (two person show) Bellingham, WA                                                                              

Escape Routes, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Beyond Borders, Viking Union Gallery Bellingham, WA

Constructs and Corridors, Dakota Gallery, Bellingham, WA

New Work, Open House Gallery, Bellingham, WA

2014 Shoshin, B Gallery, Bellingham, WA

October Artist Showcase, (solo show) Boundary Bay, Bellingham, WA

Leaving the Biosphere, (solo show) Ballard Labs, Ballard, WA

2013 Vitrify, B Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Residencies 

2022 Sou’wester artist residency, Seaview, WA

2020 Zaratan artist residency, postponed due to pandemic, Lisbon, PT

2018 The Old School art residency, Hrisey, IS

Press

2022 Featured artist in the zine publication Future Fields. Bellows Falls, VT

          Artists from the Pacific Northwest’ Review, Cascadia Daily, Bellingham, WA

2018 What’s Up Magazine, Artists of the North Sound, Bellingham, WA

2014 Jeopardy Magazine, Western Washington University, WA