Current Exhibition
Holy Discarded
Selected Works by Semblance Gallery Director
Veronica Dornsmith
What I capture in my art is the intertwining duality of the harsh and the delicate, which is my perception of the world of opposites and also myself. I show the divine intertwining of these two opposites by combining harsh materials with delicate color.
The harshness is represented through the use of textures such as painted fur, sand, matted string, cotton and wet tissues. Many other found objects find their way onto my paintings, but these seem to entice me the most. The ‘holy’ and delicate in turn, comes from my use of colors. I often use supple pinks and creams to create a soft contrast to the textures and also to correspond to the colors found in my own skin, hair and eyes. Furthermore this idea is shown through the combination of rough, primitive applications with tedious, delicate actions such as sewing.
My paintings have always been, consciously or subconsciously, small, time-encased self-portraits. They are representations of my physical, emotional or intellectual states at a specific point in time. I have come to use colors associated with my physical appearance to associate my studies of the world of opposites with how this information directly affects me as an artist and also as a human being.
Veronica Dornsmith
Born 1985 in Indiana, USA
Lives and works in Michigan, USA
In 2023 became the Director and curator of Semblance Gallery
Education
-Columbus College of Art and Design - BFA 2007
Columbus, Ohio
-Herron School of Art - 2007
Indianapolis, Indiana
-Studio Art Centers International - 2006
Florence, Italy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
-How To Impress a Female
The Dream Gallery
Seattle, WA 2013
-The Intertwining Duality
Language and Culture International Gallery
Indianapolis, IN 2009
-Amalgamation
Gallery Seven
Indianapolis, Indiana 2008
-Lost and Found
Magma Designs
London, England 2007
-The Harsh and the Delicate
Beaton Gallery
Columbus, Ohio 2007
Selected Group Exhibitions
-Pegasus Gallery
Seattle, WA 2013
-Wedgwood House Gallery
Seattle, WA 2013
-Not A Number Gallery
Seattle, WA 2012
-The IN Arts NW Gallery
Seattle, WA 2011
-Studio F Gallery
Seattle, WA 2011
-Warren Knapp Gallery
Seattle, WA 2011
-Familiar Distractions
Art/Not Terminal
Seattle, WA 2011
-Smith and Vallee Gallery
Edison, WA 2011
-Ghost Gallery
Seattle, WA 2010
-Corner Vice Gallery
Zionsville, IN 2009
-Inside Out
AV Gallery
Indianapolis, IN 2009
- ArtBank Gallery
Indianapolis, Indiana 2008
-Alpha State
Herron Gallery
Indianapolis, Indiana 2008
-Dean Johnson Gallery
Indianapolis, Indiana 2007
-CLDC Silent Auction
Indianapolis, Indiana 2007
-Fuji Art Studio Exhibition
Florence, Italy, 2006
-SACI Exhibition
Florence, Italy 2006
-Mac Worthington Gallery
Columbus, Ohio 2005-2006
-Material Reverie
MPX Gallery
Columbus, Ohio 2005
Commissions
- Laci Cole - 2022
- Jenna Leskela - 2021
-Charli Greig - 2021
- Krissane Heinze - 2021
- Akumi Yokoyama - 2020
- Kayla Grantham - 2020
- Emerald Niakan - 2019
- Caitlin Jarvis - 2019
- Allison Wendt - 2018
- Catherine Liggett - 2018
- Jennifer Given-Helms - 2018
- Julie Myers - 2017
- Lynnie Ford - 2017
- Mariana Bucereg - 2016
- Justin Bucereg - 2016
- Nicky Bucereg - 2016
- Glenda Brown - 2016
- Daisha Kissel - 2015
- Rachel Ford - 2015
- Psychic Awakenings - 2013
- Brittney Higgs - 2008
- Judy Grover - 2008
- Sarah Josway – 2007, 2008
- Jeff Sudon - 2006
- Mac Worthington – 2005
Awards and Recognitions
-Accepted into the Wimbledon College of Art’s
MFA in Painting program in London, England - 2007
-The Kenneth Markasky Memorial Scholarship - 2006
-Vasa Canzani Scholarship - 2005
-Featured Artist at Mac Worthington Gallery - 2005
-Psi Iota Xi Sorority Scholarship for the Arts - 2003
Fairs
-One Of A Kind Art Show and Sale
Chicago, IL 2009
-Oranje
Indianapolis, IN 2009
-Women in the Arts Market
Eiteljorg Museum Indianapolis, IN - 2008
-Englewood Festival
Englewood, OH - 2006