BONNIE SMERDON
(b. 1992) Currently based in Bellingham, WA.
EDUCATION
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and sculpture and a dance minor from Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Through Windows and Doors, Graphite Arts Center, Edmonds, WA
Weird Earth, Base Camp Studios, Seattle, WA
Dark Skies, The Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
2023
Mama Tried, Geheim Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Arts at the Port, Juried Exhibition, Anacortes, WA
Sou’wester Arts Week, Seaview, WA
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
DANCE
2023
Holding Patterns, dancer, co-creator, 7 Day Dance Festival, Bellingham, WA
2022
Shifting Cycles, dancer, dance film, Sou’wester Arts Week, Seaview, WA
2018
Hrisey, dancer/choreographer, Dance film, Hrisey, Iceland
My grip softened as i began to see, dancer, Dakota Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2015
Index, Choreographer, dancer, Pop-up Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Fulcrum,Choreographer, Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA
2014
Organic/Geometric, dancer, VU Gallery, Bellingham, WA
PUBLIC ART
2023
Windgazing, Downtown Redmond Artwalk, Redmond, WA
Paper Whale, Live painting series, Bellingham, WA
2017
Space Mural, Family Interactive Gallery, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
RESIDENCIES
2024 Rockland Woods, Winter cohort, Bremerton, WA
2023 Sou‘wester Arts Week, Seaview, WA
2022 Sou’wester artist residency, Seaview, WA
2018 The Old School art residency, Hrisey, IS
PRESS
2024 Crab Creek Review, Cover Artwork for the Fall/Winter Issue, Seattle, WA
Suboart Magazine, Issue 15.
2022 Future Fields. Featured artist in the zine publication 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