Jo Smail (South African)

Timeline

1943
Born: Durban, South Africa
1963
BA. University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.
1975
NDAD. Johannesburg College of Art, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1975
Cambridge Shirt Award, Art South Africa Today
1975
Abel Coetzee Award, Johannesburg College of Art
1978
NHDAD. Johannesburg College of Art, Johannesburg, South Africa.
1989
Triangle Artist’s Workshop, Pine Plains, New York
1991
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Painting)
1992
Maryland Institute College of Art, Trustees Teaching Award
1994
Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont
1995
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Painting)
1996
Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont
1996
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1997
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2000
Residency, Rochefort-en-Terre, France
2003
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
2003
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Painting)
2003
Residency, Rochefort-en-Terre, France
2004
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Painting)
2007
Trawick Prize: Best in Show, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards
2007
Strictly Painting, McLean Project for the Arts
2007
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Painting)
2007
Residency, Rochefort-en-Terre, France
2010
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Painting)
2012
Best of the Best, Sapphire, Trawick Prize Winner, selected from Trawick Prize winners of the past 10 years
2014
Nominated for Anonymous as A Woman.

Exhibitions

2014
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2014:

Leaning Over the Edge of the Moon, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
Transformations, Juror Jack Rasmussen, Mclean Project for the Arts, Virginia, USA
Baltimore Artists + WPA + Mera Rubell = LOVE, Curator Mera Rubell, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, New York, USA
2012
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2012:

Philosophy of Figure, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
It…, Juror Melissa Ho, Hirshhorn Museum, Two Person Show with Fabienne Lasserre, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Trawick Prize 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery B, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
2011–2012
Jo Smail Exhibitions from 2011-2012:

Degrees of Absence, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
2011
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2011:

Becoming Something Found, Jolie Laide Gallery, 224 N. Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Sondheim Semi-Finalists, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2010
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2010:

The Marks of Six Painters, Gallery 447, 447 Race Street, Cambridge, Maryland, USA
2009
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2009:

Conjurations, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
2008
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2008:

The Limits of Language: A Selection from 10 Years, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, Virginia, USA (solo exhibition)
Grand Prize Winners of Trawick Prize and Bethesda Painting Award, Fraser Gallery, 7700 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
The Grey House that Thinks Itself into Your Head Without Asking, Fingston Gallery, Pace University, New York, New York, USA
The Commerce and Culture Series, The Center Club, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2007
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2007:

Species of Love and Angels Footsteps, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
Triangle Alumni DUMBO Arts Festival Exhibition 25, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Trawick Prize Finalists, Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Strictly Painting 6, Curated by Kristen Hileman, McLean Project for the Arts, Virginia, USA
Speaking of Silence 1, Curated by Peter Brum, Sub-Basement Studios, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2006
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2006:

New Beginnings, Axis Gallery, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Trawick Prize Finalists, Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
2005
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2005:

Soft Openings, Curated by Jack Rasmussen, Katzen Art Center, American University Museum, Wash. D.C., USA
Critics’ Picks: Just Looking, Curated by Franklin Sirmans, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2004
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2004:

Degrees of Fluency, Curated by Margaret Evangeline, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (solo exhibition)
Rockville Art Place, Rockville, Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
Goya Girl Press & Contemporary Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
Inward Gazes, Curated by Cara Ober Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, USA
Trawick Prize Finalists, Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Prize Winners,/i>, Curated by Peter DuBeau, Maryland State Art’s Council, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Conversations, Curated by Barry Nemett, Collaboration with William Kentridge, Evergreen House, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Tufts University Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
Karl Drerup Gallery, Plymoth State University, New Hampshire, USA
2003
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2003:

Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
Breaking New Ground, Curated by Peter Brum, Wyman Arts Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Fully Integrated, Curated by Y. Chung and Andrea Pollan. Degas Gallery, Mclean, Virginia, USA
The Fables of La Fontaine, Curated by Koren Christofides, Ken Tisa & Robyn Chadwick, Centre pour l’Art et la Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
Exhibition Space of Temple University, Rome, ITALY
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
The Meyerhoff Gallery, the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2002
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2002:

Goya Girl Press & Contemporary Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
2001
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2001:

Artists of the Alfred & Trafford Klotz Residency at Rochefort-en-Terre, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2000
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 2000:

Musee du Chateau de Rochefort-en-Terre Morbihan, France
Benefit Exhibition, Curated by Jack Rasmussen, MAP, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1999
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1999:

The Untroubled Mind, Curated by Peter Brum, Vila Julie College, Maryland, USA
1998
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1998:

Chance and Necessity, Curated by Power Booth, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
St. Mary’s College, Maryland, USA
Mclean Center for the Arts, Virginia, USA
University of Ohio, Athens, Ohio, USA
Chance and Necessity Prints, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
WPA/Corcoran Art Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
Cross Currents ’98: Pure View, Curated by Kristen Hileman, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Artscape ’98: Empowerment Zone Artists, City Hall Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Delaware Art Museum Biennial ’98, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
1997
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1997:

Rockville Art Place, Curated by Jack Rasmussen, Rockville Maryland, USA (solo exhibition)
Not So Simple, Curated by Annie Gawlak, Gallery 901, Washington DC, USA
Artist as Collector, Curated by Bill Schmidt and Helen Glazer, Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Reunion Benefit Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Out of the Ashes, Rosenberg Gallery Goucher College, Baltimore, Marland, USA
1996
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1996:

Natalie Knight Gallery, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
1995
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1995:

Maryland Institute, Then and Now, Curated by Barry Nemett, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA
1994
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1994:

New Realities, Curated by Patricia Patton, Staib Gallery/Art Wall + B, New York, New York, USA
Maryland Institute, Then and Now, Josiah White Exhibition Center, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
Works from the Garden, Four Person Show, Curated by Jann Rosen-Queralt, School 33, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Between the Sexes, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1993
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1993:

Trask Gallery, the National Arts Club, New York, New York, USA
Contemporary South African Art, Consulate General, New York, New York, USA
1992
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1992:

Triangle Artists, The Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
1991
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1991:

Reverberations, Four Women Show, Frostburg University, Frostburg, Maryland, USA
Enigmatic Expressions, Four Person Show, Curated by Charlotte Cohen, MAP, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1990
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1990:

55 Mercer Street, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Ombondi Gallery, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Maryland Art Place, Benefit, Curated by Susan Badder, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Voices from South Africa, Contemporary Art against Apartheid Stuart Levy Gallery New York, New York, USA
1989
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1989:

Ombondi Gallery, New York, New York, USA (solo exhibition)
Triangle Artist’s Workshop, Pine Plains, New York, USA
1988
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1988:

Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1987
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1987:

Artscape, Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1986
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1986:

Artscape, Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Guest Artist Retrospective, Invitational Exhibition, Johannesburg Art Museum, SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town Triennial, Juried Exhibition, National Museum Tour, SOUTH AFRICA
1985
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1985:

Tributaries, Contemporary South African Art, Cross-cultural invitational exhibition, European tour, Sponsored by BMW
Women’s Festival of the Arts, Funda Gallery, Soweto, Gertrude Posel Gallery, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
1984
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1984:

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA (solo exhibition)
Four Johannesburg Painters, National Touring Exhibition: SA National Gallery, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA; 1820 Monument Gallery, Grahamstown; University of the Orange Free State Gallery, Bloemfontein, SOUTH AFRICA; Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA; Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA; Durban Art Gallery, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA
1983
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1983:

South African Contemporary Art, Invitational Exhibition, sponsored by BMW, SOUTH AFRICA
1981
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1981:

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA (solo exhibition)
Faculty, Fine Art Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Gertrude Posel Gallery, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
1979
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1979:

Association of Arts, Pretoria, SOUTH ADRICA (solo exhibition)
Association of Art, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Faculty, Fine Art Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Gertrude Posel Gallery, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
1978
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1978:

Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA (solo exhibition)
Tel Aviv Art Fair, Salon International d’art Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
Touring Exhibition, USA, Invitational Exhibition, SA Prints
Renaissance ‘78, SA Association of Art, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Preview Tel Aviv Art Fair exhibition, Total Gallery, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Group show, Association of Art, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
1977
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1977:

Guest Artist, Johannesburg Art Museum, SOUTH AFRICA (solo exhibition)
Fabian Fine Art, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA (solo exhibition)
1976
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1976:

Invitational Summer Show, Fabian Fine Art, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
1975
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1975:

Art South Africa Today, Prize Winner, Juried by Clement Greenberg, Biennial, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA
1974
Jo Smail Exhibitions in 1974:

New Signatures, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA

Public Collections

University of the Orange Free State
University of South Africa
University of Stellenbosch
University of the Western Cape
Chase Manhattan Bank, Johannesburg
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Durban Museum and Art Gallery
Gertrude Posel Collection, University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg Art Museum
Johannesburg Chamber of Industries
Mobil Corporation
National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town
Premier Milling Group, Johannesburg
Pretoria Art Museum
USA Embassy, Johannesburg
English (US)

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