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Jean Smith, Ceramic Sculptor

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           Calendar 2025
         March, April, May

D'art Gallery
900 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204
"D'art Collection"
ongoing small-works show
-I have ceramic wall sculptures
"Chasing Magic" Exhibition with Lydia Riegle and Shane Cooper
April 10 - May 4
Opening Reception: Friday, Ap 11, 5 - 9 pm
Collectors Reception: Friday, Ap 18, 5 - 9 pm
Artist's Talk and International Sculpture Day: Saturday, Ap 26, 1 pm
Sundays on Santa Fe Dr: Ap 27, 11 - 4 pm
Last Look: Sunday, May 4 11 - 4 pm
-I will be showing ceramic sculpture
Niza Knoll Gallery
915 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204
​WCACO 35th Anniversary Show, "The Power of Purpose"
April 4 - 27
Hours: Thurs - Sun 1 - 4; First Fri 5 - 9; Last Sun 12 - 3
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 5, 1 - 4 pm
You can stay current with
me on my facebook page, Jean Smith, JBS Arts.
and on my Instagram, @jeanbsmith13

Check out the article about me as one of Colorado Creatives:

http://www.westword.com/arts/another-100-colorado-creatives-jean-smith-5782708
Zip 37 Gallery
3644 Navajo Street
Denver, CO 80211
Closed Aug 31, 2018

5 Bubbles on the wall

Visit Stephanie Powell's Blog for a peek-a-boo look at me working in my studio:

http://www.stephanie-powell.com/personal-projects/the-makers-jean-smith/

2025
Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA 92262

"25th Annual Palm Springs Modernism Show"

-showed ceramic sculpture

 
 
2024

D'art Gallery, Denver, CO

"Charisma" with Lydia Reigle

-showed ceramic standing and wall pieces

"OG - Original Gangsters"

-showed ceramic wall pieces

"Holiday Market"

-showed ceramic suspended and standing pieces 

Colorado Women's Art Museum, Denver, CO

"I Belong in a Museum, Part II"

-showed ceramic suspended sculpture

Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO

"All Colorado #41"

-showed ceramic totem

CORE: New Art Space, Lakewood, CO

"Architecture of Form #5"

-showed ceramic wall sculpture

Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO

"Body of Knowledge", WCACO Member Exhibition

-showed ceramic suspended piece

 

Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA

Modernism Week Show

-showed ceramic wall and floor pieces

Kanon Collective, Lakewood, CO

Zip Reunion II

-showed floating leaf sculpure

 

ParkHill Open Studio Tour, Denver

-showed totems, wall sculpture, floating pieces

 

2023

D'art Gallery, Denver, CO

Holiday Market

-showed ceramic wall pieces

"4th Anniversary: Essentially D'art"

-showed ceramic wall, standing sculptures

"Falling in Love, Again...New Modernism"

-showed ceramic wall, standing and suspended sculptures with Lydia Riegle, printmaker

Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO

"Taking up Space"

juried exhibition featuring members of the Woman's Caucus for Art, Colorado chapter

-showed ceramic wall sculptures

Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA

Modernism Week Show
-showed ceramic wall and standing sculptures

Core: New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
"Architecture of Form #4"

-showed suspended ceramic sculptures

931 Gallery, Denver, CO

"Expanding Modernism"

-showed ceramic wall sculptures, totems

WCACO Member's Show, "Our View"

-showed suspended ceramic sculpture

Kanon Collective, Lakewood, CO

"Zip Reunion"

-showed ceramic wall and suspended sculptures

ParkHill Open Studio Tour, Denver, CO

-showed totems, vessels and floating leaves

ParkHill Garden Tour, Denver, CO

-showed totems in the yard at 1349 Grape St

2022

D'art Gallery, Denver, CO

"Dart & Friends"

-showed ceramic wall sculptures with Katharine

McGuinness, printmaker

"3rd Anniversary"

-showed ceramic wall and suspended sculpture, small totem 

"Simply Small"

-showed ceramic wall sculptures and leaf platters

"D'art & Friends"

-showed ceramic wall sculpture in with Shelley  Hull, painter

Modernism Show, October, Palm Springs, CA

-showed ceramic wall and floor sculptures

Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

"Beyond 2D" juried

-showed ceramic totem

Exploration of Flight Hanger, Centennial Airport

"Mod Vintage"

-showed ceramic wall and suspended sculpture, totems

CORE New Art Space Gallery, Lakewood, CO

"Architecture of Form #3"

-showed vessels

"Over, Under, Further, Forever: Women's Caucus for Art Member's"

-showed suspended and standing ceramic sculptures

Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO

"Nod to Modernity" with Lydia Riegle

-showed ceramic wall sculptures

Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO

"FIRED" Hand Built Clay Exhibit featuring 10 ceramic artists

-showed wall and standing ceramic sculptures

Tabor Center, Denver, CO

-installed a large ceramic wall sculpture in the conference area

Hilltop Senior Living, Denver, CO

-installed two ceramic sculptures in the lobby

Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO

"National Fine Art"

-Showed ceramic sculpture

Received the blue Ribbon for best 3-D piece!

Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo, CO

"Blue Skies: On my Mind" with Sheigla Hartman

-Showed ceramic sculptures

Gallery 931, Denver, CO

"Expanding Modernism: The Mutiny of Mediocrity"

-Showed ceramic sculpture in group show

40 West Gallery, Lakewood, CO

"Small Works, Big ideas" Group Show sponsored by WCACO

-showed ceramic wall sculptures

2008 - 2022

Artma, Denver, CO

-showed ceramic wall sculpture in Bi-Annual fundraiser for Pediatric Cancer Research

 

2021

D'art Gallery, Denver, CO

"Shaken Stirred, Savored" with Lydia Reigle

-showed ceramic wall, suspended and standing sculptures

"Take Two", D'art Member's Group Show

-showed ceramic wall sculpture

"From the Earth" with Gabrielle Shannon

-showed suspended, wall and standing ceramic sculptures

"New Beginnings" Gallery Member's Show

-showed ceramic sculpture

Catbird Hotel, Denver, CO

-installed three ceramic wall sculptures on the top floor

Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO

"Old Myths, New Stories" Juried Show sponsored by WCACO

-showed ceramic sculpture

CORE New Art Space, Lakewood, CO

"The Architecture of Form 2"

-showed ceramic sculpture

The Gallery @ Bus Stop Apartments, Boulder, CO

"Work of Women" Show featuring members of WCACO
-showed ceramic sculpture

GreyCube online gallery

Finalist in "Floral Art" Show with Rose Totem

Park Hill Studio Tour, Denver, CO

-showed ceramics and jewelry with guest oil painter, Rebekah Robinson

2020

Curtis Center for the Arts,Greenwood Village, CO

"37th Annual All Colorado Art" Show, awarded second place

-showed ceramic sculpture

Art Hub-Elevation Room, Lakewood, CO

"Synchronicity"

-showed suspended, wall and floor ceramic

sculptures

40 West Art Gallery, Lakewood, CO

"Members Small Works Exhibit", featuring 40 members of WCACO

-showed wall and pedestal ceramic sculptures

D'art Gallery, Denver, CO

"Simply Small 2"

-showed ceramic wall sculptures

"Andra Tutto Bene" Group Member's Show

-showed ceramic wall sculptures

"Walk-up Window" Group Member's Show

-showed ceramic wall sculpture

"Elements," two person show with Gabrielle Shannon

-showed ceramic wall sculptures

"Many Voices, One Message: Art" Group Co-Op Member's Show

-showed ceramic wall sculpture

CORE: New Art Space Gallery, Lakewood, CO

"The Architecture of Form" Group Show

-showed ceramic wall, floor, and suspended sculpture

"30 Year Anniversary" Show, Women's Caucus for Art, Colorado Chapter,

-showed ceramic wall sculpture

2019

fooLPRoof Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

"Blue Skies Forever"

-showed ceramic sculpture installation

"Beat Clap Snap"

-showed ceramic sculpture installation

"Feel"

-showed ceramic sculpture installation

"Grown Up?"

-Showed ceramic sculpture installation

"Puechritudinous"

-showed ceramic sculpture installation

"Artilicious"
-showed ceramic sculpture installation 

D'art Gallery, Denver, CO

"Grand Opening"

-showed ceramic sculpture

"Simply Small"

-showed ceramic sculpture and jewelry

Park Hill Art Studio Tour, Denver, CO

-showed ceramic sculptures and jewelry

Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

"Blue/Green: Art and Environment"

-showed ceramic wall sculpture in the juried Art
Show, awarded third place

Modernism, Mid-Mod Show, Denver, CO

-showed ceramic sculptures in the juried Art Show

Core and Annex@ Core: New Art Space, Denver, CO

"Resolutions," Member's WCACO Show

-showed ceramic wall sculpture 

"Positioned," with Annette Coleman

-showed ceramic wall sculptures

First Congregational Church Boulder, CO

"Art Speak" featuring 24 artist/poet combinations

-Showed ceramic installations in this show

Pop Up Art Show Longmont, CO

"Bloom" 

-showed ceramic work and jewelry

RiNo Made Shop, Denver, CO

-showed ceramic work and jewelry at this shop

2018

fooLPRoof Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

-November, Artist in Residence, working with clay

"Spellbound"

-showed ceramic installation 

"Wonderland"

-showed ceramic installation

"Coldplay"

-showed ceramic installation

LightspaceOnlineGallery

-showed ceramic sculpture in "Patterns"; received 2nd Place in 3-D category

Annex@Core: New Art Space, Denver, CO

"Green Verde Vert" Open Entry Juried Show, sponsored by WCACO
-showed ceramic sculpture

Park Hill Open Studio Tour, Denver, CO

-showed ceramic sculptures and jewelry

Athena Project@40 West, Lakewood, CO

"Inside Out: Art and Reflection" Juried Show

-showed ceramic sculpture

Modernism Show, Denver, CO

-showed ceramic sculptures in the juried Art Show

Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO

"Friends of Zip"

-showed an installation

"Valentine"

-showed ceramic sculptures

Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

"The New Underground Artist"

-showed ceramic sculpture

Core: New Art Space Gallery, Denver, CO

"We are Here" Show for Members of the Colorado Chapter of the WCA

-showed ceramic sculpture

Reed Art and Imaging, Lakewood, CO

"TrueArt West Fest"
-showed ceramic sculptures and jewelry

2017

Dona Laurita Gallery, Louisville, CO

-showed ceramic sculpture in this fundraiser

"MM for PP" (Money Maker for Planned Parenthood)

 

National Western Complex, Denver, CO

Modernism Show

-showed ceramic sculpture in "The Art" Show

 

Anthology Fine Art and Gallery, Englewood, CO

-showed ceramic sculptures in duo show, with Sue Crosby Doyle, "Pigment, Value, Density"

 

Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO

-showed ceramic wall sculptures and jewelry

in Solo Show, "Wall Works"

-showed an Installation in the "Friends of Zip" Show

 

Spark Gallery, Denver, CO

-showed photography

"Look App This!" juried by Mark Sink

 

Core: New Art Space, Denver, CO

-showed ceramics and collage

"Glam & Grit" Artwork and Post Cards in collaboration with the Michigan chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art

past showing history from 1986 - 2016 upon request

Medium totem
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Suspended ceramic sculpture
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Jean Smith booth at Modernism Week, Palm Springs, CA, 2022

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Wall Sculpture #21 @ Red Brick Center, 2022
View of Shaken, Stirred, Savored Show, 2021
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View of From the Earth Show, 2021
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Ceramic wall relief sculpture @ Catbird Hotel, Denver, 2021

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Ceramic Totem, Curtis Art Center Show, 2020, awarded Second Place

Ethnic-inspired jewelry creations I do with African Trade Beads, see my Etsy Page:

Jeanbsmith, https://www.etsy.com/shop/Jeanbsmith?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

#101 tall totem, 55 x 12"
#102 tall totem, 55 x 12"
#103 tall totem, 55 x 12"
#104 medium totem, 45 x 12"
#105 short totem, 40 x 12"
#106 rocking totem, 12 x 10"

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