Painting

Archived Work

Contact Information

Philadelphia, PA 19143
e-mail:
www.tremainsmith.com

Rosenfeld Gallery
113 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
tel: 215-922-1376
www.therosenfeldgallery.com
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Artist Bio

Tremain Smith has four works in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Her work is in corporate and private collections across the country. She has had dozens of solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, Maine, Delaware and Florida. Group exhibitions include SOFA Chicago, Art Miami, the Painted Bride, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and the USArtists American Fine Art Show. Smith was awarded a 3-month artist residency in 2004 at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2006 she was an instructor in encaustic painting at the Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC.

Smith has been reviewed extensively including coverage by the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune and the LA Weekly. Her work is included in The Art of Encaustic Painting Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax published by Watson-Guptill, and in the art journal New American Paintings. Smith studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art, Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Selected Collections

Novartis Corporation
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Carrie Nicholson, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Visa Corporation, Highlands Ranch, CO
Brownstein Hyatt Farber, Denver, CO
Post & Schell, Philadelphia, PA
Berner, Klaw & Watson

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2010
Paia Contemporary Gallery, Paia, HI

2009
Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ

2008
Finding Beauty, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL

Doorways, Walls, and Floor Plans: Tremain Smith New Work, Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

2006
Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL

Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005
Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL

2004
Crossing Over, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2003
Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Crossroads, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Spirits on the Path, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002
Cartography of Spirit, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME

Spirit Dwellings, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001
In the Presence of Spirits, Esther M. Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Sacred Ritual, Art Mecca, Chicago, IL

2000
Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY

Right Brain Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Group

2011
Abstractions, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL

Fourth Wall Arts Salon, The Bellevue, Philadelphia, PA

2010
Art in the Open Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Encaustic: Beeswax & Pigment, The Art Trust, West Chester, PA

Philadelphia Painters, The Painting Center, NY, NY

2009
Ten Year Retrospective, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA

20th International Invitational Salon of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

Art is Ageless, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

Hidden Gems of West Philadelphia – Works on Paper from the Collection of Sylvia Egnal, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA

Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Seeing Red, Somerhill Gallery, Durham, NC

2008
Abstraction – New and Review, Allyn Gallop Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL

200º Featuring Encaustic Artists: Kim Bernard, Sara Crisp, William Thomson & Tremain Smith, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

Into Intuition:Towards a Redefinition, University Galleries at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD

2007
Encaustic Works 2007, Sixth International Biennial Exhibition, The Gallery at R&F and Watermark/Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY
Juror: Joan Snyder

Shades of White, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

Surface & Beyond, Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, NJ

2006
Bridge Art Fair Miami, Miami, FL

ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables, FL

Order(ed), Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA

Ancestors: In Search of Source, Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, LA

2005
The Urban Canvas, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA

Art Miami 2005, represented by the Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Oil and Wax, Wallingford Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

2004
Spiritual Abstractions, Two-Person Exhibit, Segalas Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

Saving Philadelphia – The Art of the Dumpster Divers, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA

Inner Circles, Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
Traveling to Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

2003
International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Florence, Italy

The Future in Wax, The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA

Africanisms Unmasked, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2002
The African Spirit in Contemporary Art, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

Unforgettable, Berlin Kunstproject, Berlin, Germany

Mnemonic: A 9/11 Memorial Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Long Island City, NY

Being City, The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA

Pigment & Wax: Art of Encaustic Painting, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH

Non-Objective Painting & Sculpture, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

The Art of Encaustic Painting, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottdale, AZ

2001
USArtists American Fine Art Show, 33rd Street Armory, Philadelphia, PA

Technical Changes, The Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE

Soho-Myriad, Atlanta, GA

2000
SOFA CHICAGO 2000, Chicago, IL