BIOGRAPHY

Born:  Durban, South Africa

Teaching:  1988 to present at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.  Previously taught at the University of Witwatersrand, the Johannesburg College of Art, and the Johannesburg Art Foundation, Johannesburg South Africa.

AWARDS

2007 “Best in Show” Trawick Prize, Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards.  2007 Prize Winner, Strictly Painting, McLean Project for the Arts.  07/04/95/91 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award (Painting).  2003 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.  2000/03/07 Residency, Rochefort-en-Terre, France.  1996/7 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.  1992 Maryland Institute College of Art, Trustees Teaching Award.  1994 & 96 Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont.  1989 Triangle Artist’s Workshop, Pine Plains, New York.  1975 Cambridge Shirt Award, Art South Africa Today.  1975 Abel Coetzee Award, Johannesburg College of Art.

EXHIBITIONS SOLO

2009Conjurations Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD

2008The Limits of Language: A Selection from 10 Years, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, Virginia

2007Species of Love and Angels Footsteps, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD

2006New Beginnings, Axis Gallery, New York, NY.

2004Degrees of Fluency, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA.  Curated by Margaret Evangeline.

Rockville Art Place. Rockville, MD

Goya Girl Press & Contemporary Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

2003Pinkard Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD.

2002Goya Girl Press &  Contemporary Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

1997Rockville Art Place.  Rockville MD.  Curated by Jack Rasmussen.

199055 Mercer Street, New York, NY.

Ombondi Gallery, New York, NY.

1989   Ombondi Gallery, New York, NY.

1984Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.

1981Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa. 

1979Association of Arts, Pretoria, South Africa

1978Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

1977Guest Artist, Johannesburg Art Museum, South Africa.

Fabian Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS GROUP

2008Winners of Trawick Prize, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

The Grey House that Thinks Itself into Your Head Without Asking, Fingston Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY.

The Commerce and  Culture Series, The Center Club, Baltimore, MD

2007 Triangle Alumni DUMBO Arts Festival Exhibition 25, Brooklyn, NY.

Trawick Prize Finalists Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD.

Strictly Painting 6,  McLean Project For The Arts, Virginia. Curated by Kristen Hileman.

Speaking of Silence 1 Sub-Basement  Studios.  Curated by Peter Brum.

2006Trawick Prize Finalists Creative Partners Gallery,  Bethesda,  MD

2005    Soft Openings, Katzen Art Center, American University Museum, Washington D C. Curated by Jack Rasmussen.

Critics’ Picks:  Just Looking. Curated by Franklin Sirmans.  Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.

2004Inward Gazes  Curated by Cara Ober.  Goucher College, Towson, MD.

Trawick Prize Finalists  Creative Partners Gallery,  Bethesda, MD.

Prize Winners  Maryland State Art’s Council,  Baltimore, MD. Curated by Peter DuBeau.

2003/4Conversations  Collaboration with William Kentridge.  Curated by Barry Nemett

Evergreen House,  Baltimore, MD.

Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE.

Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Hartford, CO

Tufts University Gallery, Medford, MA

Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Karl Drerup Gallery, Plymoth State University.  NH.

2003Breaking New Ground  Curated by Peter Brum.  The Wyman Arts Center, Baltimore, MD.

Fully Integrated  Curated by Y. Chung and Andrea Pollan. Degas Gallery, Mclean, VA.

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, WA.

The Meyerhoff Gallery, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. 

2001Artists of the Alfred & Trafford Klotz Residency at Rochefort-en-Terre  Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.

2000Musee du Chateau de Rochefort-en-Terre  Morbihan, France

Benefit Exhibition  Curated by Jack Rasmussen. MAP, Baltimore, MD

1999The Untroubled Mind  Curated by Peter Brum. Vila Julie College, MD.

1998/ 99 Chance and Necessity  Curated by Power Booth

Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.

St. Mary’s College, MD.

Mclean Center for the Arts, VA

University of Ohio, Athens OH.

1998Chance and Necessity Prints  Goya Girl Press., Baltimore, MD.

WPA/Corcoran Art Auction  Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Cross Currents ’98:  Pure View  Curated by Kristen Hileman.  The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Artscape ’98:  Empowerment Zone Artists  City Hall Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

Delaware Art Museum Biennial ‘98  Wilmington, DE.

1997Not So Simple  Curated by Annie Gawlak, Gallery 901, Washington DC.

Artist as Collector  Curated by Bill Schmidt and Helen Glazer.  Goucher College, Baltimore,  MD.

Reunion Benefit Exhibition  Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.

Out of the Ashes  Rosenberg Gallery Goucher College, Baltimore, MD.

1996Natalie Knight Gallery, Johannesburg South Africa.

1995Maryland Institute, Then and Now  Curated by Barry Nemett. Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD.

1994New Realities  Curated by Patricia Patton.  Staib Gallery/Art Wall + B, New York, NY.

Maryland Institute, Then and Now  Josiah White Exhibition Center, Jim Thorpe, PA.

Works from the Garden Four Person Show.  Curated by Jann Rosen-Queralt.  School 33, Baltimore,MD.

Between the Sexes  Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.

1993Trask Gallery, The National Arts Club, New York, NY.

Contemporary South African Art  Consulate General, New York, NY.

1992Triangle Artists  The Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY.

1991Reverberations  Four Women Show, Frostburg University, Frostburg, MD.

Enigmatic Expressions Four Person Show, Curated by Charlotte Cohen, MAP, Baltimore, MD.

1990Maryland Art Place, Benefit.  Curated by Susan Badder.

Voices from South Africa.  Contemporary Art against Apartheid  Stuart Levy Gallery New York, NY..

1988-Faculty Exhibition Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.

1989Triangle Artist’s Workshop, Pine Plains, NY.

1987Artscape Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, MD.

1986Artscape Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, MD.

Guest Artist Retrospective  Invitational Exhibition, Johannesburg Art Museum.

Cape Town Triennial  Juried Exhibition.  National  Museum Tour SA.

1985Tributaries  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.

1984Four Johannesburg Painters  National Touring Exhibition:

SA  National Gallery, Cape Town.

1820 Monument Gallery, Grahamstown.

University of the Orange Free State Gallery, Bloemfontein.

Pretoria Art Museum.

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.

Durban Art Gallery.

1983South African Contemporary Art  Invitational Exhibition, sponsored by BMW, SA

1981Faculty, Fine Art Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.  Gertrude Posel Gallery.

1979Association of Art, Johannesburg.

Faculty, Fine Art Department University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.  Gertrude Posel Gallery.

1978Tel Aviv Art Fair  Israel.  Salon International d’art Tel Aviv.

Touring Exhibition, USA  Invitational Exhibition, SA Prints.

Renaissance ‘78  SA  Association of Art.  Johannesburg.

Preview Tel Aviv Art Fair exhibition  Total Gallery, Johannesburg.

Group show  Association of Art, Johannesburg.

1976Invitational Summer Show  Fabian Fine Art, Cape Town.

1975Art South Africa Today Juried by Clement Greenberg. Biennial,  Durban.  SA  Prize winner.

1974New Signatures  Pretoria, SA.

SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

USA Embassy, Johannesburg.

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.

University of the Orange Free State.

University of South Africa.

University of Stellenbosch.

University of the Western Cape.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009Book Waking Up From The Inside Out Jo Smail 1989-2009 Pub. Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD

The Fugitive Mark by Bret McCabe, Baltimore City Paper, October 14, Baltimore, MD

2008Catalog The Limits of Language:  A selection from 10 years text by Nancy Sausser, McLean Project For The Arts, McLean, VA

2007    The Searcher by Deborah McLeod, City Paper, October 31, Baltimore, MD

     Baltimore Artist Wins Award by Glenn McNatt, The Baltimore Sun, September 11.

    Trawick Prize Winners, Arts Beat by Rachel Beckman, The Washington Post, September 6.

    Trawick Prize Catalog.

2006    Art in Review:  Jo Smail at Axis Gallery by Holland Cotter, New York Times, February 10, 2006.

New Beginnings: Jo Smail (including collaborations with William Kentridge) at Axis Gallery, by Briget Goodbody, Art on Paper,

May-June 2006.

    Around the Galleries, Jo Smail at Axis Gallery, by Karen Wilken, Hudson Review, Summer 2006.The Trawick Prize  Catalog.

2005    Jo Smail at Heriard-Cimino by Susan Elizabeth Ryan, Art in America, May 2005

    MAP show is a striking snapshot of regional art by Glenn McNatt, The Sun. 5/5/2005

    Residents In? Just Looking:  The 19th Annual Critics’ Picks Exhibition by J. Bowers. Baltimore City Paper.  4/27/05

    Jo Smail by Laurie Delk.  The New Orleans Art Review.  January/ February 2005.

2004    Pink Freud by J. Bowers.  Baltimore City Paper.  9/29/04.

    The Trawick Prize  Catalog.

2003    Artistic Give and Take by Linell Smith. Baltimore Sun. 12/18/03.

    Influence & Collaboration in Contemporary Art  Catalog, Exhibition at Evergreen House.

2000    Expo Franco-Americaine au Musee du Chateau  Review.  Quest-France 7/5/00

1999    Chance and Necessity  Review by Adam J. Lerner.  Art Papers, March, April 1999.

1998Jo Smail at Rockville Art Place by Joe Shannon, Art in America, June 1998.

1997The Artist as Lobbyist  Review by Michael O’Sullivan.  The Washington Post.  12/11/97.

Jo Smail at Rockville Arts Place  Review by Ken Oda, KOAN Art Newsletter.  Washington DC. 11/97.

Artist’s Collect the Darndest Things  Review by John Dorsey, Baltimore Sun. 11/25/97.

The Colors of War and Peace at Rockville Arts Place, Review by Nancy Ungar, Montgomery Gazette, 10/31/97.

15th Anniversary Celebration Catalog,  Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.

Not So Simple by Annie Gawlak. 10/97

Artist as Collector by Helen Glazer and Bill Schmidt. 10/97

Artistic Rebirth in Shades of Pink by Holly Selby, Article, Baltimore Sun. 4/13/97

Out of the Ashes by Helen Glazer, 4/97

1994New Realities by Carl Hazlewood.  Review, Cover. 10/97.

Maryland Institute is Gratifying Surprise by Adrienne Redd, Review, The Morning Call, PA.7/10/94.

Garden of Art by John Dorsey, Review, Baltimore Sun.  5/25/94.

Review by Mike Giulano.  City Paper.  5/18/94.

1991Enigmatic Art Show Requires Deep Thought by John Dorsey, Review, Baltimore Sun, 1/7/1991.

Review by Mike Giuliano, Baltimore Evening Sun, 2/7/1991.

1990150 South African Paintings by  Lucy Alexander and Evelyn Cohen.  Struikhof, Cape Town, SA.

p 152,  illustration and article.

1986Johannesburg Art and Artists:  Selections from a Century by Sheree Lissoos.  Catalogue.  Artist’s statement.  p 67.

Cape Town Triennial  Catalogue.

1985Tributaries:  A View of Contemporary South African Art  Catalogue.  Artist’s statement.  p 43.

Jo Smail, illustration and interview by Hillary Prendini and Glynnis Underhill.  Style magazine, 3/85.

1984A Little Artistic Courage by John Dewar.  Review.  Johannesburg Star, 8/8/84.

Jo Smail  Interview by Franka Severin.  Johannesburg Art Foundation News Letter, July ‘84.

Four Painters at National Gallery by Benita Munitz.  Cape Times, 5/24/84

Jo’burg Artists on Show by Eldred Green.  Cape Argus, 5/14/84.

Four Johannesburg Painters  Catalogue.  Artist’s statement.

1983Art and Artists of South Africa by Esme Berman.  p 49, 163, 166, 244, 300, 517, 519.  1983, Balkema, Rotterdam and Cape Town.

1981How to go about Buying Local Art by Sharon Levin  Style Magazine, p 97, 98, 101. October, 1981.

A Painter who Knows her Own Mind by Joyce Ozynski.  Rand Daily Mail, 24/3/81.

Jo Smail by Terence Maloon. Essay written for Solo show at Goodman Gallery.

1978Fighting Gloom at Wits by Joyce Ozynski.  Express, 11/5/78.

1977Art in South Africa:  A  Short Survey  Catalogue.

LECTURES

2009   Jo Smail, American University,  Washington DC

From Joseph Beuys to Goya: The Arch of My Life in Art  Hoffberger School, MICA, Baltimore, MD

From Joseph Beuys to Goya: The Arch of My Life in Art  Post Bac, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2007Jo Smail, University of Maryland, College Park

2002Art and Autobiography Shimizu, Japan. 

EDUCATION

1978NHDAD.  Johannesburg College of Art, Johannesburg,  South Africa.

1975 NDAD.  Johannesburg College of Art, Johannesburg,  South Africa.

1963BA.  University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.