EXHIBITION

Dab Art Co. is pleased to present PSYCHO SOCIAL, a solo exhibition of works by Dawn Smith. View the online exclusive PSYCHO SOCIAL in its entirety on our collectors platform ARTSY (Aug 8 - Nov 8, 2022).

I make work within the modern surrealist genre incorporating the figure with still-life or landscape elements. Generally my work is a study and exploration on the concept of femininity as it exists in our modern experience. I would consider myself a feminist painter since my work is birthed from that perspective. It also engages in current discussions of class inequality and addresses historical biases through a personal pantheon of symbolic imagery. However, not everything I do has to have some intellectual reference because often times the discussion is about pleasure, absurdity and superficiality. My work can be enjoyed as simple eye candy or one can search for more meaning and certainly find it there and possibly be disturbed by the hidden messages and treasures.

-Dawn Smith

Dawn Smith Has Been On The Scene In Detroit As An Illustrator And Tattoo Artist For Over Twenty Years. She Has Uniquely Marked Individuals From Every Walk Of Life. Dawn Is The Owner Of Harlequin Tattoo In Hamtramck, A Graduate From Ccs And Currently Maintains A Studio Practice At H.A.T.C.H. Artist Collective. She Has Shown Work Both Locally And Nationally. Her Painting Skill Set Landed Her A Lenawee County Judicial Portrait Commission In 2015. She’s Won Awards For Her Paintings And Has Been Featured In Several Publications Including A 2018 Feature With Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Her Art Is Imaginative, Stylized, And Expressive. Her Figurative Paintings Explore Themes Of Magic And Mystery Through A Study Of The Female Form. Her Work Often Speaks To Us About The Ideal Of Feminine Beauty With The Undertone Of A Twisted Psychology. Sickly, And Cute, Sexy And Grotesque, Her Work Will Inspire Something Visceral In Viewers.

Private viewing rooms, artwork details and and collector acquisitions are available on ARTSY.

DOWNLOAD

Artwork Checklist (PDF)

CONTACT

info@dabart.me | +213 260 0556

FOLLOW

#PsychoSocial