Vezna (b.1971) grew up in New York City where she studied life drawing and painting at The School of Visual Arts and with Aaron Kurzen, who taught her the methods of Henri Matisse passed down through his teachers at the Art Students’ League in New York in the 40’s; Cameron Booth, Vaclav Vytlacil and Hans Hoffman. Vezna went to RISD on scholarship, with a major in film and minor in painting, graduating in 1992. Her senior film won the Student Academy Award for Best Experimental Film on the East Coast, launching a career directing music videos and award-winning promos and commercials for Nick at Nite’s TV Land, Miller Lite, Sprite and the like. In the late-nineties she returned to her roots in painting, venturing into non-figurative work for the first time while studying Sogetsu Ikebana with Judith Setsuko Hata. A move to Los Angeles in 2002 led to representation with George Billis Gallery LA. Vezna’s paintings have exhibited at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Sales Gallery, The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) The Bolinas Museum, Terrance Rogers Fine Art, Lauren Clark Fine Art and others. Her work is commissioned and collected globally. Vezna is also a writer, her debut novel One with the Waves was published by Santa Monica Press in May of 2023 and she is currently working on her second. She lives (and surfs) with her family in Manhattan Beach, California.

Painting at RISD, 1990, photo by Saskia Jell
Education
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT, PROVIDENCE, RI — BFA, 1992
THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, SUMMER PROGRAM, NEW YORK, NY—1988
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, SUMMER PROGRAM, PROVIDENCE, RI—1987
Solo Shows
ELLIE MAYER GALLERY, HOLLYWOOD, CA , JANUARY 2026
GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, LOS ANGELES, CA, JANUARY 2007
SPRING ARTS TOWER GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA, JULY 2005
Selected Group Shows and Museum Exhibitions
BOLINAS MUSEUM, MINI SHOW, BOLINAS, CA, NOVEMBER 2023-JANUARY 2024
HEARTS OF HERMOSA ART AUCTION, A BENEFIT FOR THE HERMOSA BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, APRIL 2023
STATE OF THE ART FUNDRAISER, INDIVISIBLE ARTS, MARCH 2023
ART CENTER MORRO BAY, ON AND OFF THE WALL, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2022
INDIVISIBLE ARTS, RESIN GALLERY, RETURN TO HARMONY, SEPTEMBER 2022
INDIVISIBLE ARTS, RESIN GALLERY, LOVE SOUTH BAY STYLE, AUGUST 2022
INFLUX LA, RESIN GALLERY, SUMMER NEON, JUNE 11, 2022
SAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART, IN THE MOMENT, FEBRUARY 2022-MARCH 2022
SAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART, THE PAINTER'S GROUP, BRUSHSTROKES 2020, AUGUST 2020
BOLINAS MUSEUM, MINI SHOW, BOLINAS, CA, NOVEMBER 2019-JANUARY 2020
BOLINAS MUSEUM, MINI SHOW, BOLINAS, CA, NOVEMBER 2013-JANUARY 2014
BOLINAS MUSEUM, MINI SHOW, BOLINAS, CA, NOVEMBER 2010-JANUARY 2011
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, LACMA RENTAL AND SALES GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA, APRIL 2006-JUNE 2008
LAUREN CLARK FINE ART GALLERY, HOUSATONIC, MA, MAY 2010
THE BOSQUE ART CLASSIC, THE BOSQUE CONSERVATORY ART COUNCIL, CLIFTON, TX , SEPTEMBER 2009
LAUREN CLARK FINE ART GALLERY, HOUSATONIC, MA, JANUARY 2009
TERRENCE ROGERS FINE ART, ALONG THE COAST, SANTA MONICA, CA, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2008
GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, LOS ANGELES, CA, AUGUST-OCTOBER 2008
GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, LOS ANGELES, CA, JUNE-JULY 2008
LAUREN CLARK FINE ART GALLERY, HOUSATONIC, MA, APRIL 2008
TEMPLE SINAI, GROUP EXHIBITION, LOS ANGELES, CA, APRIL 2008
LOS ANGELES ART FAIR, GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, LOS ANGELES, CA, JANUARY 2008
ART NOW, GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, MIAMI, FL, DECEMBER 2007
BRINGING KOSHER BACK, TEMPLE SINAI, LOS ANGELES, CA, APRIL 2007
LAUREN CLARK FINE ART GALLERY, HOUSATONIC, MA, MAY 2007
RED DOT FAIR, GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, NEW YORK, NY, FEBRUARY 2007 ART INTERNATIONAL, GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, LOS ANGELES, CA, OCTOBER 2006
ART (212) CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, NEW YORK, NY, SEPTEMBER 2006
THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR, GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, NEW YORK, NY, JUNE 2006
EO LA CITY OF ANGELS, CITY OF ART, A BENEFIT FOR THE CHILDREN AFFECTED BY AIDS FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES, CA, MAY 2006
LAUREN CLARK FINE ART GALLERY, HOUSATONIC, MA, MAY 2006
GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY LA, LOS ANGELES, CA, DECEMBER-JANUARY 2006
HALE’IWA ARTS FESTIVAL, HALE’IWA, HI, JULY 2005
GALLERY C, ART AUCTION, A BENEFIT FOR THE HERMOSA BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, HERMOSA BEACH, CA, MARCH 2005
GALLERY C, SURFIN‘ HERMOSA, A BENEFIT FOR THE HERMOSA BEACH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, HERMOSA BEACH, CA, JULY 2004
PERIOD GALLERY, ABSTRACTION V INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, OMAHA, NE, AUGUST 2002
P.S. 122, GROUP EXHIBITION, NEW YORK, NY, SEPTEMBER 1993
WOODS GERRY GALLERY, RISD GROUP EXHIBITION, PROVIDENCE, RI, MAY 1992
WOMEN’S SHOW, PROVIDENCE, RI, OCTOBER 1991
PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE, TWO PERSON SHOW, RISD, PROVIDENCE, RI, FEBRUARY 1990
Awards
JACK RICHESON AWARD, THE PAINTER'S GROUP, SAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART, AUGUST 2020
Selected Bibliography
CREATE PERFECT PAINTINGS: AN ARTIST'S GUIDE TO VISUAL THINKING, BY NANCY REYNER, APRIL 2017
VANITY FAIR , JANUARY 2010
SOUTH BAY MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 2010
Gallery Representation
ELLIE MAYER GALLERY, HOLLYWOOD, CA, 2025- present
GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA, 2006-2009
LAUREN CLARK FINE ART GALLERY, HOUSATONIC, MA, 2006-2013
RILEY ARTS GALLERY (for plein air paintings) MANHATTAN BEACH, CA 2018-2020
Artist Group Affiliations
THE PAINTER'S GROUP OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART
THE CENTRAL COAST ARTIST COLLECTIVE
This new exhibition at Ellie Mayer Gallery in LA features Vezna's paintings over the past five years as well as her works on paper — the visual component of an interdisciplinary art collab project with two brilliant composers; Cornelius Dufallo and Guy Barash. All together, there will be over eighty paintings to experience.