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    “Vezna is cracking the code of abstraction because she is painting the canvas via a process of cultivating her emotional energy and felt experiences in that phase of life.” 

    - Tom Scanlon, Essay from  All We Cannot See Show Catalog, 2026

    Exhibition Catalog

    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 Rhode Island School of Design (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 and recently a solo show at Ellie Mayer Gallery this year. Vezna’s paintings have exhibited at museums and galleries including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Sales Gallery, The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) The Bolinas Museum, Terrance Rogers Fine Art and Lauren Clark Fine Art. 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 works in Manhattan Beach, California.

    Painting at RISD, 1990, photo by Saskia Jell

    Resume

    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

    ELLIE MAYER GALLERY, GROUP SHOW FINALE, HOLLYWOOD, CA , MAY 2026 

    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

    Recent Solo Show 1/31/2026

    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 are over eighty paintings to experience.

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