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Connersmith is an art gallery in Washington, DC, owned and founded by Leigh Conner and Jamie Smith. [1]

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History

CONNERSMITH, (originally Conner Contemporary Art), was founded in 1999. [2] The gallery, initially located in Dupont Circle, moved to the Atlas Arts District in 2007 [3] and to the Shaw Historic District in 2015. [4]

CONNERSMITH specializes in contemporary art and post war painting, including Washington Color painting of the 1950s and 1960s. [5]

CONNERSMITH participates in international art fairs, which have included The Armory Show, [6] Art Brussels, [7] ARCO, EXPO Chicago, [8] ZONA MACO, and UNTITLED Miami Beach. [9]

CONNERSMITH hosts Academy, an annual invitational group exhibition featuring works by students and graduates of college art programs in the greater Washington, DC region. [10] Jamie Smith founded CONNERSMITH's Academy exhibition in 2001. [11]

Artists

CONNERSMITH has hosted exhibitions of works by many contemporary artists, including: Leo Villareal, [12] Erik Thor Sandberg, [13] Janet Biggs, [14] Joe Ovelman, [15] Julie Roberts, [16] Kenny Hunter, [17] Maria Friberg, [18] Susan MacWilliam, [19] Francis Ruyter [20] and Wilmer Wilson IV. [21] The gallery has also presented historical exhibitions featuring works by Morris Louis, Alma Thomas, Gene Davis, Howard Mehring, and Thomas Downing. [22]

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  2. ↑ Dawson, Jessica,  “Leigh Conner, the driving force behind Conner Contemporary Art,” Feb 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ Goss, Heather, “Conner Contemporary Finds New Home,” DCist, Sept 4, 2007; Killian, Erin, "Conner Contemporary Art turns auto body shop into gallery,” Washington Business Journal, Sept 5, 2007; Beckman, Rachael, "Shifting Landscape for Conner Gallery," Washington Post, September 6, 2007, C05.
  4. ↑ Judkis, Maura, “CONNERSMITH gallery moves to Shaw,” Washington Post, June 2, 2015; Niedt, Bob, “CONNERSMITH gallery to reopen in DC,” The Washington Business Journal, June 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ www.connersmith.us.com
  6. ↑ Small, Zachary, “Women and Minority Artists Flourish Amid Elite Indulgence at the 2019 Armory Show,” Hyperallergic, March 7, 2019; Urist, Jacoba, “Best in Show: 6 of the Most Remarkable Works at This Year’s Armory Fair,” Cultured, March 8, 2019; “10 Artists and Installations We Loved During NY Art Week,” Juxtapoz, March 11, 2019.
  7. ↑ Dawson, Jessica, “Leigh Conner, the driving force behind Conner Contemporary Art,” The Washington Post, Feb 12, 2010.
  8. ↑ Davis, Ben, “Ben Davis Picks his 10 Best Booths at a Bubbling Expo Chicago 2015,” artnet news, Sept 18, 2015; Hawbaker, K.T., “10 Must-See Galleries at Expo Chicago,” Chicago Tribune, Sept 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ Yerebakan, Osman Can, “Dealers take a stand against transphobia at Miami’s fairs,” Art Newspaper, Dec 3, 2018.
  10. ↑ O’Sullivan, Michael, “Academy 2002, A Class Act,” The Washington Post, August 2, 2002; Jacobson, Louis, "Academy 2004," Washington City Paper, August 13, 2004; O’Sullivan, Michael, “New Sensations,” The Washington Post, August 19, 2005; Atwood, Roger, "Group Show at Conner Contemporary," Bloomberg USA, August 21, 2006; Gopal, Sriram, “Academy 2007 @ Conner Contemporary,” DCist, July 9, 2007; "Academy 2008," The Washington Post, July 12, 2008; Gopnik, Blake, "Diving into Highlights of Student Shows," The Washington Post, August 22, 2009; Gopnik, Blake, “Conner Contemporary's 'Academy' exhibit features work by D.C. area art students,” The Washington Post, July 24, 2010; Carey, Wade, “Wade Carey lnterviews Conner Contemporary Art's Co-Founder Jamie Smith on the Eve of Academy 2011,” East City Art, July 5, 2011; Capps, Kriston, “Academy 2012 At Conner Contemporary: An invaluable student exhibition turns 12,” Washington City Paper, July 13, 2012 Archived October 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine ; Jenkins, Mark, “Academy 2013,” The Washington Post, August 10, 2013; Carey, Wade, “Academy 2014 Featured Artist: Levester Williams,” East City Art, July 9, 2014; Capps, Kriston, “Justine Otto: hyder flares,” Washington City Paper, August 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ O’Sullivan, Michael, “Academy 2002, A Class Act,” The Washington Post, August 2, 2002.
  12. ↑ O’Sullivan, Michael, "Villareal's Trippy Light Fantastic," Washington Post, December 6, 2002; Tanguy, Sarah, "Washington, DC, Leo Villareal," Sculpture Magazine, July/Aug 2003, 22(6); Jenkins, Mark, “Conceptualists, Putting It on the Line,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004; Wennerstrom, Nord, “Leo Villareal, Conner Contemporary Art,” Art Forum, Feb 2007 XLV (6) 299; Combs, Chris, “Lights, Viewers, Action: Leo Villareal’s Light Sculptures,” Washington Post Express, Sept 25, 2008; Capps, Kriston, “High Pressure System at Conner Contemporary Art,” Washington City Paper, Jan 25, 2011; Capps, Kriston, “Leo Villareal, the Real Painter of Light,” Washington City Paper, June 1, 2012.
  13. ↑ O’Sullivan, Michael, "Different Strokes," The Washington Post, November 26, 2004; Wennerstrom, Nord, “Erik Sandberg, Conner Contemporary Art,” Art Forum, Sept 15, Oct 2006; Howell, George, Erik Sandberg, Washington," Art Papers, Feb/March 2007; Wennerstrom, Nord, “Erik Thor Sandberg, Conner Contemporary Art,” Art Forum, Summer 2009; Anderson, John, “Reviewed: Is Realism Relevant? At Conner Contemporary Art,” Washington City Paper, Sept 21, 2011; O’Steen, Danielle, “Conner Contemporary’s Is Realism Relevant? Reviewed," The Washington Post, Sept 30, 2011.
  14. ↑ Miller, Shauna, “On the Spot, Janet Biggs,” The Washington Post Express, March 21, 2012.
  15. ↑ Tanguy, Sarah (June 2012). "June 2012 Sculpture Magazine - Reviews". www.sculpture.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012.
  16. ↑ Jenkins, Mark, “At CONNERSMITH exhibition, the kids are not all right,” The Washington Post, Nov 22, 2012; Jenkins, Mark, "The Works," The Washington Post, January 10, 2014.
  17. ↑ Risatti, Howard, “Kenny Hunter @ Conner Contemporary Art,” Art Forum, Oct 2002; Tanguy, Sarah, "Kenny Hunter, Conner Contemporary Art," Sculpture, Oct 2002; Dawson, Jessica, "A Bonfire of the Vanitas, Alight at Conner," The Washington Post, June 19, 2009; Jenkins, Mark, “At CONNERSMITH exhibition, the kids are not all right,” The Washington Post, Nov 22, 2012.
  18. ↑ Gopnik, Blake, "You Hear It First," Washington Post, April 10, 2005; Ross, Susan, "Maria Friberg," Art US, July – Sept 2005; "BYT Interview: Maria Friberg,” Brightest Young Things, Mar 26, 2010.
  19. ↑ Legetic, Svetlana, “BYT Needs More Nudity @ Conner Contemporary,” Brightest Young Things, Sept 16, 2010.
  20. ↑ Honigman, Ana Finel, “Lisa Ruyter, CONNERSMITH,” Art Forum, Sept 2012; Martinez, G. M., “History, Recycled,” The Washington Post Express, Oct 18, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Collect Call: Wilmer Wilson IV,” DC Magazine, December 2011; O’Sullivan, Michael, “Gallery Opening of the Week,” Washington Post, March 16, 2012; Capps, Kriston, “Wilmer Wilson IV’s Faust in the City reviewed,” Washington City Paper, Oct 4, 2013.
  22. ↑ Michael Duncan, "Thomas Downing at Conner Contemporary and Howard Mehring at the Catholic University", Art in America, May 2003; Dawson, Jessica, "Finding A Rainbow Within the Clouds," The Washington Post, April 28, 2007; Gopnik, Blake, "Fall Arts Preview," The Washington Post, September 13, 2009; Lyons, Emily, "Still Colorful After All Those Years," Washington Spaces, October 12, 2009.


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