Eleni Smolen, Eternal Wave, 2002, Oil and mixed media on gessoed paper to panel, 42 x 72 inches

"It is by the deep, hidden currents that the oceans are made one."  Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us

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Born Deep River, Ontario  Canada

1965             Summers spent in northern Saskatchewan                     
1972             Travels throughout Greece for three months
1976              B.A, Carleton University, Ottawa
1979              Moves to Brooklyn from Toronto
1987             Travels to France and Greece
1989              Masters of Social Work, NYU
1989-96        Clinical Social Worker in Brooklyn, NY                             
1996              Moves to Southern Tier, New York
                      Starts to paint (Biophilia Series)
                      Father diagnosed with dementia in Toronto
1999              Names Brooklyn studio TheoGanz Studio
2001              Travels to Venice
2002              Father moved to nursing facility

2003              Biophilia, solo, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance,
                            Narrowsburg, NY

2005              Begins Dharma Rain Series (oil; 48x48in)

                       

2006            Father dies in Toronto (9/06/25-3/27/06)
                    Curates Elegy in a Variable Key
                       (paintings + voice), in his memory
                       TheoGanz Studio, Brooklyn
                   Art for Water, Damascus Citizens, NYC
                   Curates SONYA Invitational,
                   6 x 6, DVAA, Narrowsburgh, NY
                   Two Painters, curator, William Pesce,
                        Windsor Whip Works, Windsor NY

2007          Enigma, curator, Paulien Lethen,
                              Holland Tunnel Gallery, Paros, Greece
                  8th Annual National Juried Exhibition,
                           Shippensburg University, (Stephen Haller,
                           juror)

2009          Moves to Beacon, NY
2011           Persistent Song, Bank Square, Beacon
                   Annual Members Show, Garrison Art Center

2012           Inaugurates TheoGanz Studio as commercial
                        gallery in Beacon theoganzstudio.com          
                   Travels to Cycladic Islands, Greece

2013            Inaugurates Beacon 3D, a public art exhibition
                          beacon3d.org
                   These are Mine, solo exhibition, TheoGanz

2014           Dispatches from Eternity, TheoGanz Studio
                   Curates Second Annual Beacon 3D exhibition
                   Travels to Cycladic Islands, Greece
                   Begins to handle Inuit art from Kinngait at TGS

2015           Meeting Past with Present, curator, Bibiana
                               Matheis, Akin Museum & Library, Pawling
                   Women of Hudson Valley, HCC
                   Small Works, group, The Catalyst Gallery
                   Curates 3rd Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition

2016           Begins Wherever I Travel/Ridgeline Series
                       (horse motif on 16 x 16 in panels; below)

                  
                     Behold the Moon, curator, Bibiana Matheis,
                              The Hammond Museum & Stroll Garden
                      Women of Hudson Valley, HCC, Beacon
                      The Wind Will Carry Us, TheoGanz Studio
                       Beacon Open Studios
                      Curates 4th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition

2017              Mother dies suddenly in Toronto (8/10/17)
                      Curates 5th Annual Beacon 3D Exhibition

2018              Closes brick and mortar TheoGanz Studio