STATEMENT

Grappling with mortality and time is an undercurrent to my work, stemming from the experience of having multiple close family members get sick and pass away in a short period of time. Through painting, sculpture, and video performance, my work focuses on the grief and alienation that often follows traumatic events. I focus on how grief has manifested in my body, objects as a record of people/family, and abstraction as a vessel for emotion.

Studying these objects allows me to examine my family’s history and lived experiences. Being first-generation American, I was raised in the Serbian-Orthodox church with my grandparents’ war and father’s immigration stories. The pieces themselves become a ritual for healing and a space to distort the identity of familiar objects, which mimics the distortion that grief leaves one feeling about life.

BIO

Veronica Dimitrov is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Her work engages themes of memory, identity, and transformation, often drawing from personal and collective histories. She earned a BA in Art with a minor in Art History from the University of California, Irvine.

Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as UC Irvine, Goldsmiths University of London, and the CICA Museum in South Korea. In addition to her practice, Dimitrov has curated several exhibitions and independent art projects including Port Traits at Angels Gate Cultural Center and multiple shows with Honey House Art Collective in Long Beach, CA. She received the ArtWorksLBC Award in 2020 in recognition of her contributions to the local arts community.

Education

BA in Art, Minor in Art History
University of California, Irvine
2025

AA in Art History
Goldenwest College
2021

Press

Issue 2, GUM Magazine
2027

One Year Reader, Deep Focus
2026

Volume III, BLIN Gazeta
2026

Holy Shit My Friends are Sick
by Kaia King-Hall
2025

Issue 01, 562Magazine
2021

Dive In, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine
2019

Awards

The Spread Competition: The Devil,
Dyonyzine Magazine
Honorary Mention
2026

ArtWorksLBC Award
2020

curation

Port Traits, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2024

Days of Solitude Zine
2021

Frightful & Festive, Honey House Art Collective, Long Beach, CA 2019

Honey House Art Collective #3, Long Beach, CA
2018

Honey House Art Collective #2, Long Beach, CA
2016

Holiday Saloon, Art Exchange, Long Beach, CA
2016-17

Honey House Art Collective #1, Long Beach, CA
2016

Group Exhibitions

BLIN Gazeta Volume III Launch, Peckham Oasis Gallery, London, UK
2026

Group Show: Volume 1.3, Jimon Gallery, Burbank, CA
2026

One Year of Deep Focus, The Art House, London, UK
2026

Group Show: Volume 1, Jimon Gallery, Burbank, CA
2026

This is Not My Beautiful House, E2Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2026

Unbuild/Unbuilt, Deep Focus, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
2026

Echo, Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach , CA
2026

End of a Sentence, Raven’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2026

Crit Royale, LA Tactile Lab, Los Angeles, CA
2025

Echoing Reality, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
2025

Power Grab, Jefe’s Art Center, Venice, CA
2025

Unbound Gestures, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
2025

Telos, Calvin the Ecstatic presents, Costa Mesa, CA
2024

Childhood, Calvin the Ecstatic presents, Costa Mesa, CA
2024

Fire, Flames & Ashes Collective, Los Angeles, CA
2022

Can’t Stay In, West Hollywood, CA
2020

USPS Project, Art Clout, Long Beach, CA
2020

Hidden Jewels, Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
2020

My Youth, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019

Let Me Eat Cake, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2019

Snacks Emanuel, Long Beach, CA
2018

Concept 2018, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2018

Honey House Art #3, Long Beach, CA
2018

Guilty Parties, Jewish Women’s Theatre, Santa Monica, CA
2018

Naked As A Daisy, ShockBoxx, Hermosa Beach, CA
2018)

Artists Garden: Spring Exhibit, Long Beach, CA
2018

Expo Arts Center, Bixby Knolls, CA
2018

Spring Art Show, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
2017

Honey House Art #2, Long Beach, CA
2016

Troptastic Art Show, Long Beach, CA
2016

Honey House Art #1, Long Beach, CA
2016