Greg Smith (artist)
Greg Smith | |
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Born | 1970 |
Education | Amherst College, Harvard University, Hunter College |
Known for | Installation art, sculpture, and video |
Greg Smith (born 1970) is an American interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York whose practice consists of installation art, sculpture, and video.[1]
Early life and education[]
Smith was born in DeKalb, Illinois in 1970.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1993, a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from Harvard University in 2000, and a Master of Fine Arts from Hunter College in 2005.[1]
Career and work[]
Greg Smith stages exhibitions that often include a combination of installation art, sculpture, and video.[2] John Yau, in an article for Hyperallergic, described Smith as “an absurdist inventor, a performer attracted to risk, a scientist (he did get a PhD in Physics from Harvard, by the way), an analytical storyteller who refuses to settle for easy parodies, and, perhaps most importantly, an artist who is too self-respectful to take shortcuts or feints.”[3] Reviews of his work have also appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Paper, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, and Studio International.[2][4][5]
Smith has exhibited widely with solo shows at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Cress Gallery of Art at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; and the Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College, Iowa.[1] He has also participated in group exhibitions at national institutions such as the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan; Atlanta Contemporary Art Center; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro; and, the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill, New York.[6] Screenings of the artist's video works have been held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
Greg Smith is represented by Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Greg Smith". Susan Inglett Gallery. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ a b Goffstein, Sarah (2014-07-15). "GREG SMITH Breakdown Lane". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "Greg Smith's Amazing Eleven-Minute Road Trip". Hyperallergic. 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "Better Days". Hyperallergic. 2016-07-17. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ Wei, Lilly. "Makeshift". Studio International - Visual Arts, Design and Architecture. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
- ^ "Greg Smith". Artspace. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
External links[]
- 1976 births
- Artists from New York City
- People from DeKalb, Illinois
- Amherst College alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Hunter College alumni
- Interdisciplinary artists
- Living people