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Australian filmmaker and artist For other people named Sam Smith, see Sam Smith (disambiguation).

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Sam Smith is an Australian filmmaker and artist, based in the UK. He is one of the directors of the art gallery Obsidian Coast.

Early life and education

Smith was born in Christchurch. He completed a BFA with Honours at the College of Fine Arts, Sydney in 2003, and an MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2015.

Career

Smith's work has been exhibited at film festivals and galleries, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Whitechapel Gallery and Institute of Contemporary Arts, Les Rencontres Internationales (Paris and Berlin), Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Melbourne), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin) and the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney.

Smith is one of the directors of Obsidian Coast, a gallery in Bradford-on-Avon, with Nella Aarne.

Smith has undertaken a number of residencies. He was part of the International Studio Programme for one year at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Previous residencies include Helsinki International Artist Programme; Artspace, Sydney; and Youkobo Art Space in Tokyo, Japan.

Awards

Works

Selected projects
Title Details Year
Capture Assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body and supported by the UNSW Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, Solid State & Elemental Analysis Unit. 2021
Earth Return mudmind
Commissioned for Medium Earth by The Art Gallery of New South Wales		 2020
Lithic Coda Commissioned by Prototype Care Packages 2020
Lithic Choreographies An International Art Space commission for spaced 3: north by southeast. Produced with the support of Baltic Art Center 2019
E.1027 Commissioned by Whitechapel Gallery, London 2016–19

Personal life

Smith lives in Bradford-on-Avon.

References

  1. ^ Shanahan, Rebecca (9 June 2019). "Sam Smith on geological time and the impact of island landscapes". Art Guide Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ Skelly, Susan (May 2021). "Video artist Sam Smith". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

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