Sam Smith (artist)

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Sam Smith is an Australian filmmaker and artist, based in the UK.^[1] He is one of the directors of the art gallery Obsidian Coast.

Smith was born in Christchurch.^[2] 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.^[2]

Smith's work has been exhibited at film festivals and galleries,^[2] 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.^[2]

Smith has undertaken a number of residencies.^{[citation needed]} 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.

• 2007: Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship to undertake a series of artist mentorships in New York City and Berlin^[2]
• 2008: Winner, inaugural 2008 Wilson HTM National Art Prize^{[citation needed]}
• 2008: Winner, Churchie national emerging art prize^{[citation needed]}
• 2014: Ian Potter Cultural Trust grant^{[citation needed]}

Smith lives in Bradford-on-Avon.^[2]

• Frames of Reference with texts by Post Brothers and Jan Verwoert, 128 pages, 28 full colour pages, softcover with French flaps, July 2014. Broken Dimanche Press (ISBN 978-3-943196-34-4) and Künstlerhaus Bethanien (ISBN 978-3-941230-31-6).

• Official website
• Sam Smith at IMDb
• Obsidian Art
• Sam Smith on MUBI
• Sam Smith at Künstlerhaus Bethanien