Gemma Smith
Born in Sydney, Australia. Lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
Education
2004
Bachelor Visual Arts, Honours, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
1999
Bachelor Visual Arts, Painting Studio, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Gemma Smith: Rhythm Sequnce, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Gemma Smith: Rhythm Sequnce, UNSW Galleries, Sydney
2018
Goldens, Sarah Cottier Gallery,
2017
Radiant Greige, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
Paintings, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2015
Adjacent Possible, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
Weight and Waver, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2014
PA Paintings, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2013
Gemma Smith, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2011
Tangle Paintings, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
Gemma Smith, Turner Gallery, Perth
2010
Collision and Improvisation, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Gemma Smith, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
Sudden Double, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2009
Entanglement Factor, Gertrude Street Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
2008
Gemma Smith, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
New Paintings & Sculptures, Milani Gallery, Brisbane
2006
Gemma Smith, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
Paintings and Adaptables, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2004
Gemma Smith, The Farm Space, Brisbane
2003
Gemma Smith, MOP Projects, Sydney
2002
A Texta in the Briefcase, Briefcase Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
New Woman, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
Group Show 39, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2018
Sydney Contemporary, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2017
Superposition of three types, Artspace, Sydney
Primavera at 25: MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2016
Painting. More Painting, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Another Green World, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
2015
Everything and Nothing, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
Quarternary, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2014
Pittsburgh Biennial, Pittsburgh Centre for the Arts, Pittsburgh
Certain Abstract Things from the Griffith University Art Collection, Griffith University Art
Gallery, Brisbane
Forcefields, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2013
AfterPrima PostVera, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
2012
Lightness & Gravity: Contemporary Works from the Collection, Gallery of Modern Art,
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Deep Space: new acquisitions from the Australian Art Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia,
Adelaide
Shifting Geometries, Embassy of Australia, Washington
Volume One: MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2011
Case Study: Gemma Smith Considers the Work of Margo Lewers, Penrith Regional Gallery,
Sydney
New Psychadelia, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane
2010
An Oeurve Both Abundant and Diverse, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney Twenty Twenty, UTS Gallery, Sydney
2009
Cubism & Australian Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
MCA Collection: New Acquisitions 2009, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2008
Primavera 2008, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2007
All is Well that Begins Well and has no End, 80WSE, New York
Shoebox, Bell Street Projects, Vienna
2006
Against the Amnesiac’s Lifestyle Showroom, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
Eldorado, Downtown, Adelaide
2005
DEAD FAMOUS; New Australian Painting, Raw Gallery, Berlin
2001
Suspended, First Draft Gallery and Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
2000
Modulations, Newspace, Sydney
art as art..., Newcastle Emerging Artists Space, Newcastle
1999
Gemma Smith and Philip Williams, Gallery 19, Sydney
Classy, Gallery 132, Sydney
1998
Everyday Episode, Gallery 132, Sydney
Awards and Grants
2013
New Work Grant (Mid Career), Australia Council for the Arts
2011
Turner Galleries, Artist in Residence, Perth
2009
Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship
Project Grant, Arts Queensland
2008
Moya Dyring Studio (Art Gallery of New South Wales), Cite Internationale des arts, Paris
2006
New Work Grant (Emerging), Australia Council for the Arts
Project Grant, Arts Queensland
2005
Metro Arts – NBC Capital Scholarship (2006)
Dame Joan Sutherland Fund Grant, American Australian Association
NAVA Visual Arts and Crafts Grant
Project Grant, Individual Professional Development, Arts Queensland
1997
University of Sydney Alumni Scholarship, awarded for duration of degree
Chroma Art Prize, Sydney College of the Arts
Selected Bibliography
Younger, J, exhibition catalogue, The Art of the Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law Brisbane, 2013
NEWv2, exhibition Catalogue, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane , 2012
Case Study: Gemma Smith Considers the Work of Margo Lewis, Exhibition catalogue, Penrith Regional Gallery, 2011
Pennings, M, Gemma Smith and the Intuitive Abstract, Eyeline #72, August 2010
Cubism & Australian Art, Catalogue, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2009
Entanglement Factor - Catalogue, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, 2009
Hetherington, S, New Work: Gemma Smith, Art World, October 2008
Primavera Catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2008
Markou, J, exhibition catalogue, Paintings and Adaptables, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Glass, A, and Kahn, J, exhibition catalogue, Against the Amnesiac’s Lifestyle Showroom, Gertrude
Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, August 2006
Milani, J, Gemma Smith, exhibition catalogue, The Farm Space, November 2004
Selected Collections
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Artbank, Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Queensland Art Gallery, Sydney
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Deakin University, Victoria
Murdoch University, Perth
University of Queensland, Brisbane
Queensland College of Art + Griffith Artworks, Brisbane
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Public Art Projects
2013
Collaboration with the Spinifex Group for Vivid Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2012
Collision and Improvisation (ceiling artwork), Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane.
Architect: Architectus, Consulting Curator: Jay Younger, with Project Services - Department of
Housing and Public Works, and the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Project
Management: with Cracknell and Lonergan.
2010
Synchro Adaptable (Red Oxide/Peach), Brisbane Airport, Brisbane. Project Manager and
fabricator: UAP.
2009
Chessboard Painting #15 and Chessboard Painting #14, 400 George, Brisbane. Architect: Cox
Rayner, Consulting Curator and art project Manager: Jacqueline Armistead, partners: Leighton
Properties and Grosvener Australia, Builder: Theiss Australia.
2007
Glass lift and corresponding list shaft/ glass wall work, 333 Ann Street, Brisbane. Project
Manager: Romy Willing, Architect: ML Design, partners: Devine Limited and Artworkers
Alliance.
2006
Around Around, McK17 Public Art Project, McKell Building, Government Architects Office,
Sydney
Other Projects
2011
Rittenhouse x Gemma Smith, Sydney
2009
Apres Record Covers, Future Classic, Sydney
Kids: Contemporary Australia: Creating Projects for Children - Artists Perspectives, Conference:
Art is for everyone: Programming for children and families in the art museum. Gallery of
Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2008
Scarf Edition, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
The Rug Project, Designer Rugs, Sydney
2007
Look Out Teacher Program: Howard Arkley, workshop and artist talk for teachers, Queensland
Art Gallery, Brisbane
2004
The Running Man, Local Art #11, cover image, May 2004
2003
Terrace Flats, The Material, centre image collaboration, Local Art #4, June 2003