Martin Smith
info@martin-smith.net
Represented by
Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
www.ryanrenshaw.com.au
Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
www.sophiegannongallery.com.au
Education
2011 PhD Candidate
Queensland College of Art/Griffith University
2000 Honours in Visual Art (photography)Queensland College of Art/Griffith University
1995 Bachelor of Visual Art (photography)
Queensland College of Art/Griffith University
Publications
2008 ...in response to, Photographs Martin Smith, Martin Smith, Dave McCormack, Charles Robb, Karra Rees, 2008 Queensland Centre of Photography, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2011 The Perfect Price for Donny, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane Recent work, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter NSW
Artist in Residence, Turner Galleries, Perth
Photography I, Kickarts, Cairns QLD
2010 Until you comfort your father, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2009 My Jesus lets me tickle his belly (cat) Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne I am fortunate and bored (cat) Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2008 In response to using conversations with a therapist as a narrative devise (cat) Ryan Renshaw Gallery
Nobody out there Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
In response to knowing when something is finished Stills Gallery, Sydney
2007 In response to being somebody else (cat) Queensland Centre of Photography
2006 In response to the boy on the train with the speech impediment BlackLab Gallery, Brisbane
2005 Recent works BlackLab Gallery, Brisbane
2004 ...am I missing something Gadens Lawyers, Brisbane What would you choose The Farm Space, Brisbane
You can give them a better life than I ever could (cat) Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
2003 You can give them a better life than I ever could (cat) Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
2002 Give and Take (cat) Metro Arts, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2011 MONA Opening Exhibition Hobart, Tasmania.
2010 The state were in: Contemporary Queensland Photography UQ Art Museum Brisbane The Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne Exhibition Building
2009 The Shilo project The Potter Museum, University of Melbourne, Melbourne. Self-portrait prize University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Inheritance Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Q150; 150 years of Queensland Photography, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Family Guy Lake Macquaire Regional Gallery, Newcastle
I have not been feeling myself lately Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane
New The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2008 Paris Photo (with Stills Gallery) Paris, France Under the influence; Art and Music QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Typecast Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
Looking at others; the death project part one. Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney
Photo LA (with Hous Projects) Santa Monica USA
KLM Paul Huf Award Foam_Fotograifiemuseum Amsterdam
Primavera 07 (cat) Samstag Museum, Adelaide
The Bon Scott Project (cat) Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
2007 Elsewhere Nellie Casten Gallery, Melbourne Human Hous Projects, New York City, USA
Primavera 07 (cat) Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Photo LA (with Queensland Centre for Photography) Santa Monica USA
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award Gold Coast
2006 Time...after time (cat) Kings ARI, Melbourne
2005 Brisbane Art Fair Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane Artworkers Alliance Award School of the Arts, Brisbane
Dig me out Dig me Out Gallery, Osaka Japan
2004 Sleight Queensland Contemporary Photography Redlands City Art Gallery Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
On Location Queensland Centre of Photography, Brisbane
City Views Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2003 The Farm comes to town Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney The B-Sides Studio 11, Brisbane
Serendipity and Lunacy Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition Anglican Church Grammar, Brisbane
2002 Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition Anglican Church Grammar, Brisbane
Commissions, Awards, Residencies
2011 Prometheus Award winner
2010 Development and Presentation Grant from Arts Queensland
2008 Clayton Utz Traveling Scholarship Violia Prize from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Development and Presentation Grant from Arts Queensland
2006 Springfield Complex, Mural Mirvac Constructions Elanora Public Library, Gold Coast City Council
2005 Artworkers Alliance, Small Grant Artworkers Alliance, Gift for Japan Expo
Museum of Brisbane, Small talk
2004 Gadens Lawyers, 24 week artist in residence Museum of Brisbane, Portrait of the Valley as a young man
Museum of Brisbane, Hoardings project I just want some relief from myself
2001 The Promise Residency (6 months) Metro Arts
Collections
Queensland Art Gallery
Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
University Art Museum, University of Queensland
Monash City Gallery
Artbank
Gadens Lawyers Brisbane and Sydney
Private Collections
Published Writing
2008 Where the citizens like to sit ‘Martin Smith; photographs; In response to...'
2004 painted light / malt lys, Deb Mansfield Camilla Birkeland, Catalogue Essay
2003 The White Album, Christopher Handran Local Art issue 12
2001 Give and Take Christopher Handran Catalogue Essay
Selected Bibliography (Catalogue Essays)
Craig, Gordon, 2010 The state we're in - Contemporary Queensland Photography TheUniversity of Queensland Art Museum
Breikers Joseph, 2009 I am Fortunate and Bored Ryan Renshaw Gallery.
Hawker, Michael, 2009, 150 Years - Photography in Queensland from the Gallery's Collection, Queensland Art Gallery.
Martin-Chew Louise, 2009, Martin Smith - My Jesus lets me rub his belly Sophie Gannon Gallery.
Adlington Brett, 2009, Family Guy Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery.
Jones, Simone and Williams Megan, 2008, Martin Smith - Memory and Song Under the
Influence [Art and Music], QUT Art Museum.
Stephans Jasmin, 2008, Bon Scott Project - A Curatorial Perspective Fremantle Arts Centre.
Neighbour Barbara, 2008, In Response to Conversations with a Therapist as a Narrative Devise, Ryan Renshaw Gallery.
Hawker, Rosemary, 2008, Cut New, Selected recent acquisitions, UQ Art Museum.
Morrow, Christine, 2007, Martin Smith Primavera 07 Exhibition by Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art.
Daw Robyn, 2007, Martin Smith - In Response to being someone else Queensland Centre of Photography.
Dean Bec, 2006, Temporal Spaces Chris Handran and Martin Smith, Kings ARI, Melbourne.
Handran Chris, 2004, City Views, Museum of Brisbane.
Allen-Cawte, Madeleine, 2004, Apperance and Artifice - The Politics of a Queensland Identity
Sleight - Contemporary Queensland Photography, Queensland Centre of Photography.
Dabrowski Matt, 2004, Liebensrauming: Messenger of our being Martin Smith - You can give
them a better life than I ever could, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Selected Bibliography (reviews)
Australian Art Collector, July - September 2010, Issue no. 53
Lee Georgina, Martin Smith - Until you comfort your father http://notquirecritics.wordpress.com/ Sept 2010
Banyan Marcus http://artblart.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/review-how-to-comfort-your-fatherby-martin-smith-at-sophie-gannon-gallery-richmond/#comments Sept 2009.
Banyan Marcus, http://artblart.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/review-my-jesus-lets-me-rub-hisbelly-exhibition-by-martin-smith-at-sophie-gannon-gallery-melbourne/ May 2008.
Makin Jeff, Martin Smith - My Jesus lets me rub his belly Herald-Sun, May, 2009.
Modra Penny, My Jesus lets me rub his belly The Age, May 3 2009, p22
Smith Martin Martin Smith - Artist Profile Artist Profile July 2009 p98
Foam International Photography Magazine, Talent Fall 2008 #16 p31
McKnight Lia, Bon Scott Project Runway Magazine Winter 2008 pp 80-83
Hoffie, Pat. Martin Smith's first cut. Photofile, no. 82, Summer 2008, pp.34-37, col. ill. 36.
Antony Rachel, Careless Memories Poster 16 summer 07-08 p.47
Eltham Ben, In response to conversations with a therapist as a narrative devise Artlink Vol28 no2, 2008 p.91
Kidd, Courtney, Art for Life Limelight Sept 2007 pp37-38
Clement, Tracey Put back the Naughty Mag,Son Sydney Morning Herald 28 Sept 2007
Jasper Adam, Primavera Frieze Magazine Nov-Dec 2007
Bihan Anne, Livres: Theatre Correspondances Oceaniennes Nov 2007, pp.12-13
Am I Missing Something at Gadens, Lawyers Weekly, Issue 219, Friday 26 Nov 2004
