CV Jeremy W Smith
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia
Instagram: jeremywsmithart
REPRESENTATION:
June 2022 - Present: .M Contemporary Gallery 15-19 Boundary Street, Darlinghurst.
EDUCATION:
2022 - Present: UNSW Art and Design, candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Art.
2013 – 2015: UNSW Art and Design, Masters of Fine Arts by Research, (Final mark 92%)
2008 – 2012: UNSW Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Class 1, Major in Painting and Drawing
2007 – 2011: UNSW, Bachelor of Arts, Major in English
2019: Julian Ashton Art School, Life Drawing and Painting
2001 - 2003: MacDonald College
1996 - 2006: Redfield College
COLLECTIONS:
2023: ‘Pharmacological Body: AIDS/PrEP Map’ collected by the State Library of New South Wales.
2023: Elliot and Eyes Collection.
2023: ‘Map of the Zeitgeist’ collected by the Maritime Museum Collection.
2022: ‘Queer Sydney: A History’ commissioned artwork for the Sydney University Fisher Library.
2021 ‘Gay Map of Sydney’ and ‘Gay Man Map’ collected by the State Library of New South Wales Archive.
2012- 2023: 4 Private Collections.
FOUNDER AND CURATOR AT DRAW SPACE SYDNEY:
2023 - Present: Curator of Detail (2024).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023: ‘Atlas of Narrative Cartography’, .M Contemporary Gallery.
2022: ‘Mapping Hidden Worlds’, .M Contemporary Gallery.
2021: ‘Gay Man Mapping’ Room 205, Darlinghurst.
2015: ‘The Uncharted Land’ Final Masters Exhibition, Art and Design Space, UNSW, Paddington.
EXHIBITIONS:
2023: ‘TEXTA’, Draw Space, Newtown.
2023: ‘Draw’ Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt.
2023: ‘Art Lab: HDR Practice-based Experimentation’, Art and Design Space UNSW, Paddington.
2023: ‘Pride Revolution’, State Library of New South Wales.
2023: ‘Unashamed’ Willoughby Council Worldpride Exhibition, Artspace on the Concourse, Chatswood.
2023: Worldpride 2023 - Pride Amplified, .M Contemporary Gallery, Darlinghurst.
2022: Tim Olsen Drawing Prize Exhibition, Art and Design Space UNSW, Paddington.
2022: ‘Mighty Real’ Clifford Chance and Glamazon Pride Exhibition, .M Contemporary Gallery, Darlinghurst.
2021: Life Drawing at Sydney Sauna, in collaboration with Mardi Gras, Darlinghurst.
2019: Tropical Fruits Gay and Lesbian Festival Exhibition, Lismore Showgrounds, North Lismore.
2019: Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Award Exhibition finalist, Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove.
2018: ‘To Draw, To See’, Sydney Sexual Health Clinic.
2018: ‘Rolo-Dex’, Design Festa Gallery, Shibuya Tokyo, Japan.
2017: ‘Fallacy’, 107 Projects, Redfern.
2017: ‘Not A Stat’, Art and Design Space, UNSW, Paddington.
2017: ‘They Are Flying’, Spot 81, Chippendale.
2016: ‘Interior’, Scratch Art Space, Marrickville.
2016: ‘Just Draw’, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst.
2016: ‘Just Draw’, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle.
2015: ‘Artspace Volume 2015 Book Fair’, Artspace, Wolloomooloo.
2014: Tim Olsen Drawing Prize Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Paddington.
2013: ‘2020’ Jon Frum Art Foundation and Robert Lake Group Exhibition, Potts Point.
2013: ‘Conform Confront’ International Print Exchange Exhibition, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong.
2013: Tim Olsen Drawing Prize Exhibition, Kudos Gallery Paddington.
2012: Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize Exhibition, Martin Place, Sydney.
2012: COFA Annual Exhibition, Roundhouse, UNSW, Kensington.
2012: ‘Tomorrow, Today’ Final Hours Exhibition, COFA Campus, Kensington.
2012: ‘Half Way Mark’ Honours Exhibition, COFAspace, Paddington.
2012: Tim Olsen Drawing Prize Exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Paddington.
2012: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Queen Street Studio, Frasier Studio, Chippendale.
2011: COFA Annual Exhibition, Roundhouse, UNSW, Kensington.
2011: Oxford Art Supplies Drawing Prize Exhibition, COFAspace, Paddington.
2011: Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Award Exhibition finalist, Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove.
AWARDS:
2023: ACON Honours Awards 2023 Cayte Latta Memorial Award for Visual Arts, Finalist
2022: Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Highly Commended
2022: UNSW Art and Design Top-Up Scholarship for the top ranked PhD candidate
2021: Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship
2019: Tropical Fruits Gay and Lesbian Festival Exhibition and Art Prize, Winner 2nd Prize.
2019: Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Commended
2015: UNSW Art and Design Deans List, for academic excellence.
2014: Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Finalist
2013: Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Winner
2013: Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship
2012: Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Finalist
2012: UNSW Art and Design Deans List, for academic excellence.
2012: Caran D’Ache Prize, Winner
2012: Gallery Barry Keldoulis Award, Winner, for meretricious practice
2012: Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Finalist
2011: Oxford Art Supplies Drawing Prize, Highly Commended
2011: Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Finalist
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
2015 Feb - Present: White Rabbit Gallery, position: senior gallery attendant, tour guide.
2019 March - Present: Judith Neilson’s Dangrove art facility, Phoenix performance space and Institute of Journalism, position: events assistant.
2015 Nov - 2022 April: Museum of Contemporary Art, position: gallery attendant, tour guide.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
2017 Nov - 2018 Aug: Board Associate at Queer Screen - Mardi Gras Film Festival
2017 Mar - 2018 Aug: Programming Team - Mardi Gras Film Festival
2012 July - 2017 Dec: Film Reviewer - Queer Out West Radio 89.3 FM
2011 – 2013: Volunteer at Firstdraft Gallery.
2012 Jan – 2012 April: Social media writer for Anna Kellerman, director of 'Artbuds- Contemporary Art For Kids’.
2011 Nov: Cross(x) Species Adventure Club volunteer, Natalie Jeremijenko exhibition 'Curating Cities: Sydney - Copenhagen' Customs House, November 20th and 22nd 2011.
PUBLICATIONS:
2015: Smith, Jeremy,‘The Uncharted Land’ Paper presented and published online at Drawing International Brisbane: ‘Ego, Artefact, Arena’ Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane October.
2015: Smith, Jeremy, ‘ The Uncharted Land’ UNSW Art and Design, Postgraduate Conference and UNSWorks.
2012: UNSWorks; Smith, Jeremy, ‘Autocartography’ UNSW Art and Design.
2012: ‘Tomorrow, Today’; Smith, Jeremy, ‘Cartographic Explorations of the Self’ UNSW Art and Design 2012, Sydney, Half Way Mark.