Gary Smith Artist Biography

Contemporary painter

Lives and works in Canberra, Australia.

Gary Smith grew up in the industrial town of Geelong on the Bellarine Peninsular of Victoria. He developed an early fascination with the flare from the oil refinery chimney and the local industrial landscape, influences which are strongly apparent in his latest body of work.

Having completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Gary Smith went on to complete a Masters of Philosophy in Visual Arts at the Australian National University.

Gary Smith has been a practicing artist since the mid 1980’s and has exhibited his work extensively in both solo and group exhibitions. He has been a finalist in a number of significant art prizes including The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, The Albany Art Prize and The Norville Art Prize.

His work can be found in both public and private collections around Australia including the Victorian Education Department collection and the Macquarie Art Collection.

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