Explore the Visionary Worlds of Paul Anthony Smith
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- Paul Anthony Smith
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Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Paul Anthony Smith
- City: Brooklyn, NY
- Country: United States
- Hometown: Port Antonio, Jamaica
My Life & Work
- Bio: Paul Anthony Smith grew up in Jamaica, moving with his family to Miami at nine years of age. His oil-on-canvas paintings and picotages on pigment print explore his background and identity as well as issues of the African Diaspora.
Contact Information
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Management/Booking:
Jack Shainman Gallery
513 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
info@jackshainman.com
T: +1 212 645 1701
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Paul Anthony Smith, Junction, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Paul Anthony Smith, Containment, Luis de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
Paul Anthony Smith, Open Spaces Biennial, curated by Dan Cameron, Haw Contemporary Kansas City, MO
Paul Anthony Smith, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2017
Walls Without Borders, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Procession, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
2016
Blurred Lines, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT
On the Wall: Paul Anthony Smith, Providence College, Providence, RI
Miart, Zieher Smith & Horton, Milan, IT
2015
Expo Chicago, Zieher Smith & Horton, Chicago, IL
Yellow Tail Never Kick Rocks, Zieher Smith & Horton, New York, NY
2014
Paul Anthony Smith, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Mangos and Crab, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013
Walk Bout, The Mckinney Avenue Contemporary ( The MAC), Dallas, TX
Transience, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Get Up, Stand Up: Generations of trailblazing black creativity in Britain and beyond, THE WEST WING Somerset House, London,
Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth, Smithsonian Institute, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH
Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth, Smithsonian Institute, Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, Washington – 12/21/2019 – 3/15/2020
2018
Group Display of Paintings & Renderings, Signal, Brooklyn, NY
Postcard from New York II. Anna Marra Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Reclaimation! Pan-African Works from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Taubman Museum, Roanoke, VA
2017
In Order of Appearance, curated by Dylan Palmer, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Harlem Postcards, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
The Coffins of Paa Joe and the Pursuit of Happiness, Jack Shainman Gallery: The School, Kinderhook, NY
Art Premiere, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Water & Dreams, curated by Katy Cowan, Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, WI
Art Work: An Exploration of Labor, Love apple art Space, Ghent, NY
The Coffins of Paa Joe and the Pursuit of Happiness, Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY
Double Edged, Circuit12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
RAGGA NYC, New Museum, New York, NY
The John Riepenhoff Experience presents: Chaguin Handler with Paul Anthony Smith, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI
Andre Bradley And Paul Anthony Smith, curated by Nathaniel M. Stein, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Politicizing Space, Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
2016
Victory Garden, Planthouse, New York, NY
The 50 West Artist-In-Construction Residency Exhibition, Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY
Oceans Without Surfers, Cowboys Without Marlboros, PM/AM, London, UK
2016 Next Wave Art: New Photography, curated by Holly Shen, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora, Royal West Academy, Bristol, England, UK
Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Every Semester, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
Shelflife, curated by Jay Davis, The Gallery at Ace Hotel, New York, NY
2015
Reality of my surroundings: The Contemporary Collection, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC
Between History and the body, The 8th Floor, New York, NY
Summer Reading, ZieherSmith & Horton- pop up, Nashville, TN
Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
Concealed, The Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
A Curious Blindness, Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2014
Untitled Art Fair, Zieher Smith & Horton, Miami, FL
Prophetic Diagrams II, Cheymore Gallery, Tuxedo Park, NY
Phenomena: The Material Image, The Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS
9, Haw contemporary, Kansas City, MO
The Center is a Moving Target, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
Dallas Biennial 2014, Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas, TX
2013
Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Award, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO
New Work From Kansas City, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
Thanks for the Warning, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Untitled, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2012
Untitled, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Flatfile Biennial, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Beyond the Body, LIV Aspen Art, Aspen, CO
Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
(NO) Vacancy, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011
From to After, President Gallery, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
Lush, Spray Booth Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Beyond Bounds, Brilliants, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
5×7 project, Art House, Austin, TX
America: Now and Here, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Red Star Studios, NCECA Gallery Exposition, Tampa Bay, FL
Exchange: Show me the Money, Greenlease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Six, Spray Booth Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2010
Natural Selection, CGAF Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
KCAI in 3D, Belger arts Center, Kansas City, MO
(Re)Form, KCAI 125th Celebration H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
The Kansas City Flatfile Biennial, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Young Blood: New Wave Alumni Exhibition, at the Art Seen Gallery, Miami, FL
Duality, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2009
Object Lesson: Recent work from KCAI, Craft in America Study Center, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Blanton Museum Of Art, University of Texas at Austin
Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
The Dean Collection, New York, NY
Ferguson Ceramic Teaching Collection, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee, WI
The Pilara Foundation Collection, Pier 24, San Francisco, CA
The Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
21c Museum, Louisville, KY
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2017
MacDowell Colony Residency, Peterborough, NH
Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and The Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO
2015
Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2014
Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Art In Buildings, New York, NY
2013
Arts KC Inspiration grant (Fund Art Omi International Residency)
Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Award
Art Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, NY
2012
The Kansas City Collection II, Kansas City, MO
A.I.R Program, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Urban Culture Projects Studio Residency, Charlotte Street Foundation Kansas City, MO (since 2010)
2009
Copaken Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2008 The Kenneth R. Ferguson Scholarship, Kansas City, MO
