Brian
Smith

Brian Smith is a multimedia sculptor whose work explores a queer approach to ecology. He's interested in uncovering gay history through extensive research into photographic archives. He repurposes reproductions of those images in a sculptural setting to create a contemporary dialogue with inspiration from the natural world. By creating narratives concerning the ecology of the world using found photography from decades ago, this body of work speaks to the past, contemporary, and future calling for an atemporal understanding of human’s relation–and subsequent impact–on the greater environment. Smith's materials vary depending on conceptual content and range from welding, woodworking, image application, to grouted asphalt gravel. 

Brian Smith holds a Master of Fine Arts from Maine College of Art & Design, where he also teaches. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Smith has exhibited in a series of group shows in places such as Maine, Texas, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Montana, and Antwerp. Smith has received numerous awards and was nominated for an Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture award from Sculpture Magazine. He has participated in a residency at Hewnoaks Artist Colony in Lovell, Maine, and has been written about in the following magazines: The Chart, Floorr, Divide, as well as Working Artists.