René Smith
Brooklyn, NY 11237
www.renesmith.net
ReneMSmith@gmail.com
Education 2002 M.F.A. Painting, Tyler School of Art
Philadelphia, PA
1999 B.A. Painting, Bennington College
Bennington, VT
Study Abroad:
1996-97 & 2001-02 Temple
University Rome, Rome, Italy
Teaching Experience
2010
Adjunct Instructor - St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill, NY
courses taught: Intro to Painting
2008-09 Visiting Lecturer in
Painting - Chiang Mai University, Thailand
All
levels of undergraduate and graduate painting.
courses
taught: Thesis in Painting, Painting 7, Painting 6, Color,
Realistic Painting, Techniques in Painting, Participated in MFA Reviews
2003 Instructor
- Moore College of Art Philadelphia, PA
Young
Artists’ Workshop courses taught: Graphic
Design
2001-02 Instructor - Temple University Rome
Rome, Italy
courses taught: Rome Sketchbook
for Art Majors, Rome Sketchbook for
Non-Majors
2000-01 Instructor - Tyler School of Art
Tyler Weekend Workshop Philadelphia, PA
courses
taught: Drawing
Visiting Artist Lectures and Critiques
2010 Lecture
Burapha University,
Bangsaen, Thailand
Artist's Talk
2009 Lecture
/ Workshop
King Mungkut's Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand Artist's Talk,
Workshop on Alternative Mapping with MFA Students, Special Topic
Lecture on advancing your practice through using the influence of
other artists' work.
2007 Lecture Myndlistaskólinn
á Akureyri, Iceland Artist's Talk & Studio Visits
Visiting Artist Eastern Oregon University - La Grande, OR Artist's Talk,
Studio Visits, Special Topic Lecture on living and working in New York 2002 Guest Critic Rhode Island
School of Design Rome, Italy Participated in final reviews for the BFA
Honors Program Exhibitions Solo
& Two Person Shows: 2010 Dreaming My Dreams With
You (Two Person with David Burke) Koi Gallery
Bangkok, Thailand 2009 Greatest Hits 2008 - 2552 (Solo)
Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Chiang Mai University,
Thailand
2007 My Heart is Like an Ocean (Solo)
Deiglan
Gallery Akureyri, Iceland 2005 Come In (Solo)
Courthouse Gallery at Anthology Film Archives New York, NY
Patterns (Two Person)
Maryland Hall for the Creative
Arts Annapolis, MD
In Love With A View (Solo)
David Allen Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Selected
Group Shows:
2010 Siam Art Fair with BKK Art House
Bangkok, Thailand Abstract Angkrit
Gallery, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2009 Tang Kerb Galerie Panisa, Chiang Mai,
Thailand
Exhibition by Lecturers
from the Department of
Printmaking, Painting, and Sculpture
Chiang Mai Art
Museum, Thailand 2008 Exhibition by Lecturers
from the Department of Printmaking, Painting, and Sculpture
Chiang Mai Art Museum, Thailand
Emerge 9 curated by
Christopher Y. Lew, Curator PS1
Aljira Newark, NJ
Dreamer of Pictures
Subdivision Long Island City,
NY
2007 Project Diversity Queens - a project of Queens Council on
the Arts
World Culture OpenCenter at Korea Village
Flushing, NY
Photography and Contemporary Tactics
Brooklyn Arts Council Brooklyn, NY
About Face:
Portraiture Now curated by Danielle Mysliwie,
Paddy Johnson, and Glenn Macura
General Electric World
Headquarters Fairfield, CT
Out of Me, Out of You
Subdivision Long Island City, NY
2006 Manager’s Picks curated
by Brendan Carroll and Beverly Allan
Cooke
Contemporary Jersey City, NJ
2005 Young Arts Alliance curated by
Brian Wallace
Philadelphia Arts Alliance
Philadelphia, PA
Mix Tapes curated by Tyson Reeder
The General Store Milwaukee, WI
Halpert Biennial
Appalachian State University Boone, NC
2004 Four
Color Pen Show
The General Store in Association with
Locust Projects
Milwaukee, WI and Miami, FL
Composition in Hi-Fi
David Allen Gallery Brooklyn,
NY
2003 Urban Cartography
Da Vinci Arts Alliance
Philadelphia, PA Awards/Honors 2007
George Sugarman Foundation Grant
2005 Director’s Award,
Halpert Biennial
Appalachian State University Boone, NC
2003
Artist’s Grant
Vermont Studio Center Johnson,VT
2002
Project Completion Grant
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
1998-99 Bennington Scholars Fellowship
Bennington College Bennington, VT Artists’ Residencies
& Programs
2007 Emerge 9 at Aljira Newark, NJ -a
career management and exhibition program for emerging artists
2007 Gil-society
Residency Akureyri, Iceland
2003 Vermont Studio Center
Residency Johnson, VT Publications
2007 New American
Paintings Northeast Edition
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