David Benjamin Smith
Born: 1977, Washington, D.C.
Lives: Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
1999 BA, Oberlin College, Art History, Oberlin, OH
2007 MFA, ICP/Bard College, New York, NY
MEMBER OF
Pierogi Gallery Flatfile, G-77 Artist Collective, Boston Drawing Project
RESIDENCIES
The Waterpod Artist Residency, New York, NY
BOFFO Studio Program, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Showlo So?, The David Smith Project, Brooklyn, NY
2009
MEGABUSK!, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
Before and After, HQ Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
David Smith: Outside, Elizabeth Roberts Gallery, Washington, D.C.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Mobile Uploads, Esopus Space, New York, NY
Function, Lignet Roset, New York, NY
Low Tide Chorus, Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Manual Transmission, NADA Fair, Miami, FL
Jeffrey Tranchell (Untitled Television), John Connely Presents, New York, NY
Exquisite Landscape: A Transcript of Sight, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Waterpod, Exit Art, New York, NY
Mirrors and Windows, 25 CPW, New York, NY
La Cueva de Cristal, Mark Morgan Perez Garage, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Postcards From Gowanus, Cabinet Space, Brooklyn, NY
Sonic Medicine Wheel, Numu Brooklyn, NY
Ecstatic, St. Cecilia's Convent, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Fall Collection PS1, Queens, NY
Sacred Geometries, Microcinema, Portland, OR and ATA, San Francisco, CA
Beyond the Border IAO Projects, San Diego, CA
Objective Affection Boffo, Brooklyn, NY
Super – Prime Brooklyn, NY
Everything Must Go Heist Gallery, New York, NY
Pizza Party II KM, Brooklyn, NY
Open Call Location One, New York, NY
Featured Culturehall Artist www.Culturehall.com, New York, NY
Humble Arts Group Show 28 Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
2008
Beijing Trienial, Beijing, China
T-Minus Festival Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
Slideshow, Studio 304, Brooklyn, NY
I'll be your Mirror... Heist Gallery, New York, NY
Emergence Governor's Island, New York, NY
Brucennial, Bruce High Quality Foundation Brooklyn, NY
Sink Reboot, New York, NY
Ides of March, ABC No Rio New York, NY
Squaring the Circle Suite 405, Brooklyn, NY
Edible Complex Paloma, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Why and Wherefore Online curatorial project, www.whyandwherefore.com
Videogarden ICP Studios, LIC, NY
Not My Life, ICP MFA Thesis Exhibition, LIC, NY
Come One Come All 3rd Ward Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Natural Reaction TLC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Waterways Venice Biennale Side Project, Venice, Italy
G-77 Sentinel Division Scope Art Fair, East Hampton, NY
2003
I Love New York, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY, NY
2002
A Photography Show, Butcher Shop, Chicago, IL
TEACHING
Adjunct Professor, SUNY Old Westbury
Visiting Artist, NYU ITP Program
Workshops on Photographing Artwork, Appraisers Association of America, New York, NY
Master Class Teacher, ICP/Bard College, New York, NY
Visiting Artist, ICP/Bard College, New York, NY
Teacher’s Assistant, David Deitcher, New York, NY
CURATION
2011
Sticks and Stones: Language and Emotion, Issue 73, www.Culturehall.com
PMR V.2, David Smith Project, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Showlo So?, David Smith Project, Brooklyn, NY
Solemnity of the Ascension, Convent of St. Cecilia, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Silent Pictures, Issue 28, www.Culturehall.com
Closing Ceremony, Boffo, Brooklyn, NY
Collaboration / Collapse, Boffo, Brooklyn, NY
The Last Waltz, HQ Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Megabusk!, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Videogarden, ICP Studios, Queens, NY
Natural Reaction, TLC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY