Bio / CV | Derick Smith Artist

Born in New York, raised in Ireland, Derick Smith initially began a career in design before moving on to chemical photography which resulted in a solo exhibition in New York (2006). Later, he began to experiment with sculpture and painting after graduating from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin (2012) and has since exhibited in national and international group exhibitions. His work is held in the O.P.W state art collection of Ireland and private collections in France, Germany, U.S.A and the U.K.

Solo Exhibitions

2017 Macchia- Golberg Galerie, Müllerstraße, Munich

2017 Origins – Pallas Projects,The Coombe, Dublin 8

2015 Holy Mountain – Backloft Gallery, St. Augustine St, Dublin

2006 Behind the Eyes – Pratt Gallery – 144 West 14th St, New York

Selected Exhibitions

2018 Untitled- Belevedere Gallery – Beirut, Lebanon

2018 Scope Art Show – 312 West 33rd Street, New York

2018 Quadrafuss – Gallery 66, San Fidel, New Mexico

2017 Candy Castle – Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, Texas

2017 Start 17 – Goldberg gallery, Munich

2017 Tara X Iverna – The Tara Building Gallery, Dublin

2017 Pop Journey – Lilac Gallery, New York

2016 The Tibet Fund 7th Annual Gala – Le Bernardin Privé, New York

2016 Affordable Art Fair– The Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY

2016 PP/S 20 Year Anniversary Benefit Auction– City Assembly House, Dublin

2016 Ephemeral – Guy Hepner, New York

2016 9 Grams – Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, Texas

2016 Art Hamptons – Bridgehampton, NY

2016 Acrylic Melody II – Kuumba Vlaams, Brussels

2016 The Big Dance – Viaduct Gallery, Des Moines, IA

2016 Acrylic Melody – Maison Burganov, Brussels

2016 A Touch of Blue – Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL

2016 Quadratfuss – NX², Berlin

2016 Interdisciplinary – Washington Street Gallery, Somerville, MA

2015 Retrospective exhibition – Backloft Gallery, Dublin

2015 Sweet Tooth –The New Bohemian Gallery, MN

2015 Motley – Hive Emerging, Waterford, Ireland

2015 Creativity – Art Baza, Sergiyev Posad, Moscow

2015 Saw Dust – The MART, Rathmines, Dublin

2015 Here ‘n’ Now – Greenacres, Wexford, Ireland

2015 Surveyor Exhibition– Solstice Art Centre, Navan, Ireland

2015 Grogans ongoing exhibition – South William Street, Dublin

2012 Graduate Exhibition –NCAD, Thomas St, Dublin

2009 Achieving Art Exhibition –The Bernard Shaw, Dublin

2005 Dualism in America –Tenement Museum – Orchard St, New York

Residencies

2020 (upcoming) Guest Residency – Gallery 66, San Fidel, New Mexico

2020 (upcoming) Studio Residency – Bourgogne, France

2019 Research residency – La Tambouille, Nézel, France

2017 Guest Residency – Städtisches Atelierhaus am Domagkpark– Munich, Germany

2015 Project 2 (collaborative) – MART – Rathmines, Dublin 6

Awards

2019 Artist development grant – Meath County Council

2015 6th Artslant Showcase winner – Artslant contemporary art network

2015 Artist Project Initiative – Finalist for 2015 award

2015 Colourful Abstractions – Fusion Art – work selected for online juried exhibition

Publications

2017 Create Magazine – Issue V – Images featured

2017 Average Art Magazine – Images featured

2017 Assintecal magazine – Image featured

2016 This Greedy Pig – Interview and images featured

2016 Artist Portfolio Magazine – Images and bio published

2016 Imago Mundi – inclusion in book and exhibition

2016 Vulture Magazine – interview / video published online

2016 Vice – The Creators Project (Mexico) – Images and article published

2016 Palaver Journal – image published – Spring Issue

2016 Fresh Paint Magazine – Tips and advice published – Issue 11

2015 Fresh Paint Magazine – Images published – Issue 10

2015 Dublin Inquirer – Image and interview published –16th Dec.

2015 L.A. Eyeworks- Artistic collaboration with Josef Jasso

2015 Forward (Russian Newspaper) – Interview published – 29th Oct.

2015 Art Reveal Magazine – Interview and images published – Issue 7