GLEN SMITH artist Geelong Artist
Curriculum Vitae
Career Highlights
2023 Acquisitive Print Prize Awards (Finalist)
Finalist with artwork acquired for permanent collection.
Clare St, 5pm: White Night Festival - 2022
Neon light based artwork launched for the Geelong component of White Night.
Australian Print Triennial - Emerging Artist Exhibition
Selected for inclusion in the first APT in Mildura, October 2015.
Zone 1 - LWOO Solo Exhibition, Port Jackson Press - 2015
Solo exhibition of artwork focusing on Melbourne’s inner urban environment.
#RitzHeritageOverlay - Geelong Gallery, 2014 - 15
Large urban art foyer installation commissioned by the Geelong Gallery.
5G:ID - COGG Mural Commission - 2014
Chrissy Amphlett mural for the City of Greater Geelong’s public art portfolio.
Represented by Port Jackson Press, Melbourne - 2014
First Melbourne based gallery representation.
Local: Solo Exhibition, Boom Gallery - 2013
Near sellout exhibition focus on Geelong’s urban environment.
Queenscliffe Art Prize: Finalist - 2013
Selected for exhibition at Seaview Gallery for the $10,000 art prize.
Represented by Boom Gallery - 2012
First commercial gallery representation.
Only dead fish go with the flow: Solo Exhibition - 2012
Solo urban art crossover exhibition covering social politics.
The Silent Scream: Louis Mathieson Library: Monash University - 2011
Exhibition of Political Art in Artist’s Books by Monica Oppen & Peter Lyssiotis.
Sweet Streets Urban Art Festival & Prize: Finalist - 2010 Australia’s premier urban art exhibition and festival based in Melbourne.
BSG Art Prize Finalist - 2009
Selected as a finalist in the $10,000 Brunswick Street Gallery Art Prize.
‘Not Quite Art’ Artist Residency: Cloverdale Community Centre - 2008
Five day residency creating ephemeral art with the local community.
’7days’ Artists Residency: Allan’s Walk, Bendigo - 2005
Residential residency based out of Latrobe Universities VAC Gallery apartments and producing work for Allan's Walk Gallery.
NAVA Artist Grant: Subculture - 2004
Lead artists funding to cover exhibition associated costs for Subculture.
Art Insert: Media Artist,Commonwealth Games Geelong Live Site - 2004 Multimedia animation working with a sound artist to create an artistic interlude
on the large format public screen set up at Geelong’s waterfront.
Geelong Arts Alliance: Chair - 2001
Community arts organisation that delivered a conceptual framework for
presenting contemporary community art in regional Victoria.
Recent Press & Publications
Geelong Gallery announces finalists for prestigious $10,000 prize
Geelong Times - June 2023
Greater Geelong goes Neon
Inside Local Government - Sept 2022
PRJKTR - Issue 2
Artist Inverview - July 2015, Pg 12
Gallery in Transition - Geelong Advertiser
Exhibition Review - Dec 2014, Pg 20
Street Art puts on the Ritz in gallery - Geelong Advertiser
Article Nov 2014, Pg 41
It's familiar territory for arts desire - Geelong Advertiser
Article Aug 2014, Pg 38/39
Chrissie Presence - Geelong Advertiser
Cover Image & article June 2014, Pg 1/4
Divine Reinvention - Geelong News
Cover Image & Article, June 2014
Site temporarily turns into gallery - Geelong News
Article, April 2014, Pg 11
The Art of Evolution - The Weekly Review
Profile - Dec 2013, Pg 13
Making art of everyday - Geelong News
Article - July 2013, Pg 17
Heart goes Boom - Geelong News
Article - Nov 2012, Pg 20
The Silent Scream - Book
2011, Pg 177/178
Making Space: ARIs in Victoria - Book
2007, Pg 222/224
Collections
Artworks:
Ballarat Art Gallery
Geelong Gallery
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Deakin University Art Collection
City of Greater Geelong - Public Art Collection
Charles Sturt University
Various private collections locally and overseas
Artist Books:
Bibliotheca Librorum Apud Artificem Collection
State Library of Victoria
Sackner Archive
National Library of Australia
Field Study Archive