GLEN SMITH artist Geelong Artist
Curriculum Vitae
Exhibitions & Career Highlights
Recent Press & Publications
Sydney Contemporary - Works on Paper, Carriageworks, Sydney - 2025
Artwork exhibited at the Print Council of Australia booth for the event.
(R)evolution - Markgrafler Museum, Germany - 2024
Correspondence Art exhibition set in the historic museum.
Whereabouts Exhibition - 2023-24
Victorian printmaking survey at the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2023. Toured to Solander Gallery in New Zealand in 2024.
2023 Acquisitive Print Prize Awards (Finalist)
Finalist with artwork acquired for the Geelong Gallery's 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.
IMPRINT: Profile (2026 Winter Edition), Print Council of Australia
PCA COM profile article.
Artist’s Yearbook 2025-26, 15 - Impact Press UK, p. 271 (ISBN 978-1-906501)
Three Artist Books profiled, along with G:Zines content.
Print Commission 2025, Imprint Magazine, Spring 09/25, p. 14-15
State finalise for the 2025 Print Commission, with artwork profiled.
Vending machine dispenses zine-y goodies – Frankie Magazine, 04/07 2025
Double page article on G:Zines and the vending machine.
Bad Batch Zine - #005
Interview on G: Zines collective - Nov 2024
Shelf Life - Imprint Magazine Vol. 59 No. 2
Article on G:Zines collective - Winter 2024
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 and Artist's Books:
Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat
Bibliotheca Librium apud Artificem Collection, Sydney
The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Visual Poetry: University of Iowa, USA
State Library of Victoria (Rare Books / PCA archive)
National Library of Australia (The Henderson Collection)
Geelong Gallery Permanent Collection
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Deakin University Art Collection
City of Greater Geelong - Public Art Collection
Charles Sturt University
Various private collections locally and overseas.