Brandon Clay Smith
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Brandon Clay Smith, featured in both Create! Magazine and the Create! Magazine 10th Anniversary Book, has presented work in over 80 solo and group exhibitions nationwide. Working in a variety of subjects, his current work is informed by the landscape of the farm where he lives and works.
Selected solo exhibitions include Gadsden Museum of Art (AL), Fontbonne University in St. Louis (MO), Goggleworks Art Center (PA), Illinois Central College in Peoria (IL), Chadron State College in Chadron (NE), Heike Pickett Gallery (KY), University of Redlands (CA), Southern Oregon University (OR), Indiana University (IN), Pittsburg State University (KS), Perry Nicole Fine Art (TN), Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center (KY), Tennessee Tech University (TN), and Pedro Moncayo Foundation (Ibarra, Ecuador).
Smith has been included in two-person and group exhibitions nationwide. Selected exhibitions include M. David Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), ArtLink Contemporary Gallery (IN), ArtSpace8 (Chicago, IL), Fitton Center for the Creative Arts (OH), UK Art Museum’s exhibition, San Joaquin Delta College (CA), Perry Nicole Fine Art (TN), Chazen Museum of Art (WI), Heike Pickett Gallery (KY), Perry Nicole Fine Art (KY), Bennett St. Gallery (GA), Amy Baber Fine Art (LA), Paradigm Gallery (PA), The State University of New York (NY), among others.
Brandon C. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Kentucky University (KY) in 2000 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati (OH) in 2004. He was a recipient of the Al Smith Kentucky Individual Artist Grant. Smith is a Senior Lecturer of Art at the University of Kentucky.
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