Brandon.smithart@uky.edu

Brandon C. Smith has presented work in over 70 solo and group exhibitions nationwide.  Solo exhibitions include Gadsden Museum of Art (AL), 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), Berea College (KY), Pittsburg State University (KS), Perry Nicole Fine Art (TN), Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center (KY), Tennessee Tech University (TN), Georgetown College, Georgetown (KY), Pedro Moncayo Foundation (Ibarra Ecuador).  

Smith has been included in two person and group exhibitions nationwide, most recently at the UK Art Museum’s exhibition “Frankensteinian.”  Group exhibition include San Joaquin Delta College (CA), Perry Nicole Fine Art (TN), Seminole Community College (FL), the Chazen Museum of Art (WI), Heike Pickett Gallery (KY), Perry Nicole Fine Art (KY), Bennett St. Gallery (GA), Amy Baber Fine Art (LA), The State University of New York (NY) among others. 

As part of the Smith Townsend Collaborative, Smith has presented exhibitions at the Sculpture Center in Cleveland (OH), Murray State University (KY), Miami University (OH), New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art (IN) Pellissippi State College Knoxville (TN) and most recently a Merit award recipient at Art Fields in Lake City S.C.

Brandon C. Smith earned a Bachelors 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 and lives on a farm in KY. 



CURRICULUM VITAE


EDUCATION

2004    
MFA, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH, Fine Arts +Painting

2000    
BA with University Honors, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010 - Current     
Senior Lecturer of Art, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY

 
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023
Brandon C. Smith: Convulsive Motion
Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden AL

2021
Brandon C. Smith: Convulsive Motion
Indiana University, Kokomo IN

2020
Brandon C. Smith
Frostburg State University, Frostburg MD

2019
Brandon C. Smith and Martin Beck: The Present of Things Past
Lexington Art League, Lexington KY
Brandon C. Smith: Convulsive Motion
Fontbonne University, St. Louis Mo

2017 
   
Views of the Big Nothing (Smith Townsend Collaborative)
Bagwell Center of Media and Art, Pellissippi State, Knoxville TN                   


2016  
  
Brandon C. Smith: Exodus (solo)
Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL

2014 
   
Corporeal Anxieties - Collaborative exhibition with Hunter Stamps
Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY


2013  
  
Smith Townsend Collaborative: The Grand Armada
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony Indiana

Brandon C. Smith: Man nor Beast (solo)
Chadron State College Fine Arts Gallery, Chadron NE


2012  
   
Individual + Collaborative Works
Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY (SmithTownsendCollaborative)

Something (abstract and painterly) This Way Comes
Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford OH (SmithTownsendCollaborative)


2010       
The Triumph, part II
The Sculpture Center, Cleveland OH (SmithTownsendCollaborative)


2009 
     
Brandon C. Smith Recent Paintings: The Chase (solo)
Heike Picket Gallery Lexington, KY Nov - Dec 09

Still and Anxious
Aaron Gallery, Washington D.C. with Lennon Michaelski 

Drawn and Upholstered (solo)
ART Mission Binghamton, NY


2008
      
Pulling Cows * Residual (West Coast Tour I)
San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton CA Two person

Pulling Cows: Residual (solo) (West Coast Tour II)
University of Redlands, Redlands CA
Pulling Cows: Residual (solo) (West Coast Tour III)
Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR
Triumph: The Reclamation
Pikeville College, Pikeville KY (SmithTownsendCollaborative)

2007 
     
The Triumph

LAL-Project Space, Lexington KY (SmithTownsendCollaborative)

Pulling Cows
Seminole Community College, Sanford FL, Two Person

Pulling Cows (solo)
Berea College, Berea KY

Brandon C. Smith Recent Work
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN

Brandon C. Smith and Joe Molinaro
Brescia University, Owensboro KY

Pulling Cows: Drawn and Upholstered (solo)
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS


2006 
     
Pulling Cows (solo)
Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Covington KY
Brandon C. Smith New Work (solo)
Tennessee Tech University, Joan Derryberry Gallery, Cookeville TN

Brandon C. Smith: Paintings and Wall Drawings (solo)
Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia KY

Brandon C. Smith (solo)
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN

Brandon C. Smith (solo)
Pedro Moncayo Foundation, Ecuador, Ibarra

Brandon C. Smith New Work(solo)
Ann Wright Wilson Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown KY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Summer Invitational - Selections from the Yellow Chair Salon Residency Program
M. David Gallery
Brooklyn NY

Teeth & Hair
Buckham Gallery
Fling MI

2021
"How Have you Been?"
Schwitzer Gallery with Quintana Behringer
Indianapolis IN

2020
January Group Exhibition
Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Body Builders
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis IN

2019
Contemporary Sculpture
Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
A contemporary Drawing Exhibition
Indiana University Downtown Gallery, Kokomo IN
ArtFields
Smith Townsend Collaborative, Lake City SC
After the Rain/Reign
(not) Sheep Gallery, Columbus OH

2018 
      
Frankensteinian
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington KY
33rd Annual Positive/Negative Exhibition
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN
ArtFields (Smith Townsend Collaborative)
Lake City SC

2017
       
Faculty Series Vol I.
Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY
10th Annual Human Form Show
Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, KS

2016
     
Abstraction: Diverted Reality
Evelyn E. Jorgenson Gallery, Moberly MO
The Human Figure
Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
3rd Annual Abstract Sanctuary
Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
Flora and Fauna
Annapolis Maritime Museum, Annapolis, MD
Bluegrass Biennial
Morehead State University, KY

2015
       
State of Painting (Invitational)
Georgetown College, Georgetown KY
Currents (Smith Townsend Collaborative)
Lexington Art League, Lexington KY

2014
       
UnCommonWealth
Exhibition of Al Smith Fellowship winners-traveling.
Southern Performing Arts Center (SKyPAC), Bowling Green KY, Berea College, Berea KY
Ossuary
Indiana University, Herron Galleries, Indianapolis IN

2013
       
Ossuary
University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville TN
UnCommonWealth
Exhibition of Al Smith Fellowship winners-traveling. Lyric Theatre, Lexington KY

2012
       
Ossuary
Chazen Museum of Art – Madison WI
Faculty Show
Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, University of Kentucky
Bluegrass Biennial
Morehead State University, Morehead KY
Botanical
Manifest: Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati OH
Animal Facts, Fairy Tales and Fictions
Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington KY

2011
       
Nude 2011
LAL - Lexington KY
Natures Human: Chautauqua National Exhibition
Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond KY
It’s Natural
Passages Gallery – Cincinnati OH
EKU Center for the Performing Arts Inaugural Reception
Invitational, EKU Center, Richmond KY

2010
       
Nude 2010
LAL - Lexington KY
Creatures Great and Small
LAL - Lexington KY
Creatures Great and Small
Yeiser Art Center - Paducah KY

2009
       
Artifacts
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN
Triumph of the 37.748th Parallel
Smith Townsend Collaborative, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
Metamorphosis
621 Gallery, Tallahassee Fl
Animal Logic
State University of New York, Brockport NY
Creatures Great and Small
Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray KY

2008
       
Summer Show 08
Heike Pickett Gallery, Versailles KY
Space, Place, Life
Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY
1 x 41
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN

2007
       
Memory and Perception
Smith Townsend Collaborative, Ann Tower Gallery, Lexington, KY

2006
       
Play Things
Greenwich Gallery, Cincinnati OH
Amy Baber Fine Art Gallery Artist Show
Amy Baber Fine Art, Shreveport LA
Red Show
Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis TN
Bluegrass Biennial
Morehead State University, Morehead KY

2005
      
Faculty Biennial
Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY
Diversity Show – Chautauqua Series
Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY
Amity Foundation National Invitational Portfolio Exchange Exhibition
Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington D.C.

 
VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES

Aug. 2019  Visiting Artist, Fontbonne University, St. Louis MO
Aug. 2016
  Visiting Artist, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL
Dec. 2014  Eat.Drink.Art21, Brandon C. Smith in conjunction with KET and LAL presentation of ART 21 “Secrets”
Oct. 2012  Guest Lecturer, University of Miami
Aug. 2010  Visiting Artist / Guest Lecturer: Animals in Art, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY
Jan. 2010  Visiting Artist, Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Cleveland OH
Jan. 2008  Visiting Artist, Pikeville College,  Pikeville KY
Jan. 2007  Visiting Artist, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS
Feb. 2006  Visiting Art, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville TN
Oct. 2005  Visiting Artist, Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia KY
July 2005  Visiting Artist - Ecuador, Received a Travel Grant to Ecuador through the Partners of the Americas.

Spring 2005  Guest Lecturer, Department of Art & Design, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY

 

 AWARDS

2019  Artist Professional Development Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY
2018
  Artist Professional Development Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, KY

2013  Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
2011  Best of Show Purchase Award – Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition, Eastern Kentucky University
2009  Best 3D Award – Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition,Eastern Kentucky University Smith Townsend Collaborative
2005  Partners of the Americas – Travel Grant to Ecuador Grant through Kentucky-Ecuador Partnersty of Cincinnati Graduate

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2020 
Studio Visit: Brandon C. Smith By Erica Rucker in UnderMain, Dec. 30th, 2021 https://undermain.art/collections/studio-visit-brandon-c-smith/

2020  Review: University of Kentucky “Faculty Series: Vol. IV”, Review by Kevin Nance in UnderMain, Aug 30th, 2021 –https://undermain.art/visual-arts/review-university-of-kentuckys-faculty-series-vol-iv/

2019 Create Magazine Summer Print Edition No. 15 pages 124-127

2016 KET: Muse Moments - Brandon C. Smith Interview

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1dIXllirbs&feature=youtu.be
6/10/15 Currents: Horror Amour at the Loudon House, Ryan Filchak, Under-Main.com            

2012 Studio Visit Magazine: Spring Edition, Catalog published by The Open Studio Press

2012
Manifest v62: Botanical, Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition.

2011
Interview with Brandon C. Smith for NUDE 2011, Tonic WUKY, ARTalk

Jan 2011
Nude Turns 25, ACE Weekly

02/09/10 Assembly Required: Collaborations Carry the World on Their Shoulders
, Douglas Max Utter, Cleveland Scene

2009 Studio Visit Magazine: Winter Edition,
Catalog published by The Open Studio Press

Nov 2008 Cover Image for “Artifacts” #16 Volume 2: Artifacts
/ A publication by San Joaquin Delta College

Aug 2007
Interview with Brandon C. Smith, Tonic, http://www.wuky.org/tonicarchivesremembrances, Re-aired 2010 as Spotlight Interview


01/23/07 Bovine Inspiration
, Nikki Patrick, Morning Sun, Pittsburg KS (Review)


01/03/07
Articulation: Inside the Artists’ Head, Jaquelyn Vaughn, City Beat, Cincinnati OH (Interview)


11/15/06
Focal Point, Tamera Lenz Muente, City Beat, Cincinnati OH (Review)


9/23/05 Conjuring with Cows,
Fredric Koeppel, Commercial Appeal, Memphis TN (Review)


6/24/05
Vacas, la inspiration de un pintor, El Norte, Ibarra, Ecuador (Article and photo)


6/25/05
Lo autentico del arte en lienzo, La Hora, Ibarra, Ecuador (Article and photo)


6/24/05 Pintor norteamericano expone en Ibarra
La Verdad, Ibarra, Ecuador (Article and photo)