David Benjamin Smith
Born 1977, Washington, D.C.
Lives: Brooklyn, NY
MFA : Bard College
AWARDS
2023 Juror, NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship (Craft/Sculpture)
2020 NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship (Craft/Sculpture)
2015 Apex Art International Fellowship (New Zealand)
RESIDENCIES
2021 I-Park, East Haddam, CT
2020 Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2019 Textile Arts Center, NY, NY
2017 Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
Marble House Project, Dorset, VT
2016 Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN
The Art and Law Program, NY, NY
2010 BOFFO Studio Program, NY, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 re(Play), SUNY Cortland, NY; East Tennessee State University, TN
2021 Same but Different, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 Another World, Millersville University, Lancaster, PA
2019 Cave Dwellers, Spring / Break Art Show, New York, NY
Cloudminders, Geary Contemporary, New York, NY
2018 Soft Bodies, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Under the Surface, LMAK Gallery, New York, NY
Sampler, Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Memory Palace, 42 Social Club, Old Lyme, CT
2016 The Unseen, 56 Henry Gallery, New York, NY
The Seer, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Extruded Daydream, Spring Break, New York, NY
2015 Seeing Backwards, Calico Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Trip, 67 West, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Eleven Hands Clapping, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Megabusk, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
Before and After, HQ Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Home Bodies (a 2 person show with Fawn Krieger), BMAC, Brattleboro, VT
2022 Fibers 2022, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Floral Flora, Affective Care, New York, NY
2020 Music for the End of Time, Owen James Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Textile Biennial, Museum Rijkswijk, Holland
Soft Grit, LoBo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 11222
2018 Center for Adult Swaddling, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT
The Hippies, Meantime Co., Brooklyn, NY
Under the Stairs, Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY
The New Non, Flux Factory, Queens, NY
Home Edition, Essex Flowers, New York, NY
2017 The Socrates Annual, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
Soft Opening, Grand Opening Gallery, Denver, CO
Ear Putty, 56 Henry Gallery (Annex), New York, NY
In Search of Lost Time, International Center of Photography, NY, NY
Thread by Thread, LMAK Gallery, NY, NY
Piles, Stacks, Lumps and Mounds, Chinatown Market, NY, NY
2016 Wrapping, LMAK Gallery, New York, NY
Mi Casa, Tu Casa, Johannes Vogt Gallery, NY, NY
Olimpia’s Eyes, Zevitas Marcus, LA, CA
2015 The Future is Forever, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2014 This Might Not Be for Now, Skowhegan Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
Still Life with Woodpecker, Halsey McKay, Easthampton, NY
Art Show Today, Planthouse, New York, NY
2013 Make ’em Laugh, 323 Projects, Los Angeles, CA
reMap 4, Athens, Greece
2012 Fuel for the Fire, Zwirner Gallery, NY, NY
Audio Light Leap, Renaissance Projects, Brooklyn, NY
(e)merge Performance Series, Washington, DC
2011 The Outsider, Asia Song Society, NY, NY
Mobile Uploads, Esopus, NY, NY
Low Tide Chorus, Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Manual Transmission, NADA Miami, FL
Untitled Television, John Connely Presents, NY, NY
Exquisite Landscape, International Center of Photography, NY, NY
Waterpod, Exit Art, NY, NY
La Cueva Cristal, Mark Morgan Perez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009 Fall Collection, PS1, Queens, NY
Open Call, Location One, NY, NY
2008 Beijing Triennial, Beijing, China
Emergence, Governor’s Island, NY, NY
Ides of March, ABC No Rio, NY, NY
2007 Come One Come All, Third Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Waterways, Venice, Italy
G-77 Sentinel Division, Scope Art Fair, East Hampton, NY
SELECTED PRESS
This Artist is Hosting and Exhibition Between her Windows, Time Out NY, May, 2020
Seven Noteworthy Booths at Spring / Break Art Show, Maake Magazine, March 2019
Spring Break 2019: Best Booths Show Its Offbeat Heart, Observer, March, 2019
A Look Around the Spring / Break Art Show, Art News, March, 2019
Puzzelachtig in elkaar grijpende vormen, Textile Plus (Netherlands), May, 2018
Socratic Methods, Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Spring 2018
The World is Falling Apart but at Least You Look Cute ... Fanzine, November 11, 2017
New Sculptures at Socrates Sculpture Park, Timeout NY, September 29, 2017
AI Dreamgirls...Color this Post-Internet Group Show, The Creators Project, July 2, 2016
Art Rules, New York Times, March 4, 2016
Spring/Break, Hyperallergic, March 3, 2016
Episode 544, Bad at Sports, March 24, 2016
This Show May Leave You Singing, Washington Post, October 5, 2012
David B. Smith as Doom Trumpet, East City Arts, October, 2012
Manual Transmission Miami at NADA, Miami New Times, December 2010
Life, Art, and Chickens, Afloat in the Harbor, New York Times, August 12, 2009
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2018 Fired Up! Ready to Go! The Collection of Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Rizzoli, NY
Sampler (Exhibition Catalogue), Planthouse Gallery, NY, NY
2016 AV 004: David Smith, (Artist book with cassette) 2016, Art Vandelay, NY, NY
107 West 28th Street, (Edition of photographs), Planthouse Gallery, NY, NY
2012-15 Secret Smith Studio, (Collaborative print editions) Brooklyn, NY
2014 Kypseli #4 (Artist Book), Athens, Greece
TEACHING
2021 Visiting Artist, New York Crit Club
2020 Workshop in Creative World Building, Hunter College, New York, NY
2012-15 Instructor: Pratt Pre-College Program, Brooklyn, NY
2009-13 Adjunct Professor: SUNY Old Westbury, NY
2012 Visiting Artist: The Cooper Union, NY, NY;
Visiting Artist: NYU ITP Program, New York, NY;
2010 Visiting Artist: ICP/Bard College, New York, NY; Hunter College, NY, NY
PUBLIC PROGRAMS / LECTURES
2023 Panel Discussion with Fawn Krieger and Wendy Vogel, BMAC, Brattleboro, VT
2022 House / Loom, Collective, public art-making workshop, SUNY Cortland, NY
2021 Sound Performances, Collective Scream and Under the Mask
Presented by Moving Company and Essex Flowers Gallery, NY
2020 Lecture at Millersville University, Lancaster, PA
2019 Lecture at SUNY Old Westbury, New York
Textile Workshop, Textile Arts Center, New York, NY
2018 Meditation Workshop, CFAS, New Haven, CT
2017 Panel on Public Sculpture, Hunter College
SELECTED CURATION/WRITING
2014 Secret Smith Studio - (Collaborative Portfolio Project)
2012 $, Issue 98, www.culturehall.com
Status Updates, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Sticks and Stones, Issue 73, www.Culturehall.com
Playing Making Recording, David Smith Project, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Showlo So?, David Smith Project, Brooklyn, NY
Solemnity of the Ascension, Convent of St. Cecilia, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Silent Pictures, Issue 28, www.Culturehall.com
Closing Ceremony, Boffo, Brooklyn, NY
Collaboration Collapse, Boffo, Brooklyn, NY
The Last Waltz, HQ Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Megabusk, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Videogarden, ICP Studios, Queens, NY
Natural Reaction, TLC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY