Mark T. Smith is one of New York City’s most prolific artists. He has created over
500 paintings and thousands of drawings, and his influence is now being felt well
outside of New York. Before he turned 30, he had already provided illustrations
for the likes of the Walt Disney Company and Harper Collins, been commissioned
by Absolut Vodka for an “Absolut Smith” national ad campaign, won over a dozen
awards from such prestigious organizations as the Society of Illustrators and Print
Magazine, and had seven major solo art exhibits in New York, Los Angeles and
Washington, D.C.
His style defies simple categorization, which has both delighted and confounded
critics from the very beginning of his career. Mark’s subject matter is as diverse
as his pallet: past themes for painting series have included heroes, religious
iconography, hot rods, Christianity, cowboy culture, esoteric religions, animals
and urban violence.
Mark graduated from Pratt Institute in 1990 with a BFA. His corporate patrons
include Walt Disney Company, IBM, MTV, Showtime Networks, Nickelodeon,
Harper Collins and a dozen other major companies. His work has also joined the
collections of many private collectors. A recent commission was painting two
life-sized cows for the Cow Parade 2000, which were installed all around New
York City in the summer of 2000.
Mr. Smith describes himself as “The single greatest thing to happen to the
American cultural scene since box wine.”
ARTIST
1990 - present
Freelance Artist. Fine Art, and Illustration
http//: www.marktsmith.com
Client list includes: Absolut Vodka, AT&T, MTV,
UTZ potato chips, Nickelodeon, Newsweek, New York
Knicks, Hot Rod Magazine, Fleer/Skybox, K2,
Macmillan Publishing, Walt Disney Company, Letraset
USA, Harper Collins Publishing, Showtime Networks,
Coors Brewing, Bicycling magazine, Equal
Opportunity Journal.
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EXHIBITIONS
2002 Solo Show. Gallery on Greene. Key West, FL.
2001 Group Show. Whimsy Blue. NY, NY
2000 Group Show. “Cow Parade” NY, NY
1999 Group Show. “Illustration Faculty”. Pratt Institute.
Brooklyn, NY.
1998-99 Solo Show. “New Work” Meriken. NY, NY
1999 Solo Show. “Images for the Feast of St. Francis.
St. John the Divine. NY, NY.
1998 Group Show. Art Directors Club NY,NY.
1998 Solo Show. “Religion Series”. Union Theological
Seminary. NY, NY
1997-98 Group Show. “Heroes and Hot rods Series”
Buffalo Chips. NY, NY.
1997 Solo Show. “Totem Series”. E3 Gallery. NY, NY
1996-97 Group Show. “Western Series”. Buffalo
Chips. NY, NY
1996 Solo Show. E3 Gallery. NY, NY
1994 Group Show. Parsons School of Design. NY, NY
1994 Solo Show. “Urban Violence”. Very Special
Arts Gallery, Wash. DC
1994 Group Show. Santa Monica Museum of
Contemporary Art, CA
1993 Group Show. Sigs Publication. NY, NY
1992 Group Show. Ward-Nasse Gallery. NY, NY
1990-92 Group Show. Gallery of Contemporary
Fine Arts. NY, NY
1991 Group Show. Art Directors Club. NY, NY
1991 Solo Show. Kid Shelleen’s. Wilmington, DE
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AWARDS
2001 The One Club Interactive
2001 DANDAT 2001 ID Interactive Award
2001 BDA Finalist 2000 ID Magazine Silver Award
1997 Print Magazine Regional Design Annual
1996 First Place. Addy Awards. Wilmington, DE
1995 Print Magazine Regional Design Annual
1993 Honorable Mentions (2). Society of Illustrators. Los Angeles, CA
1992 Honorable Mentions (3). Dimensional Illustrators.
1991 Print Magazine Regional Design Annual.
1990 One Club of Orlando, FL
1990 Honorable Mention Society of Ilustrators. NYC, NY.
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