Artist Statement
Jenny Smith is a Contemporary British artist, based in Edinburgh. She works in the medium of drawing, print, artists' books and film. Her practice explores the relationship between the traditional methodology of drawing and the new technology of laser cutting.
She is currently developing site specific, socially engaged pieces that evolve from participants handwritten answers to a question.
Jenny exhibits nationally and internationally. She has won numerous Awards and has work held in public and private collections, including recent acquisitions by The Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. She has recieved a Scottish Arts Council Creative Research and Development Award and been shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2009. Jenny is listed in the 34th edition of Who’s Who in Art.
Jenny delivers Continual Professional Development courses for artists and teachers both in her Edinburgh studio, and on a freelance basis.
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2007 - Multi Disciplinary Print, UWE, Bristol
1993 - BA (hons) first class, Drawing and Painting, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
1989 - BA (hons) English Literature, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Solo exhibitions
2009 - Incise, Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery, Edinburgh
2008 - Jenny Smith, Arbroath Museum Gallery, Arbroath
2008 - Jenny Smith, Meffan Gallery, Forfar
2008 - Jenny Smith, Montrose Museum Gallery, Montrose
2007 - Jenny Smith 1997 - 2007, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, 25 North Junction Street, Edinburgh
2006 - Jenny Smith and Clare Waddle, Amber Roome Contemporary Art, Edinburgh
2006 - Jenny Smith and Duncan Bullen, Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester
2005 - Jenny Smith : Imprint, Hughson Gallery, Glasgow
2004 - Jenny Smith:Drawings Paintings and Prints, Portfolio Gallery, Yorkshire
2003 - Jenny Smith New Work, TCC, London
2002 - Jenny Smith, The Deutche Bank, Edinburgh
2002 - Jenny Smith, The Bernie Gallery, Jersey, Channel Islands
2001 - Jenny Smith :Paintings and Prints, TCC, London
2001 - Jenny Smith New Work, The Bellevue Gallery, Edinburgh
1999 - The Prints, Leicester City Art Gallery
1998 - Recent Paintings and Prints, The Firth Gallery, Edinburgh
1997 - New Work, Phillips Contemporary Art, Manchester
1996 - In This The Memory Bank of Our Lives........, WASPS Gallery, Edinburgh
Group exhibitions
2012 - Reflections, City Arts Centre , Edinburgh
2012 - SSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2012 - VAS Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2011 - Bite, Mall Galleries, London
2011 - Drawing With Fire, Artez Academy, The Netherlands
2011 - Momentum, Crafts in The Bay Cardiff, Cardiff
2010 - Abstract Matters, The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2010 - Celebrating Paper, (invited artist), Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2010 - Drawing with Fire, UWE, Bristol
2010 - Originals10, (invited artist), Mall Galleries , London
2009 - Ganjifa , Art Konsult Gallery, New Delhi, India
2009 - Jerwood Drawing Prize, Touring Exhibition, UK
2009 - Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2009 - Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition , Royal Scottish Academy , Edinburgh
2009 - Visual Art Scotland Annual Exhibition , City Art Centre , Edinburgh
2009 - Visual Arts Scotland, Annual Exhibition , Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2008 - IMPACT 6, , International Print Symposium, , University of the West of England, Bristol
2008 - Ganjifa, Aacruti Gallery, Baroda, India
2008 - Ganjifa , Falun Hornan Gallery, Sweden
2008 - Open Print Exhibition,, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2008 - Originals 08, Mall Gallery, London
2008 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2008 - RSA Spring Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2008 - SSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2008 - The Scottish Collection , Dean Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
2007 - Inkubator, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
2007 - Originals 07, Mall Gallery London, London
2007 - SSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2007 - UWE Mini Print Exhibition, Blackwell's Bookshop, Bristol
2007 - VAS, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2006 - Bookmarks IV, Yale centre for Brisish Art, USA, Tate Library, London, Arnolfini Bristol, Queensland State Library and Victoria College of the Arts, Australia
2006 - Place, Centre for Fine Print Research, Bristol, Pratt Institute USA, UCOL New Zealand, NYIT Jordan, AKI The Netherlands
2005 - ART London, London Contemporary Art Fair, London
2005 - SSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2005 - The Collection, Amber Roome Contemporary Art, Edinburgh
2004 - Pressing Forward, Contemporary Printmaking in Scotland, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews
2004 - Royal Scottish Academy, Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
2004 - RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2004 - The Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow
2004 - Transforming, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2003 - ART2003, London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington
2003 - Deepdale, Exhibitions,, Norfolk
2003 - Moving Solutions, The Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland Island, Scotland
2003 - The Leith, Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 - 25 Years of prints, Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 - ART2002, London Contemporary Art Fair, London
2002 - Glasgow Art Fair, George Sqaure, Glasgow
2002 - Migratory, Blink Red at the Apex Hotel, Edinburgh
2002 - New York Art Fair, New York, New York
2001 - Art 2001, London Contemporary Art Fair
2001 - Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 - Scottish Spirit, The Mitchell Museum, Illionis, USA
2001 - The Compass Gallery, Glasgow
2001 - The Glasgow Art Fair
2000 - Aberdeen Artists, Aberdeen Art Galleries
2000 - Noble Grossart Painting Prize Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy and Glasgow School of Art
2000 - Painting in Scotland, Glasgow Print Studio (curated by Clare Henry)
2000 - Scottish Spirit, University Art Gallery, Michigan, USA
2000 - The SSA Contemporary Art Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1999 - Deepdale Exhibitions, Norfolk
1999 - Glasgow & Edinburgh Printmaking Galleries
1999 - Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
1999 - NS Gallery, Glasgow
1999 - Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
1999 - Scottish Spirit, Clark Hall Gallery, Lousiana & Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, USA
1998 - 3rd International Lithography Symposium, Tidaholm, Sweden
1998 - ART98, London Contemporary Art Fair
1998 - Arthur Ross Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA
1998 - Footsteps, Panzerhalle Ateliers, Brandenburgh, Berlin, Germany (studio / exhibition exchange)
1998 - Mason Gross Galleries, New Jersey USA
1998 - Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
1998 - The Blue Gallery, London
1998 - The Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1998 - The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 - The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1997 - Houston North Gallery, Nova Scotia, Canada
1997 - The Blue Gallery, London
1997 - The Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh
Artist talks
2009 - In Conversation, during solo exhibition Incise, Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery, Edinburgh
2008 - Artist Talk during solo exhibition, Meffan Gallery, Forfar
2007 - Artist Talk during exhibition, Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
2005 - Jenny Smith Imprint, Hughson Gallery, Glasgow
2004 - Jenny Smith, Portfolio Gallery, Yorkshire
2002 - Jenny Smith, Bernie Gallery, Jersey, Channel Islands
1996 - In this the memory bank of our lives..., WASPS Gallery, Edinburgh
Residencies
2010 - AA2A Artist in Residence, Loughborough University School of Art and Design, Loughborough
2009 - Artist In Residence, Chaap Print Studio, Baroda, India
Public commissions
2010 - Imprint and Circles, Palace Hotel , Tokyo
2009 - Circles , Raddisson Blu, Paris
2009 - Circles , The Arch Hotel, London
2004 - New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
2000 - Eastern General, Hospital, Edinburgh
2000 - Royal Bank, of Scotland, Edinburgh
Corporate commissions
2005 - ASK PLC, Zizzi Restaurant, London and Bristol
2004 - Personal Group Holdings, Re-Insurance Company, Milton Keynes
2002 - Scottish Amicable, Headquarters, Edinburgh
2001 - British Midland International Airways, Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh
Competitions, prizes and awards
2009 - Gracefield Arts Centre Purchase Prize, VAS , Exhibition
2009 - Jerwood Drawing Prize, Shortlist, UK
2009 - Scottish Arts Council, , Creative Research and Development , Award
2008 - Edinburgh Visual Artist Award, EDAC and SAC, Edinburgh
2008 - Nancy Graham Memorial Book Prize , VAS Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
2004 - International Exhibitions Grant, Buissness Gateway, Edinburgh
2003 - Edinburgh Visual Artists, Edinburgh
2002 - Hope Scott Trust, Edinburgh
2000 - Edinburgh Visual Artist, Award, Edinburgh
1999 - Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy, Artist's Bursary, Edinburgh
1996 - Edinburgh District Arts Council, Award, Edinburgh
1996 - The Hope Scott Trust Award, Edinburgh
1994 - Commended, Seagate Gallery, Dundee
1993 - Farquar Reid Scholarship, DJCA, Dundee
1993 - Royal Scottish Academy Award for Painting and, MacLean Watters Medal, Edinburgh
Publications
2010 - Cutting Edge, Essay By Monica Petzel in Originals10 Catalogue
2009 - Digital Calligraphy: Paper about current research for Cutting Edge, Laser Symposium at Loughborough University School of Art and Design
2008 - Essay about Laser Research in Printmaking Today Autumn 2008
2004 - The Mark's Making, Essay by Ruth Peltzer-Montana in Solo Catalogue Publication
Other
2009 - Artist Book purchased for collection , National Galleries of Scotland , Edinburgh
2008 - Artist Book purchased for collection, Tate Library, London