14 & 15 SEPTEMBER
14 & 15 SEPTEMBER
Gemma Smith is an Australian artist whose process-based paintings and sculptures explore the interaction between colour and surface, intention and chance. Represented in every major state collection in Australia, Gemma's creative journey is grounded in risk-taking and deep responsiveness to materials.
For visual arts teachers, this talk offers a genuine window into the artistic practices and thinking processes of a leading Australian artist — and fresh ways to think about how we support students to develop their own visual language and sustain creative inquiry.
Gemma Smith is an Australian artist whose process-based paintings and sculptures explore the interaction between colour and surface, intention and chance.
Since 2000, Smith’s work has featured in more than 100 exhibitions. Among them are: Know my name, Global, National Gallery of Australia; The Intelligence of painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2025; and survey exhibition Rhythm Sequence, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, 2019.
Smith’s work is held in collections including those of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; QAG | GOMA, Brisbane; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
Smith has produced several public artworks, including Bourke Street Tangle Painting, Sydney, 2020; Triple Tangle, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Foyer Commission, 2018; and Collision and Improvisation (ceiling), 2012, Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane.
In 2024 Smith participated in Artspace’s one year studio program, in 2023 she was supported by Create NSW to participate in Art Omi: Artists, international residency program, Ghent, New York; and In 2022 was Artist in Residence at Bundanon, NSW.
Smith’s work is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane and Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney.
