Mariana SMITH

Etching, chinecolle, goldleaf, graphite drawing on Arches paper

Mariana Smith combines printmaking, miniature painting, and digital video installations. Her works address
the nature of immigrant dislocations and unrealized dream of homeland.
Smith’s work has been exhibited in USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Russia, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Guam,
and Armenia, and was displayed at the State of Ohio Governor’s Mansion in Columbus, Ohio.
Her works are included in a number of private collections and in the permanent collections of the Victoria
and Albert Museum, UK; Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH; Kennesaw State University,
GA; Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX; Xi’an Fine Art Academy, China.
Currently, she is collaborating with the multimedia artists and scholars from the USA, Colombia, Armenia,
Germany, and Greece on a series of international exhibitions and lectures connecting contemporary art
and the global migrant and refugee crisis.
2019 Solo, Liminal Spaces Stockton University, Galloway, NJ
2019 Mid-American Print Council Juried Exhibition, Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky
2017 Solo, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmund, OK
2017Unterwegs, Senatsaal, HfBK Dresden, Germany
2017 Portfolio Distortion, included in collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK2017 2020 100K-Nexo Global Innovation Competition for Creative and Cultural Industries
2020 Burren College of Art, Newtown Castle, Ballyvaughan, Ireland, summer artist residency
2018 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia, Venice, Italy, summer residency
2013 Greater Columbus Art Council, Dresden residency award