Damien Smith (artist)

Damien Smith (born 1968 in Ottawa, Canada) is a Canadian artist.

Smith holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Guelph.

Smith is known for his drawings of the architectural and social legacy of modernist design and its failed utopian agenda.

Solo and group Exhibitions:

• Brooklyn Museum of Art (2007),
• Gasworks Gallery, London UK (2007),
• Cornerhouse, Manchester UK (2007),*

Paul Morris Gallery, New York (1998, 2001),

• Works On Paper Inc.,Los Angeles (2000 & 2002),
• Experiments, SFMOMA, San Francisco (2001),
• Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina (2002),
• Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco (2004),
• Lucas Schoormans Galley, New York (2005),
• Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2007),
• BravinLee Programs, New York (2009).

Smith's work is held in the public collections of:

• the Walker Art Center,
• the SFMOMA,
• Houston Museum of Fine Arts and
• the Canada Council.

Private collections: USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark,the Netherlands.