Talk to Artists

Neil W. D. Smith

Seoul, South Korea

Represented by Studio 88, Gallery Kote, HCMY Inc.

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What I can help with

Exhibition Planning · Studio Practice · Career Transition · Relocation & Visas · Life Hacks for Working Artists

Selected exhibitions

  • 빠르고 원형의 - Sue Gallery, Myeong Dong, Seoul · 2025
  • ốc sên có suy nghĩ - Studio88 Gallery, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam · 2025
  • Shallow Grave - Kote, Insadong, Seoul · 2023
  • Hagwon - Kote, Insadong, Seoul · 2023
  • Myth - The Living Room, Yongsan-gu, Seoul · 2023
  • Collective Voices Art Exhibition - White Space Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland · 2026
  • We Three Be - NJ Gallery, Guro-gu, Seoul · 2026
  • Art Forum International Annual Exhibition - Gallery U.H.M., Seoul · 2025
  • Echoes of Existence - Daol Gallery, Yongin · 2025
  • TIDE of Spring - Bonbridge, Gangnam · 2025
  • From Abstraction to Realism - Central: The Original Store, Bangkok · 2025
  • Order Through Chaos - Gallery Sue, Myeong Dong, Seoul · 2024

Residencies

Far Studios (Chiang Mai, Thailand) · Space Garden (Da Nang, Vietnam) · Papermoon Puppet Theater (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) · Sedap Kota (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) · Aither Gallery and Naughty Muse Studio (Busan, South Korea) · Gallery KNOV (Seoul, South Korea) · The Collective: artists performance group (Westport, Connecticut)

Education

American College of Education · 2022 · University of Connecticut · 2021 · Norwalk Community College · 2019

Medium

paint · mixed media · found materials · hanji · mixed media · collage

Themes

found materials / garbage art · community building · storytelling · identity · myth · intuitive mark-making · cross-cultural exchange

Languages

English · Korean

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