Michael Smith

left: Michael Smith, Secret Horror, 1980, colour 4:3 video, duration 13 mins 24 secs, right: Tony Law, Strolling, 2012, single-channel video, duration 3 mins: 24 secs (looped), Cell Project Space

Michael Smith is an American artist who has exhibited extensively, nationally and internationally. He studied with the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program (1970-1973), and received a BA from Colorado College (1973). Recent exhibitions include Videos and Miscellaneous Stuff From Storage (pt. 2) at Tramway, Glasgow (opening April 2014), Rituals of a Rented Island at the Whitney Museum, New York (2014) and Fountain at Hales Gallery, London (2011). Smith’s work is represented in numerous international collections including MoMA (USA), Metropolitan Museum of Art (USA), Walker Art Center (USA), Pompidou Center (France) and Museum of Television and Broadcasting, NYC (USA).

left: Michael Smith, Secret Horror, 1980, colour 4:3 video, duration 13 mins 24 secs, right: Tony Law, Strolling, 2012, single-channel video, duration 3 mins: 24 secs (looped), Cell Project Space
left: Michael Smith, Secret Horror, 1980, colour 4:3 video, duration 13 mins 24 secs, right: Tony Law, Strolling, 2012, single-channel video, duration 3 mins: 24 secs (looped), Cell Project Space
left: Michael Smith, Secret Horror, 1980, colour 4:3 video, duration 13 mins 24 secs, right: Tony Law, Strolling, 2012, single-channel video, duration 3 mins: 24 secs (looped), Cell Project Space
left: Michael Smith, Secret Horror, 1980, colour 4:3 video, duration 13 mins 24 secs, right: Tony Law, Strolling, 2012, single-channel video, duration 3 mins: 24 secs (looped), Cell Project Space
Michael Smith, Secret Horror, still from video, 1980, colour video 4:3, duration 13 mins 24 secs
Michael Smith, Secret Horror, still from video, 1980, colour video 4:3, duration 13 mins 24 secs