Born in 1981 in Wolverhampton, UK, David Brian Smith focuses his creative efforts on landscape painting, using it as a means to reconnect with his family’s history. Smith grew up in the countryside of Shropshire and later moved to London, which ignited his desire to return to rural life after a period of work and city living. Smith uses his practice to reimagine his past and contemplate his future place.
Smith studied at Shrewsbury College of Art, Wolverhampton University and Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. His works have been featured in both solo and group shows in galleries and institutions such as Telegraph Foundation, Olomouc; Albert Baronian Gallery, Brussels; Carl Freedman Gallery, London; Wagdas Gallery, London; Galerie VidalCuglietta, Brussels; the Neue Froth Kunsthalle, Brighton; Cul de Sac, London; Weltraum, Munich; the Saatchi Gallery, London; Benderspace, London; Studio Voltaire, London; Susak, Croatia; Long and Ryle Gallery, London; House Gallery, London and the Eagleworks Gallery, Wolverhampton. David Brian Smith received the Creekside Open Award in 2013 and the Royal Academy Landscape Painting Award in 2005. Smith lives and works in London.
The artist’s first collaboration with Asia Art Center was the exhibition On the Voyage at Asia Art Center (Beijing) in 2023, and Speed is my superpower is his first solo exhibition in Taiwan.