Christopher Smith_Resume  
 
 


Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, BFA, 1984

Exhibitions
2009     Sculpture, The Noyes Museum of Art, Hammonton, NJ   
Visiting Artists Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL   
Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA   
Form in Space, Payne Gallery at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA

2008     Solo Faculty Fellowship Show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery in the Garden, Hawk Mountain, PA
Buckingham Valley Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Buckingham, PA
Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
3rd Annual Juried Show, Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN

2007     Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Uninhibited, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Field of Vision, Penn State Berks, Reading, PA
JMS Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA
Art in City Hall: Metals and More, Philadelphia, PA

2006     Zelli Porcelain Award Juried Show, London
Buckingham Valley Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Buckingham, PA
Sculpture New Hope, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA
Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
72nd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York and Brookgreen Gardens, SC

2005     Gallery in the Garden, Hawk Mountain, PA
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
Sticks and Stones: The Making of a Sculpture Garden, Devault, PA
71st Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York

2004     JMS Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA
Reflections of Nature, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
70th Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York and Brookgreen Gardens, SC
    
2003     Realism 2003 II, Stage Gallery, Massapequa, NY
National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2002     Art of the State, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
23rd Annual Juried Show, Abington Center for the Arts, Abington, PA
    
2001     Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999     Wall-to-Wall Nudes, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1998     Mayfair National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
21st Annual Bucks County Sculpture Show, Doylestown, PA
Figurative Small Works Exhibition, Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory Art Center,
West Palm Beach, FL

1997     20th Annual Bucks County Sculpture Show, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
Figures at an Exhibition, Third Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1987     New Works, Pavillion Gallery, Mt. Holly, NJ
The Human Form, Loft Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Awards
Dene M. Louchheim Faculty Fellowship, Fleisher Art Memorial, 2008
Teaching portion of the Frank Gasparo Memorial Fellowship, Fleisher Art Memorial, 2007 and 2003
20th Annual Gary Long Memorial Lecture, Fleisher Art Memorial, 2006
Third Place in Sculpture, 2nd International ARC Salon Competition, 2005
Bronze Medal, 70th Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, 2003
First Prize, 21st Annual Bucks County Sculpture Show, 1998

Commissions
Brawlin Spitfire Wrestlers, sculpture for artist Mickalene Thomas, Cerealart, 2007
Wall ornament series, Shrine for Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, WI, 2007
Two, 7-panel friezes for video teleconferencing rooms, GlaxoSmithKline, Conshohocken, PA, 2002
Compass Rose sculpture used in photography, The Vanguard Group, Malvern, PA, 2000
"Squid" newel post and banister, Henri David, jeweler, Philadelphia, PA, 1992

For sculptor Stephen Robin:
Assisted on enlarging plaster patterns, Trenton War Memorial Project, Trenton, NJ, 2001

Assisted on enlarging two direct plaster patterns for casting in aluminum, General Services Administration for the Ronald Reagan Federal Building, Federal Triangle,
Washington, D.C., 1995

Teaching
Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL, 2009
Teacher in conjunction with Dirt on Delight, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-present
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA, 2003
Whitemarsh Community Art Center, Lafayette Hill, PA, 2000-2002

Bibliography
Developing Catholic Artistic Quality, Hugh McNichol, Blogger News Network, May 27, 2008
Perfect Setting Enhances a Wealth of Sculptural Works, Ron Schira, Reading Eagle, August 19, 2007
Something from Nothing, John O'Hern, American Art Collector, August 2007
Letting Loose: A Triumvirate of Artists Explores the Supposedly Unsuppressed, Deborah McLeod,

Baltimore City Paper, June 20, 2007
Outdoor Sculpture Show Features Regional Artists, Marilyn J. Fox, Blue & White, Spring 2007
Loaned Sculptures Give Face Lift to Berks Campus Landscape, Kalli Scogna, Penn State Berks Collegian,
Issue 3, Fall 2006
Guest Curator's Statement, Donna Hassler, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2005 (brochure), National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2005
Essay, Gordon J. Alt, 71st Annual Awards Exhibition (catalog), National Sculpture Society, 2005
Galleries Take a Vacation from the Usual, Edward J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 16, 1999