Background
Born in Liverpool, Angela spent her childhood exploring imaginative worlds and make-believe through her reading and believes this has influenced her painting and her need to visually tell stories. She studied English Literature & Politics in Manchester and then moved to London to work in Investment Banking. It was in a local cafe in Kings Cross, listening to Vivaldi's Four Seasons and eating scrambled eggs, that she recalls suddenly knowing she wanted to be an artist. Angela went on to study painting at Wimbledon School of Art and since graduating in 2004 has exhibited in solo and group shows in London and South East England. As part of an artist collective called The Wimbledon Group she co-ran a gallery space in Wimbledon for two years and also has guest-curated two group exhibitions “The Alchemist’s Garden” (March 2020) and “The Space Between” (September 2022) at The Graham Hunter Gallery in central London.
Angela currently works and lives in South West London.
Exhibitions
The Winter Show, group exhibition, The Art Buyer, London, December to March 2023
The Space Between (curated), group exhibition, The Graham Hunter Gallery, September 2022
The Affordable Art Fair (Art for Cure), Battersea, London, October 2022
The Contemporary Art Fair (The Wimbledon Group), Surrey, March 4-6th 2022
The Affordable Art Fair (The Graham Hunter Gallery), Battersea, London 8 July - 11 July 2021
Blue Sky, group exhibition, Art for Cure, www.artforcure.org.uk 30 April - 30 May 2021
Bloom, group exhibition , Art for Cure, www.artforcure.org.uk 5 March -21 March 2021
Artist Collective (gallery space), Wimbledon, 29 September 2020 - 30 August 2022
Resurfacing - paintings by Angela Smith, Emma Forester and Jan Shand, The Graham Hunter Gallery, London, 29 June - 11 July 2020
The big 100 Artists, Art for Cure, Online exhibition, May 2020
The Alchemist’s Garden (curated), group exhibition, The Graham Hunter Gallery, 81 Baker Street, London, 16 March - 29 March 2020
Beyond the Line, The Wimbledon Group, The Graham Hunter Gallery, 81 Baker Street, London, 28 October - 9 November 2019
She, Art for Cure, Bankside Gallery, London 2 - 5 October 2019
Shades of a City, Hillside Church, Wimbledon, 19 September - 19 October 2019
The Affordable Art Fair (Carina Haslam Fine Art), New York City, New York, September 2018
The Guildford Arts Group Exhibition, Clyde and Co., Guildford, February - May 2018
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, October 2011
Art with a Heart, Hillside Church, Wimbledon, February 2010
Art for Youth, Mall Galleries, London, October 2008
Summer Exhibition, Clarion Gallery, London, August 2007
Flock, Group Exhibition, GX Gallery, London, August 2007
Child, Solo Exhibition, Clarion Gallery, London, March 2006
CHASE Contemporary Art Exhibition, Henry Moore Galleries, The Royal College of Art, London, November 2005
Three-Sixteen, Group Exhibition, Candid Arts Trust, London, April 2005
Take 04, Degree Show, Wimbledon School of Art, London, June 2004
Group Exhibition, Corporate Edge, London, June 2003
The Guildford Arts Group Exhibition, Clyde and Co., Guildford, April 2002 and July 2002
Group Exhibition, ING BHF-Bank, December 2001 and June 2002
Seascapes, Two-person Exhibition, Portobello Gold, London, April 2000
Education
B.A.(Hons) Fine Art, Wimbledon School of Art, London, 2001-2004
HNC Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College, London, 2000-2001
Alternative Foundation in Fine Art, The Slade School of Art, UCL, 2000
B.A.(Hons) English with Politics, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1992-1995
Collections
ING BHF Bank, London.
Awards
Fine Art Trade Guild, Up and Coming New Artist 2008, shortlisted