Dean Smith creates drawings, collages, and videos. His work reflects upon the measure of time, the peculiarities of space, and the ceaseless human impulse to render the invisible visible by inviting us to join him in a slow, rich meditation on an idea as it unfolds to its conclusion.

He discusses his practice in an audio conversation with artist, Gina Borg and musician, Peter Conheim; and in an interview with artist and perfumer, Bruno Fazzolari.

A recipient of a California Arts Council Fellowship Award, Smith's work is placed in prominent public collections, including The British Museum; Hammer Museum; LACMA; Buffalo AKG Art Museum; The Art Institute of Chicago; Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

He is represented by Anglim/Trimble, San Francisco and Eli Ridgway Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, and has had solo presentations at Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica; Marvelli Gallery, New York; and Gallery Joe, Philadelphia in addition to numerous group exhibitions in galleries nationally and internationally.

Smith lives and works in Oakland, California.

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