Nick Smith (b. 1982, Liverpool) is an artist who explores the theme of class within the context of the built environment through video collages and photographic installations. His archive of photographs, videos, and research materials, compiled from his work as both an artist and property inspector, serves as his primary source material. Smith aims to create images that evoke a sense of connection between the past and present, focusing on moments of arrival and departure in public space, regional identity, memory, and recent history.
Smith has had solo exhibitions at OUTPUT Gallery, Liverpool; The Birley, Preston; OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich; Concord Space, L.A; and Photofusion, London. His work has been included in group shows and screenings at Two Queens, Leicester; TACO!, Thamesmead; Bloomberg New Contemporaries: Cornerhouse, Manchester and Rochelle School, London; Karst, Plymouth; Folkestone Triennial and Auto Italia, London. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in Photography from the Royal College of Art, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins. In 2023 Nick was selected as an awardee of the second edition of the LOEWE Foundation / Studio Voltaire Award.

Recent / Upcoming / News
April 24th - April 30th 2024
Expanded Realities, Open City Documentary Festival.
https://opencitylondon.com/2024-festival/programme/expanded-realities/
March 2024 - July 2024 
Theatrum Mundi Cohort
https://theatrum-mundi.org/
Nov 22nd - Dec 8th 2023
Group exhibition 'Make Space' at Norman Rae Gallery, University of York.
https://www.normanrea.com/events
Nov 10th - Dec 11th 2023
Open House, Studio Voltaire, Artists Film Showreel and open studio
https://studiovoltaire.org/whats-on/open-house-2023/
Nov 2023
Solo exhibition at The Birley Studios & Project Space, Preston.
https://www.thebirley.com/
July 19th - Aug 20th 2023
Collective Conversations at Pheonix Art Space Brighton. Residency and programme of workshops with Duncan Poulton.  
https://www.phoenixbrighton.org/Events/collective-conversations-residency/
Aug 3rd - 18th 2023
GATHERINGS, group exhibition WCCD, SET Woolwich, London

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July 22nd 2023
Radiator Screening of Y2K. Church of Scientology of London, 146 Queen Victoria St

https://www.instagram.com/radiator_radiator_radiator
May/June, 2023
Times V: SOLIDARITY. Publication with 87 Gallery.
https://87gallery.co.uk/times
May 19th, 2023
'051' shown at WCCD X HYPHA Studios Unknown Screens. 32 Saffron Hill, Farringdon, London. 

https://hyphastudios.com/event/unknown-films-screening-night/
May 11th - July 15th, 2023
'Y2K' showing in Duncan Poulton's show 'Imagine What We Can Do Tomorrow'

https://www.divisionoflabour.co.uk/exhibitions/imagine-what-we-can-do-tomorrow
Friday 28th April, 2023
Showing '051' at Two Queens Two Screens. Two Queens Leicester, LE1 1QW.
https://2queens.com/events/2queens-2screens-2/

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