Anthony Smith received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Amherst College (1999) and an M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Michigan (2001). Smith also studied wood-block printmaking in Kyoto, Japan at Kyoto Seika University in 2001. He has recently showed in the “Tribute to Michelangelo” show at CrisolArts Gallery in Barcelona, Spain. Notable exhibitions include work in the 2014 “Artist Chain Reaction Competition” at the Andrew Freedman Complex in the Bronx, the 2013 Fuse Arts Infrastructure Cigar Factory and Schoen's Building shows in Allentown PA, and the 2010 “Sailing the Barbarous Coast” show (which traveled to the New Art Center in Newton, MA, University Galleries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA and the Walker Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI). Also notable was the 2008 “Runaway” show at the University of Texas Pan-American Gallery in McAllen TX for which he received a Puffin Foundation grant. He has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Detroit Free Press, The Ann Arbor News and the Artist’s Magazine.
Anthony has taught at such institutions as the University of Michigan, Parsons, Princeton and Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Md. Smith served as an artist –in-residence at the National Academy of Design from 2006-08. Most recently he has taught at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa (2012), and as a visiting artist at Muhlenberg College in Allentown Pa (2014-2015). He lives In New York City with a studio at the Banana Factory in Bethlehem. Pa.
Anthony has taught at such institutions as the University of Michigan, Parsons, Princeton and Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Md. Smith served as an artist –in-residence at the National Academy of Design from 2006-08. Most recently he has taught at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa (2012), and as a visiting artist at Muhlenberg College in Allentown Pa (2014-2015). He lives In New York City with a studio at the Banana Factory in Bethlehem. Pa.