Amy Marie Smith

Amy Smith is a mixed media painter currently living and working in Richmond, VA. Inspired by the work her mother and grandmother did in their gardens and around the home, her work speaks about the power of nature and nurture and the strength of the feminin. She is a painter who is very much in love with painting, color and pattern. Amy Smith graduated VCU School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking. She has shown her work in galleries throughout Richmond and Northern Virginia. In 2017, she was the recipient of the People’s Choice Award at 1708 gallery’s annual Inlight show, and in 2018 she was awarded a residency at the Cite International des Artes in Paris, France. Most recently she was honored to be able to participate in the Mending Walls project in Richmond, VA. 

Curriculum Vitae

2021 Completed mural at the new CARITAS Healing Place for Women, Richmond, VA.

2020 InLight Artist at 1708 Gallery’s Annual Inlight show.

2020 Mending Walls artist—muralist and podcast guest. Collaborative mural project in Richmond, VA.

2020 Group Show “She Blooms in Winter” curated by Michaeline Sanders at The Broad, Richmond, VA.

2019 Group Show “Studio Friends” curated by Amy Smith, at Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond VA.

2019 Artist in Residence at the Virginia Atelier , Cite Internationale Des Artes, Paris, France.

2018 Winner of the Peoples Choice Award, in “InLight 2018” curated by 1708 Gallery at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

2018 Participated in “Size Doesn’t Matter: Small Works Show” curated by BJ Kocen, at Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond VA

2017 Solo Show, Embrace at Artspace’s Smallspace Gallery, curated by Dana Frostick

2017 Piece Titled “River Rock” Aquired by Capital One collection in Richmond, VA

2017 Participated in 1708 Gallery’s annual fundraiser Monster Drawing Rally

2017 Participant in RVA Plein Air Paint off, sponsored by Glave Kocen Gallery and Dominion Virginia Power

2017 participant in Gallery 5 Planned Parenthood benefit auction

2016-2017 Gallery assistant at Quirk Gallery

2016-present, studio assistant, Hamilton Glass

2016-present, studio assistant, Matt Lively

2016 Received Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and printmaking from VCU

2016 Solo Show, “Garden”,  Locker 51, Richmond, VA, Curated by Reni Gower

2016 Group Show, “Senior Show,” FAB gallery, Richmond, VA, Curated by Reni Gower

2015 Solo Show, “Where Have you Been?”, Beanetics Coffee, Arlington, VA curated by Jennifer Judelsohn

2015 Group Show 51, curated by Ron Johnson, Richmond, VA

2015 Recipient of Therese Pollack Memorial Scholarship

2015 Attended Southern Graphics Council International Printmaking Conference

2014 Group Show I Think I’d Have to Agree with Myself, Richmond, VA, curated by Ron Johnson

2014  Group Show Halloween Prints, Richmond, VA, curated by Elizabeth Williams

2014 Recipient of Peach Tree Merit Scholarship, merit based scholarship

2014 Group Show, Space .88, Richmond, VA, curated by John Stavas

2013 Short film screened at juried student show “60x60x60” Grace Street Theater, curated by VCU professors

2012 Work displayed in Adam Lister Gallery, Fairfax VA, curated by Adam Lister