OLD RESUME
Selected Exhibitions
2011
Rapid 2011 Contemporary Art Gallery RAPID Conferance, Minneapolis MN
Sketchbook Project 2011 Brooklyn Art Library, Art House Co-op, Brooklyn NY
Out Side The Loop Water Tower Theatre, Addison TX
2010
TEDxSMU and SculptCAD Rapid Artists One Arts Plaza, Dallas, TX
SculptCAD Rapid Artists Project SME Rapid 2010 Conference, Anaheim, CA
Art In The District Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, TX (2010)
Make Space: Installation Project La Reunion Texas, Dallas, TX
2009
Just Below the Skin a River Flows Mighty Fine Arts, Oak Cliff, TX
Second Annual LRTX Tree Carving La Reunion Texas, Dallas, TX
2008
So… What the Hell is it? Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, TX
First Annual LRTX Tree Carving La Reunion Texas, Dallas, TX
EASL Art Heist Emergency Artists, Support League, Ft. Worth, TX
2007
8.5 X 11” Project, Phase 1 Arts + Literature Laboratory, New Haven, CT
Art with a View Belmont Hotel Group Show, Oak Cliff, TX
5 X 7 Art Splurge Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
2006
Organic Edge Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX (
5 X 7 Art Splurge Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Rock, Paper, Scissors Susan Giller Open Studio, Dallas, TX
EASL Art Heist Emergency Artists, Support League, Dallas, TX
2005
Oogly Googly Object Project Untitled [ArtSpace], Oklahoma City, OK
New American Talent: The 20th Exhibition Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
New Work, New Year Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004
Expo 2004 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
2003
Site Specific Cidnee Patrick Gallery, Dallas, TX
Reviews
“Making a natural space: La Reunion TX,” D Magazine, Peter Simek (02.26.2010)
“Give‘em Hell. Smith gets abstract on your ass,” Dallas Observer, Geoff Johnston (01.24.2008)
Best of 2006, Best gallery show, Fort Worth Star, Staff’s Choice (09.20.2006)
“Installations at Cidnee Patrick Gallery,” Dallas Morning News, Mike Daniel (08.08.2003)
Artist Residencies and Programs
Professional Development Program Creative Capital, AMOA/Arthouse, Austin TX (2011)
SculptCAD Rapid Artists Project Dallas,TX (2010)
3-D Computer Sculpting and rapid prototyping project (2010)
Vermont Studio Center Johnson, VT (2009)
Sculpture Residency, Artist Grant (2009)
Untitled [ArtSpace] Oklahoma, OK (2005)
Writings
Guest blogger, KERA Art & Seek Public TV/Radio, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (2008 – Present)
“Dyslexic Ramblings of an Artistic Life: Blogging about the creative process,” http://bradfordsmith.us (2008 – Present)
Education
Kansas City Art Institute, B.F.A. Painting & Printmaking, Kansas City, MO
Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art, Independent Study Program, NYC, NY
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX
Work History
Owner (2006 – Present) Studio Six Art Conservation LLC, Dallas, TX, Specializing in the conservation of wooden objects and historical artifacts
Partner (2009 – 2011) Beam Plank and Flitch, Dallas TX, Urban tree harvesting
Senior Art Conservator, Supervisor of the Wood Artifact Department (1993-2006) Art Restorations Inc., Dallas, TX
Exhibition Technician, Assistant Collections Curator (1990-1993) Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL
Teaching & Presentations
TEDxSMU Auditions Selected Presenter, Dallas TX (2011)
The Expressive figure in Clay Art Instructor, Arts Center, Dallas, TX (2011)
Pecha Kucha – Volume 3 Selected Presenter, AIA Office, Dallas, TX (2010)
DaVinci at Night Art Instructor, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX (2010)
DMA Flickr Meet Up Event Coordinator, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (2010)
Sketching in the Galleries Art Instructor, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (2009)
Making Space for Artists: Design-A-Studio Jury Panelist, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (2009)
You Have a What? Preservation of Unusual Objects in Your Collection Presenter, Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX (2009)
High School AP Art Class Art Instructor, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (2008)
Drawing from the Collection Art Instructor, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (2007)
Sketching in the Galleries Art Instructor, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (2007)
Drawing from the Collection Art Instructor, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (2006)
Designing Hand Printed Cards Art Instructor, Untitled [ArtSpace], Oklahoma, OK (2006)
Sketching in the Galleries Art Instructor, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (2005)
Associations, Committees, & Memberships
American Institute for Conservation Professional Associate since 1995
Arthouse at the Jones Center
Creative Arts Center of Dallas Instructor
Dallas Contemporary
Dallas Museum of Art
La Reunion TX Broad Member, Program Chair
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Nasher Sculpture Center
North Texas Association for Art Conservation Acting President
Texas Association of Museums
