EDUCATION
2000
QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF ART, (GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY) Honors in Visual Art (photography)
1995
QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF ART, (GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY) Bachelor of Visual Art (photography)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Hong Kong Art Fair, Ryan Renshaw Gallery Stand, Hong Kong
2010
Until you comfort your father, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2009
My Jesus lets me rub his belly, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
I am fortunate and bored, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2008
In response to using conversations with a therapist as a narrative devise, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
Nobody out there, Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), Melbourne
In response to knowing when something is finished, Stills Gallery, Sydney
2007
In response to being somebody else, Queensland Centre of Photography, Brisbane
2006
In response to the boy on the train with the speech impediment, BlackLab Gallery, Brisbane
2005
Recent works, BlackLab Gallery, Brisbane
2004
am I missing something, Gadens Lawyers, Brisbane
What would you choose, The Farm Space, Brisbane
You can give them a better life than I ever could, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Perth
2003
You can give them a better life than I ever could, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
2002
Give and Take, Metro Arts, Brisbane Two weeks later the dominant male was dead, Black Peppers Gallery, Brisbane
2000
Looking at yourself, Looking at yourself, Stratton Gallery, Brisbane
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Inheritance, Australian Centre for Photography (ACP), Sydney
Q150; 150 years of Queensland Photography, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Family Guy, Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery, Newcastle
I have not been feeling myself lately, Queensland Collage of Art Gallery, Brisbane
New, The University of Queensland Art Museum (UQ), Brisbane
2008
Paris Photo, Stills Gallery (Paris Project), France
Under the influence; Art and Music, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Typecast, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
Looking at others; the death project part 1, Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney
Photo LA (with Hous Projects), Santa Monica, USA
KLM Paul Huf Award Foam_Fotograifiemuseum, Amsterdam
Primavera 07, Samstag Museum, Adelaide
The Bon Scott Project, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
2007
Elsewhere, Nellie Casten Gallery, Melbourne
Human, Hous Projects, New York City, USA
Primavera 07, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Photo LA (with Queensland Centre for Photography), Santa Monica, USA
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast
2006
Time after time, Kings ARI, Melbourne
Gallery Ryan Renshaw Christmas Show, Gallery
Ryan Renshaw, Brisbane
2005
BlackLab Christmas Show, Blacklab Gallery, Brisbane
Brisbane Art Fair, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
Artworkers Alliance Award, School of the Arts, Brisbane
Dig me out, Dig me Out Gallery, Osaka, Japan
2004
Sleight Queensland Contemporary Photography, Redlands City Art Gallery
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
On Location, Queensland Centre of Photography, Brisbane
City Views, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2003
The Farm comes to town, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
The B-Sides, Studio 11, Brisbane
Serendipity and Lunacy, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church Grammar, Brisbane
2002
Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, Anglican Church Grammar, Brisbane
2000
Personal Best, 2000 QCA Post-Graduate Exhibition, The Annex, Brisbane
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/COMMISSIONS
2010
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast (finalist)
2008
Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship Veolia Prize from the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney
Development and Presentation grant from Arts Queensland
2006
Springfield Complex, Mural Mirvac Constructions Elanora Public Library, Gold Coast City Council
2005
Artworkers Alliance, Grant Artworkers Alliance, Gift for Japan Expo Museum of Brisbane, Lecture
2004
Gadens Lawyers, 24 week artist in residence Museum of Brisbane Portrait of the Valley as a young man Museum of Brisbane, Hoardings project I just want some relief from myself
2001
The Promise Residency, Metro Arts (6 months)
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2006-
Acting Assistant Registrar (Queensland Art Gallery, Collection Storage)
2003-05
Cataloguer-Public Art (Public Art Agency/Arts Queensland)
2004
Archival Framer (Doggett St Conservation Framing) Retail Assistant/Exhibitions Assistant (Museum of Brisbane) Exhibitions Assistant (Institute of Modern Art)
PUBLICATIONS
2008
'Martin Smith Photographs: In Response to...', Queensland Centre for Photography (QCP), foreword by David McCormack and essays by Karra Rees, Charles Robb and Martin Smith.
The book is currently available for purchase from the gallery.
2004
painted light / malt lys Deb Mansfield Camilla Birkeland, Catalogue Essay
2003
The White Album, Christopher Handran Local Art issue 12
2001
Give and Take Christopher Handran Catalogue Essay
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hoffie, Pat. Martin Smith's first cut. Photofile, no. 82, Summer 2008, pp.34-37, col. ill. 36 Antony Rachel, Careless Memories, Poster 16, Summer 07-08, p.47
Collections Queensland Art Gallery University of Queensland Art Museum Monash City Gallery Artbank Gadens Lawyers (Brisbane and Sydney) Darryl Hewson Collection Private Collections
