title: Damien Smith (artist)
text: # Damien Smith (artist)
  
  Damien Smith (born 1968) is a Canadian artist.
  
  ## Life
  
  Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Smith holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Guelph.
  
  ## Work
  
  Smith is known for his drawings of the architectural and social legacy of modernist design and its failed utopian agenda.
  
  ## Exbitions
  
  Solo and group exhibitions:
  
  * Brooklyn Museum of Art (2007),
  * Gasworks Gallery, London UK (2007),
  * Cornerhouse, Manchester UK (2007),*
  
  Paul Morris Gallery, New York (1998, 2001),
  
  * Works On Paper Inc.,Los Angeles (2000 & 2002),
  * Experiments, SFMOMA, San Francisco (2001),
  * Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina (2002),
  * Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco (2004),
  * Lucas Schoormans Galley, New York (2005),
  * Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2007),
  * BravinLee Programs, New York (2009).
  
  ## Collections
  
  Smith's work is held in the public collections of:
  
  * the Walker Art Center
  * the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  * the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  * the Canada Council
  
  Private collections: USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands.
  
  