Meet Our Artists
At Smithson Gallery, we are committed to maintaining a strong and personal relationship with our carefully selected artists through close collaboration and support. We pride ourselves on our intimate knowledge of their evolving practices which we enjoy sharing with our collectors, whether in person or via exclusive artist interviews and videos for browsing online.
In Conversation
Explore the unique and diverse practices of our talented artists through our series of exclusive artist interviews.
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BEN SLOW
Read Interview"All the works I create are a reflection of me and my place in the world at that time..."
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DAVE BUONAGUIDI
Read Interview"As an artist I believe you have a role to respond quickly...it should make you feel something..."
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FREA BUCKLER 2021
Read Interview"I thought of the whole process of each painting as a series of slow moves."
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FREA BUCKLER 2016
Read Interview"There is something that connects print and sculpture somehow, maybe it’s the indirectness of going through a process, rather than literally putting a mark on a piece of paper."
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FREA BUCKLER 2015
Read Interview"I learnt to screenprint really well, I got to the peak of something, then started undoing it."
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JAYSON LILLEY
Read Interview"The gold leaf changed my perception of working because the sky isn’t gold...It changes the way you look at things and makes me approach the print differently."
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JULIAN BROWN
Read Interview"Each motif that expands into my paintings is like a fraction of experience."
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KAREEM RIZK
Read Interview"It's something that's emotional, it's about feeling and it's about memories. Feeling what elements work with each other."
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MEKIA MACHINE
Read Interview"The best part is the part that you are not just going to get in the painting. It is a discovery."
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NICK GRINDROD
Read Interview"To start with I just make marks and they’re very gestural – just to get something down to break that solidness and indecision."
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RICHARD PERRY
Read Interview"I am very sensitive to the material I am working with, and try to find and lean into the qualities and potentials inherent to the material."
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ROSIE EMERSON
Read Interview"If I know exactly how something's going to look, I'm not interested in making it."
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SARAH DUNCAN
Read Interview"I find inspiration from nature, my surroundings and the cyclical patterns of our planet."
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SOPHIE LAYTON
Read Interview"I primarily make monoprints, but enjoy learning new techniques to challenge and contrast the painterly nature of monoprinting."