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.

  • AMY CUSHING

    "Glass is a very independet substance, it has spirit and can be naughty!"

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  • BEN SLOW

    "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

    "As an artist I believe you have a role to respond quickly...it should make you feel something..."

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  • ERIC HAACHT

    "My paintings are all based around time, space, immediacy"

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  • FREA BUCKLER 2021

    "I thought of the whole process of each painting as a series of slow moves."

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  • FREA BUCKLER 2016

    "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

    "I learnt to screenprint really well, I got to the peak of something, then started undoing it."

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  • JAYSON LILLEY

    "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

    "Each motif that expands into my paintings is like a fraction of experience."

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  • KAREEM RIZK

    "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

    "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

    "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

    "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

    "If I know exactly how something's going to look, I'm not interested in making it."

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  • SARAH DUNCAN

    "I find inspiration from nature, my surroundings and the cyclical patterns of our planet."

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  • SOPHIE LAYTON

    "I primarily make monoprints, but enjoy learning new techniques to challenge and contrast the painterly nature of monoprinting."

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