My creative output leaps and swings between idea(l)s of melancholic romance, human/artistic striving and exuberant optimism, translated into works alternating between works of time-consuming repetitive endeavour and light-hearted immediate gestures. I have steadily worked through artistic mediums over the four years since graduating from The Glasgow School of Art, developing a practice that pokes into painting, performance, video and text, yet is based upon sculpture and installation.

My recurring interests in physical/mental exploration and the performative aspect of making were recently realised in a 3-month collaborative project over summer 2008 with fellow Glasgow-based artist Alex Gross. This self-initiated project, funded by the Scottish Arts Council and the British Council, saw us take a 9000-mile road trip around the western United States, punctuated by three solo exhibitions on-route.

Essentially a 3-month performance, it was a literal exploration of human endeavour and failure, modernism and hippy culture, and a jovial examination of the role of the artist/individual in relation to humanities monumental hopes and ideals. The project was concluded in December 2008 with an exhibition at the Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, as a New Work Scotland Project award winner.

Since returning to my individual practice in January 2009 I have shown new work in two solo exhibitions in London, and a major solo exhibition in a 9500 square foot shop unit in Glasgow's Princes Square. This exhibition brought together a diverse range of work including giant woollen tie-dye patterned pom-pom sculptures, action painting and video, with an accompanying short story.

I am currently researching and producing new work for upcoming exhibitions in Copenhagen, Moscow and for Glasgow International 2010. This work, while still in development, has been marked by an interest in the death/void of meaning exemplified by abstract sculpture, the awkward relationship between the artistic gesture and it's art-historical context, and animal husbandry.

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Qualifications and training

• 2005 BA (hons) Fine Art - Sculpture / Environmental Art, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK

Solo exhibitions

• 2009 Reposition: Sandy Smith, Princes Square, Glasgow (curated by SWG3), Glasgow
• 2009 You are the one, Arcan Mellor, London
• 2009 Pure Love, Space-In-Between, London
• 2008 New Work Scotland: Smith/Gross, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2008 The object moved by its own success, CUAC, Utah, USA
• 2008 First Friday, Festival, Las Vegas, USA
• 2008 Blockbuster, Crawl Space, Seattle, USA
• 2007 Sapere Aude, SWG3, Glasgow, UK
• 2007 Me & You, Yellow at 1103, Glasgow, UK
• 2007 All the time I was making this I was thinking of you, Market Gallery, Glasgow, UK
• 2006 I thought it would be more personal, Koh-I-Noor, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2006 The world is becoming better, Glasgow Sculpture Studios Gallery, Glasgow, UK

Group exhibitions

• 2009 Way out is the Way Out, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2009 Glasgow People, Galleri Esplanaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2009 Friends, Colleagues, Comrades, Galleri Gl. Lejre, Roskilde, Denmark
• 2009 Die Die Die (members show), Transmission, Glasgow, UK
• 2008 The Garden Project, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK
• 2008 Wood Death Architecture, 59 West Princes St, Glasgow, UK
• 2008 The Local, Glasgow International - SWG3, Glasgow, UK
• 2008 Incredible Permanent Gains, Krets Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
• 2007 Get a room, Brunswick Hotel, Glasgow, UK
• 2007 Borders, Crossings and Settlements (Staff exhibition), Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
• 2007 Poststuckism is the new black, SWG3, Glasgow, UK
• 2007 Fjorten Talenter, Galleri Brantebjerg, Randers, Denmark
• 2007 SSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
• 2006 Koh-i-Noor stall, Alt_Cph Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2006 Huttel, Luttkin & Smith, Galleri Aegidius, Randers, Denmark
• 2006 Great Artspectations, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
• 2005 Monitor, Lot, Bristol, UK
• 2005 BraveArt 2005, Atlantis Gallery, London, UK

Degree shows

• 2005 Glasgow School of Art Degree show 2005, Glasgow School of Art

Residencies

• 2009 Reposition: Sandy Smith, Princes Square, Glasgow, UK
• 2008 Artist in residence, Birch Creek Residency Centre, Utah, USA
• 2007 Studio Project 9, Market Gallery, Glasgow, UK
• 2006 Artist in residence, National Workshops for the Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competitions, prizes and awards

• 2009 Visual Artists Grant Scheme Award, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, UK
• 2008 Creative & Professional Development Grant, Scottish Arts Council, UK
• 2008 New Work Scotland Award, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
• 2008 Travel Grant, British Council, UK
• 2007 Dewar Arts Award, Dewar Arts Awards, UK
• 2007 Visual Artists Grant Scheme Award, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, UK
• 2006 Visual Artist Grant, Danish Arts Council, Denmark
• 2006 Visual Artists Grant Scheme Award, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, UK
• 2005 Graduate Scholarship, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, UK

Personal website

• www.sandysmith.co.uk

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