John Smith

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Solo exhibition
Secession, Vienna

12 September – 23 November 2025

Biography

Born 1952, Walthamstow, London. Lives and works in London.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025

John Smith, Secession, Vienna
Being John Smith, CAST, Helston, Cornwall
Being John Smith, CONDO hosting Tanya Leighton, Berlin & Los Angeles
Kate MacGarry, London

2022

John Smith: Introspective (1972 – 2022), The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London
Waldeinsamkeit: Films from the 21st Century, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany

2020

S.O.S – Recent Films by John Smith, Kate MacGarry, London
John Smith Programme of Short Films, CAST, Cornwall

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

‘Art Basel’ (at Kate MacGarry), Basel
Off Season, Margate Visitor Information Centre, Margate

2024

We Saw an Endless Cycle, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah
Walk this way, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg
Seven Rooms and a Garden – Rashid Johnson and the Moderna Museet Collection, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
And All Our World is Dew, AGC Art Gallery, Athens
Drop It’, BCMA Gallery, Berlin
Das Erste Mal, Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover
But So It Goes, Closing Soon, Athens
Small World Cinema, Sculpture Center, New York
CONDO, Kate MacGarry, London

2023

Small World, 13th Taipei Biennial, Taipei City
Life is More Important than Art, Whitechapel Gallery, London

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