Artist Statement

My painting goal is to order symbolic fragments into a state of pure painting. They are not concerned with a description of the seen world, rather they are involved with the mystery of the human experience. Our ambiguities and contradictions are isolated into a pictorial form that can be contemplated; a form where multiple meanings may be examined, where shifting states of consciousness are engaged. My oil paintings do not represent emotion. They transcend it.

Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Gallery, London
Post Museum, Berne, Switzerland
California Art Museum, Oakland
Otterbein College
Davenport Museum
Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
Musee de Quebec, Canada
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Pratt Art Institute
Amoco Corporation
Washington Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
University of Nevada, Reno
Springville Art Museum, Utah
Lake Forest College
Koener Foundation, Simon Fraser University
Mt Mercy College, Iowa
Brigham Young University
Monmouth College
Pocatello Public Library, Idaho
Western Illinois University Recital Hall
Walter Hopps
Jesse Robison
Bernd Marguart

Instruction Experience

Ohio State University
University of Texas
University of California, Berkeley
University of Idaho
Western Illinois University
University of Victoria, Canada
Simon Frazer University, Canada

Contact Information

Joel Smith
914 Sunset Drive,
Socorro, New Mexico 87801
Phone:505-835-2817
E-mail: joelsmith@sdc.org