Pete Smith is an artist and art writer who lives in Bowmanville, Ontario.
Smith has exhibited his work extensively since completing his BFA from
York University in 1998 and his MFA from the University of Guelph in 2007.
He has had numerous solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally
including Stein’s Law at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (2020),
NOANOA at St. Johnsbury Academy on Jeju Island in the Republic of
Korea (2018), Southern Pastoral at Mulherin Toronto (2017), Postscript at
the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa (2015), New Frontier at Kelowna
Art Gallery (2015), Initial Public Offering at Station Gallery in Whitby
(2013), New Drawings at Colorida Exposicoes in Lisbon, Portugal (2012)
and Proverbs for Paranoids at Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver (2010).
His work is included in numerous private and public collections in Canada
and abroad including TD Bank, The Colart Collection (Montreal), Imago
Mundi (Italy), The Robert McLaughlin Gallery and The Art Gallery or
Guelph. His writings on art have frequently appeared in Canadian Art and
Border Crossings magazines. He is represented by Renann Isaacs Contemporary Art.