March 8 – May 6, 2018
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami
Artist Reception Thursday, March 15, 2018
OBSCURA, an exhibition of work by Lionel Smit, explores how we are shaped – and placed – by our identity. Specifically, the paintings and sculptures included in this exhibition are representative of a group of people who are multiethnic and multicultural, and whose identity is constantly evolving.
On view for INFLUX 2017
Avenue Concept, Providence, RI
Lionel Smit’s Colossal Fragment is included in INFLUX’s programming of more than 20 works of art by local, national, and international artists–and include murals, sculptures, mosaics, and active/visual performances. The projects are concentrated in two locations: downtown Providence and the “Cultural Corridor” between Classical and Central High Schools.
On view July 22 – October 21, 2017
Helen Day Art Center
90 Pond Street, Stowe, VT
With significant support from the Stowe community, the outdoor sculpture exhibition Exposed celebrated it’s 26th year this summer 2017.
Building on a tradition of excellence, this exhibition featured internationally renowned sculptors Mark di Suvero and Lionel Smit, alongside New York artist Victoria Palermo, and regionally established artists Judith Wrend, Walter Horak, Christopher Curtis, Ted Ceraldi, Karen Petersen, Tom Douglas, Rodrigo Nava, Colin Moore. Mark di Suvero.
MORPHOUSJune 13 – April 30, 2017
Union Square, New York City
This latest work by Lionel Smit, MORPHOUS, is an exploration of hybrid identity and its ever-changing nature within South Africa’s social landscape. This particular piece evokes a question of time, of past and future, and the balance point at which his country finds itself as it embarks on the next chapter of a post-Apartheid and post-Nelson Mandela South Africa, a future South Africa. This “double-vision” is a foretelling, and an acknowledgement of what has already passed, a societal commentary without judgment.
Press Release (pdf)
ECHOJuly 30 – September 25, 2016
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams MA
CYNTHIA-REEVES presents new paintings, work on paper, and sculpture by South African artist Lionel Smit at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, the gallery’s venue on the MASS MoCA Museum campus. The featured work continues Smit’s ongoing exploration into figural work and double imagery. His monumental sculpture, MORPHOUS, currently on view in Union Square in New York City through April of next year, is a seminal expression of this inquiry.
Press Release (pdf), Exhibition Catalog (pdf)
IDENTITYMarch 19- April 16, 2016
The Barn @ 28 Main Street, Walpole, NH
Press Release (pdf), Exhibition Catalog (pdf)
ACCUMULATION OF DISORDERJanuary 10 – February 22, 2015
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams MA
CYNTHIA-REEVES opens the 2015 exhibition season with an international focus on cultural and socio-political issues through the work of Chilean photographer, Tomas Munita, and South African artist, Lionel Smit. Lionel Smit, whose work is extensively exhibited worldwide, continues to focus on the graceful and proud visage of the Malayan peoples of South Africa. Accumulation of Disorder is an installation comprised of forty busts cast in resin and fiberglass, each uniquely hand-painted, gathered in a circular formation. Collectively, they evoke a sense of quiet witnessing..
Press Release (pdf)