Painter
· Born in 1966
- South Africa
Ivan Smith
Ivan Smith
South Africa
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Residency Participant
- Works on commission
« I exist to create. »
Ivan Smith's reaction against unsustainable fast fashion, after a successful career as a fashion and textile designer, drove him to direct his creativity towards more enduring arts.
The South African painter works across disciplines, with an emphasis on mixed media painting and drawing. Since January 2020, Smith's workflow became increasingly digital, resulting in more conceptual work. His contemporary and figurative works play with pattern and design, as well as elaborate motifs, embedding mannequin-like subjects in an aesthetic "fabric of the world".
The South African painter works across disciplines, with an emphasis on mixed media painting and drawing. Since January 2020, Smith's workflow became increasingly digital, resulting in more conceptual work. His contemporary and figurative works play with pattern and design, as well as elaborate motifs, embedding mannequin-like subjects in an aesthetic "fabric of the world".
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Born
- 1966
- Mediums
- Painter
Vuleka Art Competition - Nominated- Cape Town, South Africa
Unframed / Art is Art Gallery - Cape Town, South Africa
Art Inspired / Welgemeent Manor - Cape Town, South Africa
Naked Faces / Alliance Francaise du Cap - Cape Town, South Africa
Urban Art / Rust en Vrede Gallery - Cape Town, South Africa
Vuleka art competition / ART B Gallery - Cape Town, South Africa
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