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Acrylic on Canvas
60x48in
$5,740
49 Artworks
Untitled - Man of Color Series
Acrylic on Canvas
24x18in
$1,040
Harold Smith
United States
Credentials
- Established Artist
- International Exposure
- Works on commission
« My art is my personal weapon in the battle against all forms of oppression in the world. »
Harold Smith is an influential multidisciplinary artist, educator, and cultural critic based in Kansas City. Through painting, filmmaking, and writing, he documents the complexities of the Black experience, jazz history, and racial identity.
Holding degrees from Kansas City Kansas Community College, Union College, and Webster University, Smith dedicated 36 years to teaching computer science and art in urban communities.
As a visual artist, his exhibition record includes prominent solo shows at the Mulvane Museum of Art, Studios Inc, and the Nerman Museum, alongside international showcases in France. He passionately uses art for activism, ensuring his work remains accessible to underserved local communities.
A prolific contributor to KC Studio magazine and an accomplished documentary filmmaker, Smith’s cultural impact has earned him the 2022 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, and a 2022 MacDowell Fellowship.
Holding degrees from Kansas City Kansas Community College, Union College, and Webster University, Smith dedicated 36 years to teaching computer science and art in urban communities.
As a visual artist, his exhibition record includes prominent solo shows at the Mulvane Museum of Art, Studios Inc, and the Nerman Museum, alongside international showcases in France. He passionately uses art for activism, ensuring his work remains accessible to underserved local communities.
A prolific contributor to KC Studio magazine and an accomplished documentary filmmaker, Smith’s cultural impact has earned him the 2022 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award, a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, and a 2022 MacDowell Fellowship.
- Nationality
- United States
- Born
- 1962
- Mediums
- Painter, Sculptor
Joan Mitchell Fellowship - Nominated- New Orleans, United States
Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Award- Kansas City, United States
Pollock-Krasner Foundation- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant- New York, United States
Purpose / Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Opie Gallery - Kansas City, United States
Can You See Me / Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art - Overland Park, KS, United States
Louisiana Tricentennial Exhibition / Stella Jones Gallery - New Orleans, LA, United States
Vernissage de «Portraits» de / Le Moulin du logis - Angeloume, France
Convergence, Jazz and the Visual Arts / (Travelling) University of Maryland, Bates College, American Jazz Museum - Various, United States
Colors of Jazz / American Jazz Museum - Kansas City, United States
Julie Denesha- A Kansas City, Kansas, artist recreates iconic paintings with people from his neighborhood
Canvas Rebel- Meet Harold D Smith Jr
Elisabeth Kirsch- Kansas City Artist Harold Smith is Racking Up the Recognition, Including a Prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Alice Thorson- Harold Smith: Art As a Platform for Activism / KC Studio
Francoise Digel- Le blues aux couleurs de la vie / Angouleme Sudquest,
Marco Maimeri- Harold Smith la sacra fiamma del jazz / JazzColors
Alice Thorson- Music, Life, History Meld in Art / KC Star
Escape to Create - Seaside, Florida, United States
Art Omi Residency - Ghent, New York, United States
MacDowell Fellowship - Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States
Black Space Black Art - Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Mulvane Museum of Art, United States
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, United States
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, United States
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, United States
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