Craig Smith

Craig is an independent scholar, artist and filmmaker who draws inspiration from the Irish landscape, themes of identity, and urban subcultures.

Craig uses a range of techniques within his paintings to layer colour and texture. His work is at times energetic with a notable expressive use of paint on canvas, and at other times methodical and measured. His paintings often exhibit washes of paint combined with palette knife layering and mark-making scores in the paint that resemble handwriting.

His experimental film work focuses on abstract moments in time, the human body, and semi-fictional narratives that present an alternative vision of the world.

Graduated from University of Ulster, Belfast art college with 1:1 first class honours in 1996.

MA in Film Studies from Queens University Belfast, Northern ireland 2010

PhD in Film studies from Queens University Belfast, Northern ireland 2013

'Harajuku Jam'
PS2 Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
26 October - 13 November 2007
The exhibition explores themes of identity and environment, within the Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan
http://www.pssquared.org/harajukujam.php

'EmergeandSee'
Stattbad Wedding, Berlin
18-20 June 2010
Nominated finalist in experimental film category.