Penelope Jane Smith

BORN IN SRI LANKA- EDUCATED IN INDIA AND THEN UK- ATTENDED THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART -LONDON- MY LIFE IN INDIA HAS HAD A GREAT AMOUNT OF INFLUENCE IN MY USE OF COLOR AND SUBJECTS- AFTER CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART- DESIGNED SEVERAL SETS BEFORE TRAINING FOR THE FILM INDUSTRY- MY FIRST JOB WAS TO WORK FOR THE LATE KEN RUSSELL AND TONY PALMER- I THEN WORKED IN THE FILM INDUSTRY FOR 28 YEARS UNTILL 2017 WHEN I DECIDED TO RETURN TO MY ART WORK

ATTENDED SCHOOL IN KOLKATA AND UK -THEN CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ART- LONDON- THEN WORKED AS DESIGNER ON FILMS AND TV

2017 -2 MAJOR EXHIBITIONS ONE IN MAY AT THE OVER-SEAS LEAGUE - GREEN PARK CENTRAL LONDON WI AND THE SECOND IN MAYFAIR AT THE NEHRU CENTRE THE INDIAN HIGH COMMISSION - IN 2019 THERE WERE 2 EXHIBITIONS AT THE CHELSEA TOWN HALL-ONE WILL BE THE UNTITLED CHELSEA ART FAIR AND THEN PARALLAX ART FAIR. END OF JUNE - EARLY JULY THERE WILL BE AN ONLINE EXHIBITION 2020 THE TITLE " CAOS " 60 ARTISTS WILL BE SHOWING THEIR WORK - MY WORK WILL WILL BE SHOWN ON www.pennysmithartist.com - I THEN HAVE AN EXHIBITION AT THE GREEN AND STONE GALLERY FULHAM- LONDON 31ST OCT 2020 FOR 2 DAYS