Chris Smith

Chris Smith, AKA “subtexture”, is a Brooklyn-based artist and designer who works across a variety of visual media. He’s not a “street artist” in the traditional sense; rather, he makes art using objects found on the street. Road signs, rusted metal, and abandoned lumber all serve as ingredients.

• Influences include pop artists like Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. Cross-country road trips, roadside Americana, vintage car culture and pin-ups never fail to inspire him. Like these artists, a lot of his work is heavily rooted in his photography. From his countless road trips to his years exploring the streets of Brooklyn, Smith looks at the world around him and uses bits of it as source material for his art.

• A graduate of Pratt Institute, Chris has shown extensively in independent galleries, bars and other alternative spaces around his native Brooklyn. He uses his skills as a curator to support small business and local organizations.

• His 20 years of producing art shows in the Greenpoint area include many local organizations such as GoGreen Brooklyn, Greenpoint Gallery Night, Greenpoint Open Studios, Bushwick Open Studios and the Northside Alliance.

• Chris’ artworks have appeared on multiple television shows, i...

Pratt Institute '88
BFA Illustration

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston '92
Photography, lithography, offset printing

Center for Book Arts, New York
Letterpress printing, Japanese woodblock printing, popup books

SELECT SOLO SHOWS
2022 - Musicians, Brouwerij Lane, Brooklyn
2021 - Radiator Residency, Radiator Gallery, Queens, NY
2019 - Subtexture vs Self Indulgence, SAGE Brooklyn, NY
2018 - Artists in Action, South 4th Bar Brooklyn, NY
2016 - Mixed Works, Wayward Social, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - streetshadows POP! edition, Walkthrough Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - Fashion Fueled, Exhibit: a Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2016 - Reclaimed: Works on found surfaces, Brouwerij Lane, Brooklyn, NY
2014 - streetshadows installation, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Brooklyn NY
2014 - Roadwork on the Roof, Output, Brooklyn NY
2012 - Cars and Drivers, Brouwerij Lane, Brooklyn, NY
2011 - Drivers, The West, Brooklyn, NY
2011 - subtexture solo show, G-Spot, Brooklyn NY
2010 - Hotrods and Rumblers, Genuine Motorworks, Brooklyn, NY
2010 - Great Vintage, BOE Tasting Room, Brooklyn, NY
2010 - Roadwork Ahead, John Allan's, New York, NY
2008 - Streetshadows Gallery 3, Brooklyn, NY
2007 - Road Work Ahead, Panino Teca, Brooklyn, NY
2007 - Road Work Ahead, Brooklyn Ale House, Brooklyn

SELECT GROUP SHOWS
2012-24 - Calicornucopia - Small works show, Calico Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 - We paint as we dream, alone, SAGE, Brooklyn, NY
2021 - The Other Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Safeh...