Angela Smith

Born in Liverpool in 1972 Angela spent her childhood exploring imaginative worlds of make-believe and books. Learning to read at the age of 3 years, books were like the wardrobe into Narnia, a doorway into other worlds which fed her imagination. She studied English Literature and Politics at university in Manchester and then moved to London to work in Investment Banking. It was in a local cafe in Kings Cross, listening to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, that she recalls suddenly knowing she wanted to be an artist. Angela went on to study painting at Wimbledon School of Art and since graduating has exhibited in solo and group shows in London and South East England.

Angela currently works and lives in South West London.


"Painting and drawing are central to my art practice and allow me to explore the space between fact and fiction. I'm interested in the possibilities of narrative and invoking atmosphere and emotion. My paintings often depict children but are rarely about the subjects, rather the universal theme of childhood - a complex layering of emotion, experience and imaginings. Books, films and photography often inform my work but the process of painting is what I feel most at ease with. I see making art as a form of story tel...

BA(Hons) Fine Art, Wimbledon School of Art, London, 2001 - 2004
HNC Fine Art, Kensington and Chelsea College, London 2001
Alternative Foundation in Fine Art, The Slade School of Art, UCL, 2000
BA(Hons)English with Politics, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1992 – 1995

Resurfacing, group exhibition, The Graham Hunter Gallery, July 2020
"The Alchemist's Garden" (curated), The Graham Hunter Gallery, London, March 2020
"Beyond the Line", The Wimbledon Group, The Graham Hunter Gallery, London, November 2019
"Shades of a City", Hillside Church Wimbledon, October 2019
"She", Art for Cure, Bankside Gallery, London. October 2019
The Shaw Gallery, Trinity School, Croydon, UK February 2019
The Affordable Art Fair NYC (Carina Haslam Fine Art), NYC, NY, September 2018
The Guildford Arts Group, Clyde & Co., Guildford, February - May 2018
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, October 2011
Art with a Heart, Hillside Church, Wimbledon, February 2010
Art for Youth, Mall Galleries, London, October 2008
Summer Exhibition, Clarion Gallery, London, August 2007
Flock, Group Exhibition, GX Gallery, London, August 2007
Child, Solo Exhibition, Clarion Gallery, London, March 2006
CHASE Contemporary Art Exhibition, Henry Moore Galleries, The Royal College of Art, London, November 2005
Three-Sixteen, Group Exhibition, Candid Arts Trust, London, April 2005
Take 04, Degree Show, Wimbledon School of Art, London, June 2004
Group Exhibition, Corporate Edge, London, June 2003
The Guildford Arts Group Exhi...