SMITH John & MILLER Graeme

see also John SMITH

John Smith was born in London in 1952 and studied film at the Royal College of Art. Over the past three decades he has developed a body of work which deftly subverts the perceived boundaries between truth and fiction, representation and abstraction. Drawing on the raw material of everyday life, Smith's meticulously crafted films rework and transform reality, playfully exploring and exposing the power of cinematic language.
Smith's film, video and installation works have been shown in cinemas, art galleries and on television throughout the world. Recent exhibitions include one-person shows at Ikon Gallery (Birmingham), Kunstmuseum Magdeburg (Germany), Pearl Gallery (London), Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool) and retrospectives at the 2007 Venice Biennale and international film festivals in Oberhausen, Cork, Tampere, Uppsala, Glasgow, Regensburg and Winterthur. His films have been awarded major prizes at festivals in Leipzig, Oberhausen, Hamburg, Cork, Geneva, Palermo, Graz, Split, Lucca, Uppsala, Bangkok, Ann Arbor and Chicago.
John SMITH lives and works in London. He is Professor of Fine Art at the University of East London.