Iver Smith

an interdisciplinary artist curious about possibilities of healing through the ephemeral states of light, colour, in-between spaces, and temporality.

Iver Smith is an uninvited settler residing on and between the stolen, unceded, traditional, ancestral, and occupied territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim speaking peoples. This includes the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, səlilwətaɬ, Stó:lō, sc̓əwaθən, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh peoples, respectively.

Smith investigates extraordinary forms of communication through obliteration—indirectly disclosing difficult personal experiences. As an interdisciplinary artist, they engage in oil pastel drawing, textiles, new media, performance, and installation among other media. Their practice is research-based, delving into archaeological records as often as theoretical physics. Smith is interested in connections between themself, the world around them, and the hidden spaces in between.

Medicine bag on cairn (details), 2024

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Group Exhibitions:

Taking up Space, James Black Gallery, 2024
Dream Safely, Audain Gallery SFU Galleries, 2023
Flower Moon, 611 Studios, 2023
Everyone Is Happening Always, Audain Gallery SFU Galleries, 2022

Education:

Fine Arts Diploma, Langara College, 2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Simon Fraser University, 2024

Academic Awards:

Bob Rennie Undergraduate Award in Visual Arts, 2023
Simon Fraser University

Dr. Tashakkor Undergraduate Award in Contemporary Arts, 2022
Simon Fraser University

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Shamemail, ongoing
Fortunate, 2023
The stars are projectors yeah, 2022
for iver forever ago, 2022
CRAZY HOT, 2020

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