Smith (artist)

Born as Dorothée Smith in 1985 in Paris, France.[3][4] Smith has a degree in 2010 from the National School of Photography, Arles.[5][2] Smith has also studied at the Paris-Sorbonne University (2007), and the Aalto University (2009) in Helsinki.[4]

Smith was in an artist residency at Le Fresnoy (National Studio of Contemporary Arts) in Tourcoing, France, from 2010 to 2012.[5][4]

Smith's initial artistic medium was photography; later installations include a variety of media. His work, both plastic and theoretical, is now described as "indisciplinary".[5] Smith has engaged in collaborations with scientific and philosophical research teams and labs - such as the French National Centre for Scientific Research in 2012,[6] and the IRAP (Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie) in 2018.[7]

In the interactive installation "Cellulairement" (2012), a thermal capture device in the installation space was connected to an electronic chip implanted in Smith's body, allowing Smith to feel the presence of viewers.[5][8]

Many of Smith's works explore questions of gender and personal identity. The idea of transition is a central element of his artistic practice.[5] French photographer and photography specialist Arnaud Claass wrote about Smith's work, in the preface of Smith's first monographic book: "There is no mystery; SMITH's approach to the visible, at once luminarist and dark, is valid as an image of the uncertainty of sexual roles. Questions of gender, a current in philosophy over the last twenty years or more, occupy an important place in the intellectual development of [Smith's] oeuvre."[9]

His most recent projects are "Spectrographies" (2014), "TRAUM" (2015–18), "Saturnium" (2017) and "Desideration" (2019). They were presented during cinema festivals in Europe, at the Centre Pompidou and Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (Paris), at the CND (Pantin), at the Dance Museum (Rennes) and at the CCN-ICI (Montpellier).

SMITH's visual works were exhibited as solo shows at the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie (Arles), at the Filles du Calvaire gallery and Palais de Tokyo (Paris), at the Photographic Museum of Helsinki (Finland), as well as several countries in Europe (Sweden, Luxembourg, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland), Asia (China, Cambodia, South Korea) and Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Uruguay).

His first book, "Löyly" (Filigranes) was published in 2013, followed by "Saturnium" (Actes Sud) in 2017, a long-length interview by art historian Christine Ollier in 2017, "Juste entre nous" (André Frère), the opera booklet "Astroblème" (Filigranes), and the traval-photobook "Valparaiso" (André Frère).

• Dorothée Smith (préf. Arnaud Claass), Löyly & Sub Limis, Le Château d’Eau, 26 January 2011 (ISBN 978-29-19398-03-4)
• Dorothée Smith et Dominique Baqué, Löyly, Filigranes, 14 November 2013, 192 p. (ISBN 978-23-50462-96-7)
• SMITH, Antonin Tri Hoang, Jean-Philippe Uzan, Claire Moulène et Alain Fleischer, Saturnium - Conte musical et photographique, Musicales Actes Sud, 6 September 2017, 68 p. (ISBN 3149028113723)
• Christine Ollier, SMITH, André Frère Éditions, 10 November 2017, 128 p. (ISBN 979-10-92265-64-4)
• SMITH, Astroblème, Coffret "1+2 L'origine manquante", Filigranes (ISBN 978-2-35046-457-2)

• 2008–2009: galerie AnnexOne,[10][11] galerie Dask,[12] Copenhague
• 2009: Nuit Blanche, Chapelle de la maternité Sainte Croix, Metz,[13] avec une performance de Sir Alice
• 2011–2015: Löyly, 4th festival Photo Phnom Penh, Institut Français du Cambodge (commissariat de Christian Caujolle[14]); Encontros da Imagem,[15] Brago, Portugal; Festival Photofolies,[16] Rodez; The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finlande[17]
• 2011: Sub Limis, galerie du Château d'eau de Toulouse, Toulouse[18]
• 2012–2013: "Hear us marching up slowly", Rencontres d'Arles;[19] Photospring Festival of Caochangdi, Chine (commissaire : Didier de Faÿs)[20]
• 2015: Entre deux fantômes, Pavillon Vendôme, Clichy[21]
• 2016: Давайте Мечтать, galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Paris[22]
• 2017: TRAUM, Patricia Conde Galeria, Mexico, Mexique;[23] Institut Chorégraphique International, Montpellier[24] (commissaire : Christian Rizzo)
• 2018: Spectrographies, San José foto Festival, Uruguay[25]

• 2009 Löyly, series of photographs
• 2010 Sub Limis, series of photographs
• 2011 C19H28O2 (Agnès), video installation[26]
• 2012 Spectrographies, interactive installation[27]
• 2015 TRAUM, transdisciplinary project (danse, cinema, sculpture, photography, performance)
• 2017 Saturnium, series of photographs

• Official website