MARGARET-ANNE SMITH

A B O U T

Margaret-Anne Smith is a visual artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Solo and group exhibits include the Irvine Fine Arts Center, Coburn School of Music and HBO Gallery. Smith is a founding member of StudioEleven, sat on the Curatorial Committee for the Curators Lab at FOCA for four years and is a MacDowell Fellow. Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Smith worked as a film editor before focusing on visual art and studying with Tom Wudl.

Solo and Paired Exhibitions
2014 StudioEleven Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 HBO Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Group Exhibitions 2025 Harmonies and Dissonance: StudioEleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2024 All Media 2024, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2024 Connections: StudioEleven Artists at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Cultivation: StudioEleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Hobson's Choice, Torrance Art Museum Online, Torrance, CA
2020 Antidote to Noise, Castelli Art Space, Culver City, CA
2019 Variations: StudioEleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2018 StudioEleven at Work, SMC Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2017 StudioEleven at the Neutra, Neutra Museum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 StudioEleven at the Ebell, Wilshire Ebell, Los Angeles, CA
2015 StudioEleven Coda at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Art Share, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Small Wonders II, Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA

Residencies and Grants
2024 MacDowell Fellow, Peterborough, NH
2024 Center for Cultural Innovation Grant, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography 
2020 Peter Frank: Discourse on Margaret-Anne Smith for the exhibition Antidote to Noise
2023 VoyageLA, Interview, Los Angeles, CA

Curatorial Projects                                                                                  
2025 Harmonies and Dissonance: StudioEleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA. Co-curator.
2023 Geometrics, Expressions, Impressions:  Studio Eleven Artists at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA.  Co-curator. 
2022 Cultivation: Studio Eleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA.  Co-curator.  

Community Engagement 
2014 – Present - Founding member of StudioEleven, an artist’s co-op, Los Angeles, CA 
2020 – 2023 FOCA Curatorial Committee for the Curators Lab, Los Angeles, CA