CV

Morag B Smith
Born, Edinburgh

Education: BA Fine Art (Hons) 2.1
                    Moray School of Art UHI


W:                moragsmith.scot
I:                  moragsmith_artist

Selected Exhibitions:

2023             Somewhere & Anywhere, The Steadings Gallery, Balmacara

2023             VAS West, The Briggait, Glasgow

2022             Cianalas, Circus Graduate Programme, Inverness Creative Academy

2020             Landscape of Place (online), An Tallas Solais, Ullapool

2019            LINKS, Nairn Book and Arts Festival

2019            Works in Progress, Links Studios, Nairn

2018            Moray School of Art Degree Show, Elgin

2018            Elements of Place, Orchard Road Studios, Forres

2017            Lonely Arts Club Members Exhibition, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery

2016            New Highland Contemporary 3, Nairn Book and Arts Festival

2016            WASPS Links Studio Exhibition & Open Studios, Nairn

2016            Beautiful World: An Artists Response to the Environment, Moray School of Art, Elgin

2015            FOUND, Moray School of Arts, Elgin

2014            Here we are at Home, Pop up Scotland, Edinburgh

Public Commissions

2020            Discover Moray’s Great Places

Events & Talks

2020            Online Artist Talk, Circus Artspace, (En)countering Crisis + Re:making Futures
2020            Online Artist Talk, Culture Café, Discover Moray’s Great Places
2020            Online Lunchtime Talk, Deveron Arts – The Illicit Stiller

Awards:

2023             Creative Scotland – Open Fund

2022             tsiMoray, Community Priorities

2021             Visual Art & Craft Makers Award

2020             The Adriana Sjan Bijman Artist Support Fund

2018            Shortlisted for Visual Arts Scotland’s Graduate Showcase

2016            Highland Fine Arts & Decorative Society Prize

Socially Engaged Practice

2023             A Creative Approach to Climate Change

2022             Climate Change & Women

2022             tsiMoray, Visioning Carbon Neutral Futures for Moray, Elgin Youth Cafe 

2020             Our Place, Our Community, Workers Educational Association, Art & Writing course, online

2019            Study of Plant Structure & Form, Scottish Artists Union, Inverewe Residential

2019            Nairn Out loud, Workers Educational Association, Workshop, Nairn

2019            Landscape – Inner and Outer, Workers Educational Association, Art & Writing Residential Weekend, Eigg

2019            Women in the Highlands Conference, Workers Educational Association, Inverness

2019            Identity, Workers Educational Association, Residential Weekend, Latheron

2019            Identity and Inspiration, Workers Educational Association, Workshop, Nairn     

2018             Highland Women Make Your Mark, Workers Educational Association, Workshop, Nairn & Aviemore

2018            Women in the Highlands Conference, Workers Educational Association, Inverness

2017            Identity – A Making Workshop, Nairn Book and Arts Festival

Other:

  • Studio Holder, Links WASPS, Nairn
  • Member Highland Print Studio, Inverness
  • Visual Arts Scotland, Associate Membership
  • Scottish Artists Union, Member
  • Circus Graduate Associate