Biography

Kathy Smith is an Australian artist who has been working with painting, animation, installation and sound since 1982.

After graduating from Visual Communication Design at Sydney College of the Arts in 1985, she studied and worked in Europe at the Dr Denise Hickey studio residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris and under the Dyason Bequest study grant at Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy; awarded by the Art Gallery of NSW, the Australia Council and The Sydney Morning Herald Traveling Art Prize.

Since 1984, Kathy's works have been screened internationally, including SIGGRAPH N-Space Art Gallery, Sundance Film Festival, New York Digital Salon, Hiroshima, Anima Mundi, and Ottawa International Animation Festivals.

Indefinable Moods Winner Best Animated Short USA Film Festival Indefinable Moods Winner Best Animated Film Convergence Art Festival Providence Rhode Island Indefinable Moods First Place Winner at the Computer Graphics International Digital Media Art Track Award City University of Hong Kong Indefinable Moods Silver Award at Prix Leonardo Italy Indefinable Moods First Place Winner in the Experimental Category Rhode Island Film Festival Production Grant from the Australian Film Commission for 'Indefinable Moods' Women's Technology Support Scheme Grant from Australian Film Commission Artist in residence at the Santa Monica Studio L.A. from the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council Bronze Award for 'Living on the Comet' Expo of Short Film & Video New York Desiderius Orban Art Award for painting & animation awarded by the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council The Sydney Morning Herald Traveling Art Scholarship for painting.
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