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Richard Smith

Richard Smith

was born in Letchworth, England in 1931. He studied at Luton School of Art, St. Albans School of Art, and the Royal College of Art. His one-man shows include: Green Gallery, New York, 1961; Richard Feigen Gallery, New York; Kasmin Gallery, London; Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan; Galerie Hans Meyer-Denise Rene, Krefeld.

He has had retrospectives at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, 1966 and at the Jewish Museum in New York, 1968. He was awarded the grand prize at the 1967 São Paulo Bienal, and was shown in the British pavilion at the XXXVth Venice Biennale.