Ty Smith

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Ty Smith

Ty Smith is an American artist, art educator, and curator who lives and works in Birmingham. A native of Montgomery, he graduated from the University of Alabama, in 2001 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. While working on his undergraduate degree, Smith studied with Professor Alvin C. Sella. In 2006, Smith moved to Oklahoma where he received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Tulsa in 2009. In Tulsa, he studied with painter Mark Lewis, as well as artists Deborah Kahn and Stanley Lewis, during a summer program at the Chautauqua School of Art. Smith currently teaches as Adjunct Faculty for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Auburn University. Smith’s approach to the canvas is congruent with that of the Color Field and Minimalist art movements of the post-war painting era and his methodical process is loaded with tradition and experimentation. He has extensive exhibition experience and his work has appeared in museums and other venues throughout the U.S.

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