Hunter Smith's "Assume Form" on display in GI & GII Join us for an Artist Reception on Friday, November 6th 7:00-8:30 pm

Full House~Hunter Smith

Artist Statement//HUNTER SMITH

These compositions are an exploration of how our state of mind can augment our perceptions of self.  Our emotional disposition is deeply connected to bodily awareness and how we navigate and interpret physical space. 

I have always felt that moments of anxiety, stress or frustration have an immense physical presence on myself. Tension in my chest and jaw, apparent lack of oxygen in room, the subtle grinding of my back teeth.

The characteristics of these reactions inform the material composition and abstraction within the figures. By personifying these reactions, it has helped me explore the actual emotional weight these moments have to the summation of my own character.

Biography//Hunter D. Smith      

Hunter Smith is from Springbrook, North Dakota – a small enough town where just about everyone gets a shot at being the mayor.  Despite having moved for school and the sale of his childhood home - Smith has never stopped calling western North Dakota home.

Smith graduated from Williston State University with his Associates in humanities while also serving as a student ambassador during his program. Smith went on to Black Hills State University to earn a degree in fine arts and gallery management. Hunter recently completed his MFA in sculpture with an emphasis in foundry arts at the University of South Dakota. 

In his spare time Smith is a prolific cat rearer and semi-professional dancer.