Michael Bell-Smith

Michael Bell-Smith (born 1978 in East Corinth, Maine) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Bell-Smith's work utilizes digital forms to explore the use of popular technologies in contemporary visual culture.

Biography

Bell-Smith received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Semiotics from Brown University in 2001. His work has been exhibited internationally, including The New Museum, New York; Foxy Production, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia; LISTE, Basel, Switzerland; Galeri F15, Moss, Norway; Threshold Artspace, Perth, Scotland; The Museum of Fine Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland; Vilma Gold, London; BankART, Yokohama, Japan; Glassbox, Paris; PROJEKT 0047, Berlin; and Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. Bell-Smith was an Eyebeam resident in 2002.[1][2]

Bell-Smith’s work is held in the collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; as well as numerous private collections in North America, Asia and Europe. In 2001 he was awarded the William and Alethe Weston Fine Arts Award in Media Production. He is represented by Foxy Production in New York.

Selected bibliography
  • 2018 – 99 Cents or Less. New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and Karma, 2018.
  • 2017 – Bell-Smith, Michael. Interview with Heather Jones. Kunsthall Stavanger, 11 December 2017.
  • 2016 – Krug, Simon. “Fade in: Int Art Gallery Day.” The Brooklyn Rail, 3 May 2016: 71.
  • 2016 – Polacek, Jeremy. “From Silver Screen to Boob Tube, Mass Media Art Goes to the White Cube.” Hyperallergic, 13 May 2016.
  • 2016 – Davis, Jeff. “Foundations of Design”. Arizona: Tempe Digital LLC, 2016: 14-15.
  • 2015 – Cornell, Lauren and Ed Halter, eds. Mass Effect: Art and the Internet in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge and New York: MIT Press and the New Museum, 2015.
  • 2015 – Bühler, Melanie ed. No Internet, No Art. A Lunch Bytes Anthology. New York: Onomatopee, 2015.
  • 2015 – McLean-Ferris, Laura. "Michael Bell-Smith." Artforum, January 2015: 216.
  • 2014 – Jones, Rhett. "Duck Motherfucker! Misinformation, Conspiracy in Net-Inspired Art." Animal, 23 October 2014.
  • 2014 – Ralske, Kurt. "Happy Hunting: Michael Bell-Smith at Foxy Production." artcritical, 14 November 2014.
  • 2014 – Heinrich, Will. "Michael Bell-Smith.” Artforum, 11 November 2014.
  • 2013 – Valdez, Sarah. "Michael Bell-Smith." Art in America, January 2013: 104.
  • 2013 – Fuller, Daniel. "Between Frontiers." Michael Bell-Smith. Portland, ME: Institute of Contemporary Art, MICA, 2013: 12-17.
  • 2012 – Droitcour, Brian. “Michael Bell-Smith.” Artforum, 28 September 2012.
  • 2012 – Heinrich, Will. “Sea Spume. Magic Hands and Miniature Worlds.” The New York Observer, 8 October 2012: B9.
  • 2012 – Schroeder, Nicholas. “Cultural Feedback Mixes at the ICA at MECA.” The Portland Phoenix, 1 February 2012.
  • 2011 – A.B. ”Knocking heads together.” The Economist, 24 June 2011.
  • 2011 – Samadzadeh, Nozlee. "Seven Artists, Seven Technologists, 24 Hours." Artlog, May 20, 2011.
  • 2011 – Archey, Karen. "Michael Bell-Smithʼs ʻArt Tape: Live With / Think Aboutʼ." Artinfo, 23 April 2011.
  • 2011 – Johnson, Paddy. “What To Do With Art: Live With / Think About.” Art Fag City, 5 April 2011.
  • 2009 – Spampinato, Francesco. "N.Y.F.C.: New York Fucking City", Flash Art, August–September 2009: 86-89.
  • 2008 – Hight, Elena. "Filming Fantasy: 'The Cinema Effect' at Hirshhorn." The Georgetown Independent, April 2008.
  • 2008 – Gordon, Kelly. 'Michael Bell-Smith' The Cinema Effect, Publication Hirshhorn Museum, Feb-May 2008.
  • 2008 – Zamudio, Raul. "Michael Bell-Smith". Flash Art, March–April 2008.
  • 2008 – Gopnik, Blake. "Moving Pictures at the Hirshhorn, 'Dreams' Melds Cinema and Psyche To Hypnotic Effect." The Washington Post, Feb. 2008.
  • 2008 – Davis, Ben. "Commerce and Consciousness." Artnet.com, Magazine 11 January 2008., 11 January 2008.
  • 2008 – Parker, Graham. "Michael Bell-Smith." Time Out New York, 1–7 June 2006: 76.
  • 2006 – Smith, Roberta. "Michael Bell-Smith." The New York Times, 19 May 2006: E9.
  • 2006 – Cornell, Lauren. “Net Results, Closing the Gap Between Art and Life Online.” Time Out New York, 9–15 February 2006: 69.
  • 2006 – Caravanos, Adelle. "Artists of the World, Log On!" Science and the City, 20 February 2006.

References
  1. "Michael Bell-Smith | eyebeam.org". eyebeam.org. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
  2. "Purchase College Magazine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
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