Paper has always been a primary material in the work of Justine Smith. Her current work is concerned with the concept of money and how it touches almost every aspect of our lives. She is interested in money as a conduit of power and also in the value systems with which we surround it. On a physical level a banknote is just a piece of paper, but it is what a banknote actually represents that is central to Smith’s work. Through her collages, prints and sculptures she examines our relationship with money in a political, moral and social sense, whilst also exploiting the physical beauty of the notes.
She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums internationally. Recent commissions include two works to celebrate the 95th Birthday of Her Majesty the Queen for the Royal Mint. Notable collections include The British Museum, The Fitzwilliam Museum,The British Council, The British Library, The Bank of England, The Royal Mint Museum and the UK Government Art Collection along with many international corporations, financial institutions and private collections. She lives and works in London.
Solo Shows
2019
Notes From The Studio, 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, London MoneySmith, Paul Smith Willoughby House, Nottingham & Rue St Honore, Paris
2018
MoneySmith, Paul Smith, No 9 Albemarle Street, London
History in the Making, Brook Gallery, Devon
2017
Open Studio Moniker Art Fair, The Truman Brewery, London
2016
Open Studio Moniker Art Fair, The Truman Brewery, London
2015
A Matter of Belief, 15 Bateman Street, London
Currency & Cartography, 10 years of Making Maps, The Map House, London
Justine Smith Studio Pop Up – The Cornershop, Clerkenwell Green, London
2011
The Way of the Gun, Waterhouse & Dodd, London
Rise and Fall:Illusions and Delusions, Waterhouse & Dodd, New York, USA
2010
Rise and Fall: Illusions and Delusions, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, USA
A Bigger Bang, Chelsea Arts Club, London
2007
Empires of the Sum, The Air Gallery, London
2005
Purchasing Power, Ryder Street Gallery, London
2002
New Work, Charlotte Street Gallery, London
New Work, The Chapel Gallery, Plympton, Devon
2000
The Children of Dog, Charlotte Street gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Cultural Currency, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wisconsin, USA
The London Original Print Fair, Tag Fine Arts, London,
The Art on Paper Fair, Tag Fine Arts, New York
Enter Gallery Pop Up, Jubilee Place, Canary Wharf, London
The London Art Fair, Tag Fine Arts, BDC, London
2022
Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from The Riemer Collection, Bedford Gallery, California
Matisse and Contemporary Paper Artists, Rheged, Penrith
Plantae 2022, The Society of Botanical Artists, The Mall Galleries, London
Jubilee. Paul Smith NO 9 Albemarle Sytreet, London
The Other Art Fair, The Old Truman Brewery, London
Art on a Postcard Auction for International Women’s Day, The Bomb Factory, London
Cash on The Wall, Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank, Berlin
2021
The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London
2020
Art on A Postcard Auction for International Women’s Day . Allbright, London
The London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy online Edition, London
AAF Battersea TAG Fine Arts, London
2019
325 years, 325 Objects, The Bank of England Museum, London
Memento Mons. Cabinet of Curiosities. BAM, Museum of Fine Art Mons
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Royal Arsenal, London
Art,Objects & Curiosities, Paul Smith, No 9 Albemarle Street, London
Cash is King 2 – Money Talks, Saatchi Gallery, London
London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, The Royal Academy, London
Contemporary Cartography, ArtBABn2019, TAG Fine Arts, Bahrain
AAF Hampstead, Jamm Gallery, London
2018
The London Art Fair, BDC, TAG Fine Arts, London
Far From the Madding Crowd. The Auction Collective, Menier Gallery, London
The London Original Print Fair, The Royal Academy, London
Interior Review, Paul Smith, No9 Albemarle Street, London
2017
Art $ Currency: The Artistic Reinterpretation of Cash & Coins, LCD Gallery, Houston, USA
The Collective, The House of St Barnabas, London
Hot Tint, Foss Fine Art, London
The London Art Fair, BDC TAG Fine Arts, London
AAF New York, TAG Fine Arts, NYC
London Art Fair, BDC, TAG Fine Arts, London
London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy
AAF HK, TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2016
Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line. The British Library, London
The Christmas Show. Long & Ryle, London
The London Art Fair, BDC TAG Fine Arts, London
AAF New York, TAG Fine Arts, NYC
London Art Fair, BDC, TAG Fine Arts, London
London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy
AAF HK, TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2015
Triple X. Moniker Projects/Jealous Gallery, London
Ignis Fatuus, Mehtabell Projects, Lights of Soho, London
The Forest of Possibility, Abbey Walk Gallery, Grimsby
Group Show GX Gallery, London
2014
Show Me The Money: The Image of Finance, 1700 to the Present – Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy
Edition # 1, Al Fursiya, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
London Art Fair, BDC, TAG Fine Arts, London
ART 14, TAG Fine Arts, Olympia, London
AAF Battersea, TAG Fine Arts, London
AAF HK, TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong
London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Royal Academy, London2013
Edition #, Edge of Arabia Gallery, London
Strangest Dream, Brook St Gallery, Devon
AAF Singapore, TAG Fine Arts, Singapore
AAF Hong Kong, TAG Fine Arts, Hong Kong
AAF Battersea, TAG Fine Arts, London
Wonderworks, Cat St Gallery, Hong Kong
Thirty Pieces of Silver, Money and Art – Sammlung Haupt Collection, Berlin
Money, Money, Money, Kunstforum, Halle, Germany
The London Original Print Fair, RAC, London
The First Cut, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham
The First Cut, Sea City Museum, Southampton
Currency X-change, Hunt Gallery of Webster University, St Louis, USA
Moniker Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, The Old Truman Brewery, London
Art Party Conference, The Spa, Scarborough
Responsibility, Voegele Kultur Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland
The London Original Print Fair, RCA, London
Love Me Tender. Bellevue Arts Museum, WA, USA
The London Art Fair. BDC, Tag Fine Arts, London
2012
The Original Print Show, Waterhouse and Dodd, London
AAF Singapore, Singapore
Bubbles & Bankruptcy, The British Museum, London
Abu Dhabi Art,Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Multiplied Art Fair, Christies, London
The First Cut, Manchester City Gallery, Manchester
20/21 British Art Fair, RCA, John Iddon Fine Art, London
This is Britain, Opus Fine Art, Stow on the Wold
Scope Basel, Waterhouse & Dodd, Switzerland
The Golden Cage, KunstBuro, Berlin
’15’, Metropolis Art, Bournemouth
Grand Designs, The 02, Tag Fine Arts, London
The London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy, Tag Fine Art, London
The Art of Money, Pataka Museum of Arts & Cultures, New Zealand
Art Palm Beach, Waterhouse & Dodd, Palm Beach, USA
Art Wynwood, Waterhouse & Dodd, Miami, USA
The London Art Fair, BDC, Tag Fine Art, London
20/21 International Art Fair, RCA, John Iddon Fine Arts, London
2011
30 Pieces of Silver, Art & Money. Halle am Wasser, Berlin
The Art of Mapping, Tag Fine Art, The Air Gallery, London
Art Abu Dhabi, Waterhouse & Dodd, UAE
Scope Miami, Waterhouse & Dodd, USA
Art London, Royal Hospital, John Iddon Fine Arts, London
Art, Money and Dangerous Liaisons, Monnaie de Paris, Online
Buds, Blooms and Berries: Plaints in Science, Art and Culture, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA, USA
Bite, The Mall Galleries, London
Scope Basel Art Fair, Waterhouse & Dodd, Switzerland
The London Original Print Fair, Tag Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Art, London
AAF New York, Tag Fine Arts, NY
2010
Art Miami 2010, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami
Abu Dhabi Art, Waterhouse & Dodd, UAE
Cork Street Open Exhibition, The Gallery, Cork Street, London
Inaugral Exhibition, Metropolis Art, Bournemouth
The London Art Fair, CCA Galleries, London
20/21 International Art Fair, John Iddon Fine Art, London
2009
Cut & Fold – The Art of Paper, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester
Art London, John Iddon Fine Art, London
Scope Art Fair, Opus art Gallery, Miami
Cash Flow, White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg
Bridge Art Fair, Opus Gallery, New York
20/21 British Art Fair, John Iddon, London
Coriander Studio Prints, Innocent Fine Art, Bristol
2008
Kounter Kulture, Truman Brewery, London
It’s The Money, Stupid, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica
Coriander Studio Prints, Jill George Gallery, London
Scope Art Fair, Light Contemporary, London
Art London, John Iddon, London
20/21 British Art Fair, John Iddon, London
Whitespace Gallery, Totnes, Devon
2007
Wunderkammer, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
Art for Life, Christies, London
Art London, John Iddon, London
20/21 British Art Fair, John Iddon, London
Form, John Iddon, London
London Art Fair, CCA Galleries, London
Guitartown, 02 Centre, London
Coriander Studio Prints, Jill George Gallery, London
2006
Artists of Mass Distraction, Opus gallery, Newcastle
Master Printmakers, Royal Automobile Club, London
Eyestorm Gallery, London
Art for Life, Christies, London
Scope Art Fair, Light Contemporary, London
Art London, John Iddon, London
2005
Art Palm Beach, Russeck Gallery, USA
Art Miami, Russeck Gallery, USA
The ART Show, Menier Chocolate Factory, London
2004
The London Art fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Art Miami, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, USA
2003
Mystery Postcards for Macmillan Cancer, Tate Britain, London
Toronto Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Canada
20/21 British Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Art London, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Art Miami, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, USA
Art Palm Beach, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, USA
Art 2003, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2002
British Art Fair, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Art London, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Art 2002, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2000
Transformations, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
The Flower Show, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
Holy Cow – The Second Coming, Clapham Art Gallery, London
1999
Reclaimed (British Council exhibition, touring internationally until 2003), Townhouse Gallery,Cairo
Holy Cow, Clapham Art Gallery, London
Humans Being, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester
Residencies
June 2009 South Florida Arts Center
Selected Commissions
The Bank of England
The Royal Mint
Swatch X The Economist
Manchester City Gallery
Fairmont Princess Hamilton Hotel, Bermuda
Sugar Beach Hotel, St Lucia
Liberty London
The Conran Shop
One Aldwych Hotel ,London
De La Rue Currency International
The Portland Collection
Crosby Street Hotel, New York
Paul Smith
Tullett Prebon
Fundsmith
Verizon Communications
Selected Collections
The British Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum
The British Government Art Collection
The British Council
The British Library
The Bank of England
The Royal Mint Museum
Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures
Banque Internationale A Luxembourg
Black Rock Inc.
Freud Communications
Galila’s Collection
George Soros
The Jameel Collection
The Kamal Lazaar Collection
Lord Rothschild
One Aldwych Hotel, London
Sir Peter Blake
The Pigozzi Collection