Rita Smith C.V.

1974 – 1978  Camberwell School of Art (First Class Hons)

1978 – 1980 Slade School of Fine Art (Postgraduate H.D.F.A.)

1980 Boise Scholarship – travel to America

1989 Moved to Cornwall 

1993 Guinness Award – Best First-time exhibitor at Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

2002 Founding member Drawn to the Valley group of artists

2006 Moved to Plymouth

Solo Exhibitions 

 New Street Gallery, Plymouth (1990)

 Plymouth Arts Centre (1995)

 Saltram House, Devon (1999)

 Norwich Castle Museum – ‘Time for Tea’

 Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton

Townmill Gallery, Lyme Regis (2003)

 Artmill Gallery, Plymouth (2005 & 2006)

 Artmill on the Waterfront, Plymouth (2007)

Group Exhibitions 

Royal College of Art – London Group (1978, 1988)

 Air Gallery (1978)

 Whitechapel Gallery, London (1978)

 Royal Academy of Arts (1980, 1983, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003)

 Grundy Gallery, Blackpool (1987)

 Gallery 27, London (1996)

Mall Gallery, London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham (1995, 1997, 2000)

New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham (1999)

Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery (2003, 2004, 2005)

Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter (2001 – 2005)

Ropewalk Gallery, Lincolnshire (2004)

Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (2004)

Cube 3, University of Plymouth (2006, 2007)

Ariel Gallery, Totnes (2003, 2007)

Weir Quay Boatyard – ‘Watching the River Flow’ (2008)

University of Surrey, Guildford (1984)