An Accidental Journey Into Fine Art and Conceptual Photography
An Accidental Journey Into Fine Art and Conceptual Photography
Heather Evans Smith
Join Heather as she discusses her accidental journey into fine art and conceptual photography. She will also discuss how she turned to her own life and family to find endless inspiration sharing her creative process along the way.
Heather Evans Smith is a photo-based artist whose work reflects her southern roots, motherhood, womanhood and a whimsical imagination she relied on as an only child in a rural town. Her photographic imagery explores the ideas of memory, loss and family in conceptual settings. Smith’s work has been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions at venues including the Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock, England, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, NC and Leica Galerie Milano in Milan, Italy. She is a Critical Mass 2014, 2018 and 2021 Top 50 recipient as well as a 2022 Silver List artist. Smith is also a CENTER 2022 Me & Eve grant recipient. Her first monograph, Seen Not Heard, was published by Flash Powder Projects in 2016 followed by two self-published monographs, Alterations and Blue. She resides with her family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
