Emily Mae Smith
(Born) | 1979 in Austin, TX, USA |
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(Based) | Brooklyn, NY, USA |

Emily Mae Smith makes lively and humorous paintings that are full of allusions to art historical movements like Symbolism, Surrealism and Pop-art. Underneath this visual wit, Smith addresses timely and relevant topics like gender, sexuality, capitalism and violence, thereby making her paintings multi-layered. One of the recurring characters in her work is a broomstick figure that she started using because it allows her to paint a domestic tool associated with women’s labour, a painter’s brush and a phallus symbol at the same time. This figure continuously evolves throughout her oeuvre and takes on a broad variety of forms and guises.
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Images
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(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Technical Ecstasy (Year) 2023 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 20.3 x 25.4 cm
8 x 10 in
(Stock number) EMSm104 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Saint and Sinner Study (Year) 2022 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 25.4 x 20.3 cm
10 x 8 in(Stock number) EMSm105 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Heretic Lace (Year) 2022 (Institution) Petzel (Location) New York, USA; Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Heretic Lace (Year) 2022 (Institution) Petzel (Location) New York, USA; Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Heretic Lace (Year) 2022 (Institution) Petzel (Location) New York, USA; Courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Speculative Objects (Year) 2021 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Brush with Flame (Year) 2021 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 170.2 x 129.5 cm;
67 x 51 in(Stock number) EMSm098 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Speculative Objects (Year) 2021 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Sentient Sea (Year) 2021 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 170.2 x 129.5 cm;
67 x 51 in(Stock number) EMSm097 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Speculative Objects (Year) 2021 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) The Brush and The Flame (Year) 2021 (medium) watercolor and ink on paper (Dimensions) 10.2 x 15.2 cm;
(unframed) 4 x 6 in(Stock number) EMSm091 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Painter (Year) 2020 (medium) watercolor and ink on paper (Dimensions) 15.2 x 10.2 cm;
(unframed) 6 x 4 in(Stock number) EMSm078 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Speculative Objects (Year) 2021 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) The Studio (Speculative Objects) (Year) 2021 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 213.4 x 170.2 cm;
84 x 67 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Feast and Famine (Year) 2020 (Institution) SCAD Museum of Art (Location) Savannah, GA, USA; Courtesy © 2020 Savannah College of Art and Design -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Feast and Famine (Year) 2018 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Feast and Famine (Year) 2020 (Institution) SCAD Museum of Art (Location) Savannah, GA, USA; Courtesy © 2020 Savannah College of Art and Design -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Wake Tank (Year) 2017 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 129.5 x 170.2 cm;
51 x 67 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Big Sea of Tears (Year) 2019 (medium) Oil on Linen (Dimensions) 170.18 x 129.54 cm;
67 x 51 in(Edition) Courtesy © 2020 Savannah College of Art and Design -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Study of The Slippers (Year) 2020 (medium) Watercolor on paper (Dimensions) 35.6 x 27.9 cm (unframed) (Stock number) EMSm068 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) EX LIBRIS (Year) 2020 (Institution) Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia (Location) Fredonia, NY, USA; Courtesy Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) EX LIBRIS (Year) 2020 (Institution) Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia (Location) Fredonia, NY, USA; Courtesy Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Ginkgo Girl (Year) 2020 (medium) Watercolor on paper (Dimensions) 27.9 x 35.6 cm;
11 x 14 in(Stock number) EMSm072 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Badland Bonnie II (Year) 2020 (medium) Watercolor and ink on paper (Dimensions) 30.5 x 22.9 cm;
12 x 9 in(Stock number) EMSm069 -
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(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) The Slippers (Year) 2019 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 213.4 x 170.2 cm;
84 x 67 inch(Edition) Courtesy Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) MATRIX 181 (Year) 2019 (Institution) Wadsworth Atheneum (Location) Hartford, USA -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) MATRIX 181 (Year) 2019 (Institution) Wadsworth Atheneum (Location) Hartford, USA -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Emily Mae Smith (Year) 2018 (Institution) Le Consortium (Location) Dijon, France -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Emily Mae Smith (Year) 2018 (Institution) Le Consortium (Location) Dijon, France -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) A Name Unfamiliar, Underlined in Red, Henry + Smith, curated by Ugo Rondinone (Year) 2018 (Institution) 39 Great Jones (Location) New York, NY USA -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Patience on the Rocks (Year) 2017 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 121.9 x 94 cm;
48 x 37 in(Stock number) EMSm058 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) study for The Riddle (Year) 2017 (medium) watercolor, acrylic on paper (Dimensions) 35.6 x 27.9 cm;
14 x 11 in(Stock number) EMSm059 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Prehistory Pastoral (The Studio) (Year) 2016 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 137.2 x 116.8 cm;
54 x 46 in(Stock number) EMSm010 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Tesla Girls (Year) 2016 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Rogue Wave (Year) 2016 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 182.9 x 248.9 cm;
72 x 98 in(Stock number) EMSm007 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Tesla Girls (Year) 2016 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Minor Threat (Year) 2016 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 35.6 x 27.9 cm;
14 x 11 in(Stock number) EMSm004 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Madame X (Year) 2016 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 96.5 x 76.2 cm;
38 x 30 in(Stock number) EMSm006 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Slow Burn (Year) 2016 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 121.9 x 94 cm;
48 x 37 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Honest Espionage (Year) 2016 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 121.9 x 86.4 cm;
48 x 34 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) The Continental (Year) 2016 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 96.5 x 76.2 cm;
38 x 30 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Western Tale (Year) 2016 (medium) oil on linen (Dimensions) 35.56 x 27.94 cm;
14 x 11 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) King Leer (Year) 2015 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 96.5 x 76.2 cm;
38 x 30 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Broom study Psychologist (Year) 2015 (medium) Pencil on paper (Dimensions) 24.1 x 17.8 cm;
9 1/2 x 7 in(Stock number) EMSm039 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Unrealism, co-organized by Jeffrey Deitch and Larry Gagosian (Year) 2015 (Institution) The Moore Building (Location) Miami, FL USA -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Still Life (Year) 2015 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 121.9 x 94 cm;
48 x 37 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Exhibition) Unrealism, co-organized by Jeffrey Deitch and Larry Gagosian (Year) 2015 (Institution) The Moore Building (Location) Miami, FL USA -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Waiting Room (Year) 2015 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 121.9 x 94 cm;
48 x 37 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) The Mirror (Year) 2015 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 116.8 x 137.2 cm;
46 x 54 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Over the Shoulder (Year) 2015 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 96.5 x 76.2 cm;
38 x 30 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) The Psychologist (Year) 2015 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 121.9 x 94 cm;
48 x 37 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) In the Garden (The Studio) (Year) 2015 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 96.5 x 68.6 cm;
38 x 27 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) The Studio (Sleeping Teapot) (Year) 2014 (medium) Prepared ground, acrylic, oil on linen (Dimensions) 96.5 x 68.6 cm;
38 x 27 in(Stock number) EMSm001 -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) The Inspector (Year) 2014 (medium) Acrylic on linen, prepared ground (Dimensions) 35.6 x 27.9 cm;
14 x 11 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) Holes (Year) 2013 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 71.1 x 55.9 cm;
28 x 22 in -
(Artist) Emily Mae Smith (Title) RSVP (Sausage Party) (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on linen (Dimensions) 25.4 x 20.3 cm;
10 x 8 in