Born in 1993, in Blacksburg, VA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Rosalie Smith is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily with found materials. She uses science fiction narratives of her own invention as part of the architecture that guides the forms she builds. Smith’s sculptures imagine a post-human world in which the 99% of us have devolved into growths upon piles of often tech related trash, after the 1% have jetted to Mars. She seeks to depict an unsexy singularity between humans and technology; i.e. microplastics magnified to macroplastics. Each sculpture reflects the present and future pervasiveness of waste collected within, and representational of, our landscape. With a whimsical, absurdist tilt, Smith’s sculptures are inspired by the notion of navigating ecological crises with assemblage gadgets and vehicles.

Smith has a BA in Studio Art from Smith College and an MFA in Sculpture from Hunter College. Her work has been shown internationally, notably including venues such as NADA Curated, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans), Universität der Künste, Berlin, Southeastern Louisiana University, and the Carroll Gallery of Tulane University. Her work has been written about in The New York Times, Art in America, Burnaway, Hyperallergic, and WhiteHot, among other publications. She has exhibited her work recently at MAMA projects, VSOProjects, Upstate Art Weekend, All Street Gallery, Pulse Projects, The Garner Arts Center and Spring Break, among others. She has forthcoming exhibitions at the Torrance Art Museum, Frisson Gallery, and Spielzeug. 

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