2011 Awardee: Sandy Smith
I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the trustees .... I can continue this fantastic opportunity for creative growth and professional advancement that I worked so hard to open up.
Biography
Dunbar-born Sandy Smith graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2005 with a first class degree in sculpture. While still an undergraduate he shone as an exceptionally gifted artist, dedicated, highly motivated and innovative. Sandy is considered to be one of the most exciting, intelligent and committed contemporary artists to emerge through the Glasgow art scene in the last ten years.
After graduation, he spent the next five years participating in over 40 exhibitions across Europe and the USA exploring ideals of melancholic romance, human/artistic striving and exuberant optimism. He has developed a respected profile as one of the important and influential artists of his generation. In 2007 he won a Dewar Arts Award to help fund a solo exhibition in Glasgow.
Sandy is currently a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University where he is pursuing an MFA in Visual Art. Since moving to New York he has worked with the language of attainment to test the veracity of the positive claims of contemporary art and personal development. For further information about Sandy’s work, see www.sandysmith.co.uk.
How the Award Helped
The Dewar Arts Award will enable him to complete his two-year MFA degree.
I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the trustees .... I can continue this fantastic opportunity for creative growth and professional advancement that I worked so hard to open up.