Background

George Smith is an artist living and working in Worcester, Massachusetts. Originally from Maine, he studied Illustration and Art History at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA. His work has appeared in Artists Magazine, online exhibitions, and in gallery spaces in Maine and Massachusetts. In addition to his personal art practice, George is an art educator at the Worcester Art Museum where he is the Studio Programs Coordinator in the learning and engagement department, and assists with teaching students of all ages.

Artist Statement

Exploration and home are at the foundation of my practice. My work reflects a love of being outdoors; the vast majority of my artworks are either inspired by simple iPhone photographs that took while walking around my community, or were painted from direct observation. Particularly, I am drawn to seemingly mundane locations in which natural and human-made light evoke feelings of effortless beauty and timelessness.

Exhibition History

- Arts Worcester, Monochrome, 2025

- Worcester Art Museum, Higgins Education Wing, Art in Dialogue, 2025

- Arts Worcester, Small Works, 2024

- Worcester Art Museum, Higgins Education Wing, Art of the Macabre, 2024

- Custom Art Framing / Gallery 9, 2024

- Exhibizone, Season Festival: Summer, 2024

- MassArt Illustration Department Senior Thesis Exhibition, 2024

- Boston Symphony Orchestra Handel and Haydn + MassArt: Project Bach Easter Oratorio, 2023

- MassArt Student Leadership Show, 2022

- MassArt Studio Foundation All School Show, 2021

- Zillman Art Museum, Spotlight Gallery, 2019

Publications

- Worcester Art Museum Studio Classes summer brochure, 2025

- Artists Magazine, 40th Anniversary Edition, "The Golden Spiral," 2024

Education

2020-2024

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

BFA 2024

Dual Major: Illustration, History of Art

Minor: Creative Writing

Academic honors (History of Art, Liberal Arts)

Departmental honors (Illustration)

2016-2020

Bangor High School, Bangor, ME

High school diploma

Visual and Performing Arts Academy

National Art Honor Society