Education
Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cooper Union School of Art in 2011.
Smith graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cooper Union School of Art in 2011.
Forbes featured Smith twice in its 2013 and 2014 list of 30 under 30 in the category "Art & Style." The New York Times and Vogue Magazine both named him the art world Wunderkind. Artsy estimates in 2014 Smith generated a total of 3.7 million at auction that year. Smith is associated with other young painters such Oscar Murillo, and Jacob Kassay whose work has appreciated rapidly and are favored by collectors for investment-ready fare.
A work from Smith"s 2011 Cooper Union graduate show was resold in November 2013 for $389,000.
Making auction history. In February 2014, his work Two Sides of the Same Coin sold for £224,500 at a Sotheby"s, London auction.