John Smith

Fine Arts, Sydney, ‘The Girl Chewing Gum’, Sydney, Australia

Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, ‘John Smith: Dad’s Stick’, Magdeburg, Germany
Tanya Leighton Gallery, ‘The Man Girl Phoning Chewing Mum Gum’, Berlin, Germany
Alma Zevi Gallery, ‘John Smith: Films in Sheep’s Clothing’, Venice, Italy

Kate MacGarry, ‘John Smith’, London, United Kingdom
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, ‘John Smith: Hotel Diaries’, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
LOOK Gallery, ‘John Smith: The Girl Chewing Gum’, Budapest, Hungary
Tanya Leighton Gallery, ‘Sign Language’, Berlin, Germany

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, ‘John Smith: Is it True’, Leipzig, Germany
Vita Kuben, ‘Synchronicity: John Smith’, Umea, Sweden
Museum für Neue Kunst, ‘Frames: John Smith’, Freiburg, Germany
Haubrok Foundation, ‘Unlimited: John Smith – The Girl Chewing Gum’, Berlin, Germany
Suburban PS, ‘Dad’s Stick’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Gallery, Tyneside Cinema, ‘White Hole’, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

La Galerie, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, ‘Le Baiser’ / ‘The Kiss’, Paris, France
LULU, ‘The Black Tower’, Mexico City, Mexico
Ingleby Gallery, ‘The Girl Chewing Gum’, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sidney Cooper Gallery, ‘John Smith: A Survey of Works, 1975-2012’, Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom

Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporanea, ‘The Girl Chewing Gum’, Lisbon, Portugal
Figge von Rosen Gallery, ‘Associations’, Cologne, Germany
Tanya Leighton Gallery, ‘Object Lessons’, Berlin, Germany

Ferens Art Gallery, ‘The Black Tower’, Hull, United Kingdom
Turner Contemporary, ‘Horizon: Five Pounds a Belgian’, Margate, United Kingdom
Le Bal, ‘The Girl Chewing Gum’, Paris, France
Kestnergesellschaft, ‘Bildstörung’, Hannover, Germany
Tanya Leighton Gallery, ‘Slow Glass’, Berlin, Germany
Grand Hotel Atlantic, ‘Hotel Diaries’, Bremen, Germany
Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, ‘Worst Case Scenario’, Bremen, Germany

Uppsala Art Museum, ‘John Smith: Short Films’, Uppsala, Sweden
PEER Gallery, ‘unusual Red cardigan’, London, United Kingdom
Art | 42, ‘Art Feature: John Smith’, Basel, Switzerland
Walker Art Center, ‘The Girl Chewing Gum’, Minneapolis, United States
Pallas Projects, ‘The World Seems A Long Way Away’, Dublin, Ireland

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, ‘Lost Sound’, St. Louis, United States
Kunstbunker, ‘Accident’, Nuremberg, Germany
Kunstsaele Berlin, ‘The Offset, Aside, But’, Berlin, Germany
Tanya Leighton Gallery, ‘Flag Mountain / Black Tower’, Berlin, Germany
Gallery 210, ‘Worst Case Scenario’, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Royal College of Art Galleries, ‘John Smith: Solo Show’, London, United Kingdom
Sala Diaz Gallery, ‘I’m Lying, I Promise’, San Antonio, United States

Ikon Gallery, ‘John Smith: Selected Films and Videos’, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, ‘John Smith – London and Other Worlds’, Magdeburg, Germany

Open Eye Gallery, ‘Black and White Lies’, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Pearl Gallery, ‘John Smith’, London, United Kingdom

Yale Centre for British Art, ‘Migrating Worlds: the Art of the Moving Image in Britain’, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marlborough Gallery, ‘The Smiths’, London, United Kingdom
Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, ‘Face it! Im Selbstgespräch mit dem Anderen’, Ravensburg, Germany
The Fruitmarket Gallery, ‘The Annotated Reader’ (a project by Ryan Gander and Jonathan P Watts), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Palais de Tokyo, ‘City Prince/sses’, Paris, France
Walker Art Gallery, ‘As Seen on Screen: Art and Cinema’, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Drawing Room, ‘Drawing Biennial’, London, United Kingdom

Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Double Takes: Historic and Contemporary Film and Video’, Cleveland, United States
Kunstsaele Berlin, ‘Rebus 1843 – 2018’, Berlin, Germany

Festival of Moving Images, ‘Otras Luces’, Pamplona, Spain
Cork Street Galleries, ‘The Annotated Reader’ (a project by Ryan Gander and Jonathan P Watts), London, United Kingdom
Kunstverein SALTS, ‘Hunter of Worlds’, Birsfelden, Switzerland
CGP Gallery, ‘Marcia Farquhar – DIFFIKUΛT’, London, United Kingdom
Tanya Leighton Gallery, ‘Nothing Will Be As Before: Ten Years of Tanya Leighton’, Berlin, Germany
Bozar Arts Centre, ‘Somewhere in Between’, Brussels, Belgium
Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
Whitechapel Gallery, ‘Film London Jarman Award: A Journey Through the First Decade’, London, United Kingdom
Esker Foundation, ‘Kapwani Kiwanga: a wall is just a wall (and nothing more at all)’, Calgary, Canada
San Pedro de los Pinos, ‘Case Tomada’, Mexico City, Mexico
Turner Contemporary, ‘Journeys with The Waste Land’, Margate, United Kingdom

Kate MacGarry, ‘Fifteen’, London, United Kingdom
Imperial War Museum, ‘Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11’, London, United Kingdom
The New Art Gallery, ‘Legacies: JMW Turner and Contemporary Art Practice’, Walsall, United Kingdom
Bonniers Konsthall, ‘The Image of War’, Stockholm, Sweden
ARQUIPÉLAGO Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, ‘The Laughable Enigma of the Ordinary’, Azores, Portugal
Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, ‘Poetic and Political’, Gainesville, United States

7th Moscow Biennial for Contemporary Art, ‘The Opposing Shore’, CCI Fabric, Moscow, Russia
Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Sammlung Prinzhorn, ‘Who Are You? That’s You!’, Heidelberg, Germany
FOMU Museum of Photography, ‘The Still Point of the Turning World: Between Film and Photography’, Antwerp, Belgium
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, ‘After the Fact: Propaganda in the 21st Century’, Munich, Germany
Ferens Art Gallery, ‘Offshore: Artists Explore the Sea’, Hull, United Kingdom
Jousse Entreprise Gallery, ‘Make Truth Great Again’, Paris, France
West, ‘You Are Here’, The Hague, Netherlands
International Time Based Arts Festival ‘Strangelove’, Folkestone, United Kingdom
ROBERTA, ‘Tilting at Windmills’, Frankfurt, Germany
The Drawing Room, ‘Drawing Biennial’, London, United Kingdom
Grundy Art Gallery, ‘New and recent acquisitions from the Grundy Collection’, Blackpool, United Kingdom
‘Kunstler Messe Dresden’, Dresden, Germany
Schauspiel, ‘Capri by Night’, Cologne, Germany

Nanjing International Art Festival, Baijia Lake Museum, ‘Historicode: Scarcity and Supply’, Nanjing, China
The Tetley, ‘The Scientific Method’, Leeds, United Kingdom

Tramway, ‘The Big Picture Show: Performing for the Camera’, Glasgow, United Kingdom
The Foundling Museum, ‘Found’, London, United Kingdom
Metropolitan Arts Centre, ‘Double Act: Art and Comedy’, Belfast, United Kingdom
Tate Britain, ‘Shoot Shoot Shoot: The London Film-Makers’ Co-operative 1966-76’, London, United Kingdom
Millennium Court Arts Centre, ‘Why is it Always December?’, Portadown, United Kingdom
Wimbledon Space, ‘Accidental Encounters’, London, United Kingdom

TINTYPE Gallery, ‘Essex Road II’, London, United Kingdom

RCA Dyson Gallery, ‘Obsolescence – or the post-nostalgic use of journalistic imagery’, London, United Kingdom
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, ‘Welcome to the Jungle’, Berlin, Germany
Svarta Hålet, ‘Reading TV’, Stockholm, Sweden
‘KFest’ Music and Arts Festival, Killorglin, Ireland
Rodeo, ‘The Fall’, Istanbul, Turkey
SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art, ‘The Short Form’, Montreal, Canada
Galeria Baro, ‘Akakor’, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Attic, ‘Ground: Paul Housley and John Smith’, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Kate MacGarry Gallery, ‘Idiot Box’, London, United Kingdom
Display Gallery, ‘Sunday in the Park with Ed’, London, United Kingdom
Drawing Room, ‘Drawing Biennial’, London, United Kingdom
Perth International Arts Festival, Museum of Western Australia, ‘Theatres’, Perth, Australia
Berloni, ‘The Presence of Absence’, London, United Kingdom

Walden Affairs, ‘Love Among the Artists’ curated by Laure Prouvost, The Hague, Netherlands
Large Glass, ‘Indeterminacy’, London, United Kingdom
The Newbridge Project, ’37 Pieces of Flair’, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Berardo Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, ‘The Reluctant Narrator: A Survey of Narrative Practices Across Media’, Lisbon, Portugal
Neuberger Museum of Art, ‘Key Frames: Contemporary Artists’ Animations’, New York, United States

Modern Art, ‘Interior’, London, United Kingdom
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, ‘Black and White’, curated by Cornelia Parker, London, United Kingdom
Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, ‘The Surface of the World’, Manila, Philippines
Modern Art Oxford, ‘Test Run’, Oxford, United Kingdom
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, ‘Oh, My Complex: On Unease at Beholding the City’, Rijeka, Croatia
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Oh, My Complex: On Unease at Beholding the City’, Seoul, South Korea
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, ‘Invocable Reality’, Barcelona, Spain
Rotwand Gallery, ‘7 Raumthesen’, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, ‘Le Corbeau et le Renard: Revolt of Language with Marcel Broodthaers’, Basel, Switzerland
Gaudel de Stampa, ‘For as Long as You Like’, Paris, France
Kunstlerhaus, Halle fur Kunst & Medien, ‘Words as Doors: In Language, Art, Film’, Graz, Austria
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, ‘Real Emotions: Thinking in Film’, Berlin, Germany
Sculpture International Rotterdam, ‘Tribute to an Avenue’, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Aspen Art Museum, ‘Trapping Lions in the Scottish Highlands’, Colorado, United States
Tate Liverpool, ‘DLA Piper Series: Constellations’, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Bureau, ‘New Humans’, New York, United States
Kunsthall Oslo, ‘Sound Versus System’, Oslo, Norway
Ecole Speciale d’Architecture, ‘Detached Activists – Engaged Observers’, Paris, France
La Galerie, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Noisy-le-Sec, ‘Bonjour tristesse, désir, ennui, appétit, plaisir’, Noisy-le-Sec, France
Rhubaba, ‘It’s a Beautiful World’, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Museum of London Docklands, ‘Estuary’, London, United Kingdom
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, ‘Shortcuts and Digressions’, Norwich, United Kingdom
Corn Exchange, ‘Protest’, Newbury, United Kingdom
Hessel Museum of Art, ‘None the Wiser’, New York, United States
Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, ‘Six Memos for the Next …’, Bregenz, Austria
Dorothea Schlueter Gallery, ‘Großzügige Sachzuwendung’ (‘Generous Donation’), Hamburg, Germany
Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, ‘Tape-Salad: Record, Rewind, Play, Stop’, Bremen, Germany
Jonathan Viner Gallery, ‘The Glass Show’, London, United Kingdom
DEPO, ‘How to Tell a Story’, Istanbul, Turkey

RCA Galleries, ‘The Perfect Place to Grow: 175 Years of the Royal College of Art’, London, United Kingdom
Leeds Art Gallery, ‘Dawn Chorus: New acquisitions for the Arts Council Collection’, Leeds, United Kingdom

Espai, ‘Desire Lines’, Barcelona, Spain
Guyancourt Exhibition Hall, ‘Screen / Play’, Guyancourt, France
Furnished Space, ‘PVM2130’, London, United Kingdom
Frieze Art Fair, ‘Frieze Film’, London, United Kingdom
g39, ‘Chekhov’s Gun’, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Artspace, ‘Steinberg, Saul. The New Yorker. New York, 1945-2000’, Auckland, New Zealand
Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable, United Kingdom
IBID, ‘People on Sunday’, London, United Kingdom
Site Gallery and S1 Artspace, ‘A Peculiar Form of Fiction’, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Haus der Kunst, ‘Image Counter Image’, Munich, Germany
Württembergische Kunstverein, ‘Oh My Complex: On Unease at Beholding the City’, Stuttgart, Germany
Serralves Museum, ‘Locus Solus: Impressions of Raymond Roussel’, Porto, Portugal
AV Festival, ‘As Slow as Possible’, Sunderland, United Kingdom
Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech, Morocco
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ‘Descriptive Acts’, San Francisco, United States
Maison des Arts, ‘Time Capsule’, Malakoff, France
Para/Site Art Space, ‘Two Thousand Eleven’, Hong Kong SAR

Sheffield Institute of Arts, ‘Lightwriting’, Sheffield, United Kingdom
CIFO Art Space, ‘Frames and Documents: Conceptualist Practices. Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection’, Miami, United States
Israeli Center for Digital Art, ‘According to Foreign Sources’ Holon, Israel
Museo Reina Sofía, ‘Locus Solus: Impressions of Raymond Roussel’, Madrid, Spain
ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘The Global Contemporary: Art Worlds after 1989’, Karlsruhe, Germany
Tate Britain, ‘Has The Film Already Started ?’, London, United Kingdom

Pallas Projects, ‘Periodical Review’, Dublin, Ireland
Level One, ‘John Smith with John Berger, Black Audio Film Collective, Peter Watkins’, GB Agency, Paris, France
Art Exchange, ‘Margins: walking between worlds’, Colchester, United Kingdom
CoExist Galleries, ‘Dark’, Southend, United Kingdom
Tagesspiegelgebäude, ‘Backstage Riders’, Berlin, Germany
De Appel Arts Centre, ‘Genius without Talent’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Christopher Grimes Gallery, ‘Super 8’, Santa Monica, United States
Murray Guy Gallery, ‘A form is simply something which allows something else to be transported from one site to another’, New York, United States
Mattress Factory, ‘Neighbo(u)rhood’, Pittsburgh, United States
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, ‘The Talent Show’, Seattle, United States
The Drawing Room, ‘Drawing 2011’, London, United Kingdom
South London Gallery, ‘The Pedestrians’, London, United Kingdom
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, ‘Serious Games. War – Media – Art ‘ curated by Harun Farocki and Antje Ehman, Darmstadt, Germany
Schinkel Pavillion, ‘Animal Kingdom – there was an old lady who …’, Berlin, Germany
Espace 315, Centre Pompidou, ‘Un Nouveau Festival / Aether’, Paris, France
Transmission Gallery, ‘Elastic Frames’, Glasgow, United Kingdom

USF Contemporary Art Museum, ‘The Talent Show’, Tampa, United States
MoMA PS1, ‘The Talent Show’, New York, United States
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, ‘Atlas: Truths, Details, Intervals and the Afterlives of the Image’, Geneva, Switzerland
Banner Repeater, Hackney Downs Railway Station, ‘Lightwriting’, London, United Kingdom
Gallerie Art & Essai, ‘Alternatives to Memories’, Rennes, France
Kettle’s Yard, ‘AS SO CI ATIONS’, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Lithuanian National Gallery of Art, ‘A Million and One Days’ International Exhibition of Film & Video Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Window Gallery, Central St Martins School of Art, ‘Lightwriting’, London, United Kingdom
Kunsthall Oslo, ‘I Must Say That At First It Was Difficult Work’, Oslo, Norway
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, TBA Festival, Oregon, United States
6th Berlin Biennial, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Am Nuden Da, ‘Session 8 – Video’, London, United Kingdom
SE8 Gallery, ‘Mulberry Tree Press’, London, United Kingdom
Photo Month, ‘Nothing is in the Place’, Krakow, Poland
Walker Art Centre, ‘The Talent Show’, Minneapolis, United States
Siobhan Davies Dance Studios, ‘What if…’, London, United Kingdom
Kunsthalle Basel, ‘After Architects’, Basel, Switzerland
National Glass Centre, ‘Work Force’, Sunderland, United Kingdom
Wallspace Gallery, ‘A Very, Very Long Cat’, New York, United States
Arcade Gallery, ‘Associations’, London, United Kingdom

Temporary Gallery, ‘Der Schnitt durch die Oberfläche legt neue Oberflächen frei’, Cologne, Germany
Royal Academy, ‘Summer Exhibition’, London, United Kingdom
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, ‘Highlights from the KunstFilmBiennale, Cologne’, Berlin, Germany

Site Gallery, ‘Never let the truth get in the way of a good story’, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Pump House Gallery, ‘Smoke’, London, United Kingdom
Hotel MariaKapel, ‘Hotel MariaKapel, A Portrait by Katie Jane’, Hoorn, Netherlands
Tanya Leighton Gallery, ‘September Show’, Berlin, Germany