ARTIST STATEMENT
Hi! I love to create new things. That I am able to do that as a living is one of the best things in my life
Star Smart is an award-winning contemporary artist, published author, and lifelong activist. She received her degree in Fine Art in Ohio, USA, and continues to pursue studies related to her field.
It does not please Smart to recreate what has already been created; she seeks instead to materialize her imagination. She states, “The purpose of my art is to reconnect me to my experiential roots and set them free in the work.” All of her material is recycled, so she is never the first to touch it—each element has passed through many hands before she gathers it as new media and constructs it into her art. Smart explains, “I think this is why those who gaze thoughtfully into the pieces comment that they want to touch or even taste them— they are reaching back to those who came before. We are sharing an experience, a history.” She continues, “My work explores how much my material can take before it becomes nothing—whether by recycling, fire, or simply melting away.” Her art is rooted in experience and imagination, leading her to develop new techniques to give life to her creations. Each piece is inspired by a personal experience.
I am drawn to flowers, mushrooms, molds, fungi, all the things that creep and crawl through the forest I began to imagine my own space where my imagined artworks could grow. The Heteromorphic Forest
Her practice draws upon abstraction, minimalism, Dadaism, the concept of ikigai, anti-consumerism, a storied life, and a dedication to legacy.
Smart’s work has been curated into over 100 exhibitions, including 22 museums in the last 10 years across five continents and numerous countries. Highlights include Miami Art Week, Yoko Ono’s Arising, and the Florence Biennale. Her art has received several awards, including the Robert Rauschenberg Grant. Additionally, her work has been published in many fine publications and lives lovingly in the homes of patrons across the world.
Hi! I love to create new things. That I am able to do that as a living is one of the best things in my life
Star Smart is an award-winning contemporary artist, published author, and lifelong activist. She received her degree in Fine Art in Ohio, USA, and continues to pursue studies related to her field.
It does not please Smart to recreate what has already been created; she seeks instead to materialize her imagination. She states, “The purpose of my art is to reconnect me to my experiential roots and set them free in the work.” All of her material is recycled, so she is never the first to touch it—each element has passed through many hands before she gathers it as new media and constructs it into her art. Smart explains, “I think this is why those who gaze thoughtfully into the pieces comment that they want to touch or even taste them— they are reaching back to those who came before. We are sharing an experience, a history.” She continues, “My work explores how much my material can take before it becomes nothing—whether by recycling, fire, or simply melting away.” Her art is rooted in experience and imagination, leading her to develop new techniques to give life to her creations. Each piece is inspired by a personal experience.
I am drawn to flowers, mushrooms, molds, fungi, all the things that creep and crawl through the forest I began to imagine my own space where my imagined artworks could grow. The Heteromorphic Forest
Her practice draws upon abstraction, minimalism, Dadaism, the concept of ikigai, anti-consumerism, a storied life, and a dedication to legacy.
Smart’s work has been curated into over 100 exhibitions, including 22 museums in the last 10 years across five continents and numerous countries. Highlights include Miami Art Week, Yoko Ono’s Arising, and the Florence Biennale. Her art has received several awards, including the Robert Rauschenberg Grant. Additionally, her work has been published in many fine publications and lives lovingly in the homes of patrons across the world.