Under the Aegis | Richard Templeton Smith

Richard Templeton Smith

1947

Richard Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but moved with his family to South Africa at a young age. Studying graphic design at the Johannesburg School of Art in the 1960s, followed by his work in 1968 for the Sunday Times in Johannesburg, Smith produced politically important works for the underground movement. He held his rst solo exhibition in London in 1971 at the Arts Theatre Club. He was Standard Bank’s cartoonist of the year in 1980 and 1984 and was resident at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris in 1990. For over 50 years he has produced works on canvas and on paper and has exhibited consistently with works included in important public and private collections.

No Signal, No Message, No Secret

2020

Oil on Canvas

120 × 100 cm

Available

Return of the Space Invaders

2020

Oil on Canvas

120 × 100 cm

Available

Gods and Monsters

2022

Oil on Canvas

80 × 80 cm

Available

Artworks

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 - ‘No Signal, No Message, No Secret', EBONY/CURATED Franschhoek, South Africa

2017 - ‘Ghost in the Machine', EBONY/CURATED Cape Town, South Africa

2016 - ‘Faceless', EBONY/CURATED Franschhoek, South Africa

2015 - ‘New Paintings', EBONY/CURATED Cape Town, South Africa

2014

‘Rapid Eye Movement', EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
Lizamore and Associates, Johannesburg, South Africa

2012

Retrospective Exhibition, University of Cape Town, Irma Stern Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Artspace, Johannesburg, South Africa

2010 - Artspace, Johannesburg, South Africa

2009 - iArt Cape Town, South Africa

2008 - Artspace, Johannesburg, South Africa

2007

Artspace, Johannesburg, South Africa
Potchefstroom University Gallery, Potchefstroom, South Africa 2006 Cultivaria, Paarl, South Africa

2005 - ‘Dialogues’ – Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa

2003 - Jill Yakas Gallery, Athens, Greece

1993 – 1994 - Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1991 - South African Association of Arts, Pretoria (Paris work), South Africa

1988 - Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

1972 - Solo Show of Cartoons – Arts Theatre Club, Leicester Square, United Kingdom

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 - EXPO Chicago, EBONY/CURATED, Chicago, South Africa

2023

‘A Very Loop Street Summer II', EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
‘An Endless Night', curated by Anelisa Mangcu, The Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
‘Room With a View', Curated by Karen Elkington, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, South Africa

2021 - 1-54 London, EBONY/CURATED, London, United Kingdom

2019