Leah King-Smith b. 1957

  • Artist (Photographer)
King-Smith, Indigenous photographic and e-media artist, is known for photo-compositions. Her 1991 series ‘Patterns of Connection’ was critically acclaimed and has been exhibited across Australia as well as overseas. In 2006 King-Smith was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, to create four portraits of indigenous athletes. Her work is held in many Australian collections.
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Citations

  • Black, L., J. Huggins & L. King-Smith, 1994, White Apron – Black Hands, Brisbane City Hall Gallery, Brisbane.

  • King-Smith, L., 1992, Patterns of Connection: An Exhibition of Photo-Compositions with an Environmental Soundscape by Duncan King-Smith, Victorian Centre for Photography, Northcote, 4 April 4 – 3 May 1992.

  • King-Smith, L. 1992, 'The Nineteenth Century Photographs in Patterns of Connection’, Art Monthly Australia supplement (Aboriginal Art in the Public Eye), p. 41.

  • King-Smith, L. 2006, Resonances of Difference: Creative Diplomacy in the Multidimensional and Transcultural Aesthetics of an Indigenous Photomedia Practice, PhD Exegesis, Queensland University of Technology.

See also

  • Williamson, C. 1994, 'Patterns of Connection: Leah King-Smith's Subject', Photofile, no. 41, pp. 28-31.
  • King-Smith, L. 2001, 'Reading the Reading: An Exegesis on 'Traces- Vestiges- Energies- a Relic- Landmark- Stage: New Farm Powerhouse Project'', Masters (research), Queensland University of Technology.
  • Kleinert, S. & M. Neale 2000, 'King-Smith, Leah', in The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

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