Marie Smith - Exhibitions
2025 - Royal Ulster Academy - 144th Annual Exhibition - Belfast
2025 - Ballinglen Arts Foundation - 2nd Biennial Exhibition - Co. Mayo
2025 - Royal Hibernian Academy - 195th Annual Exhibition - Dublin
2025 - The Society of Portrait Sculptors - FACE2025 - London
2023 - Zurich Portrait Prize - National Gallery of Ireland -
Highly Commended
2022 - Zurich Portrait Prize - National Gallery of Ireland
2022 - Straight Out of Ireland - Irish Diaspora Centre - Philadelphia - USA
2021 - Faoin Speir - Gathering In - Cavan
2020 - Westival Arts Festival - Home Fires Burning
2020 - Hambly & Hambly at Dunbar House - Enniskillen
2020 - The Quayside Gallery - Westport
2020 - Cootehill Arts Festival - Responding to Lockdown
2020 - The Society of Portrait Sculptors - FACE2020 -
ACS Prize Commended
2019 - Art Source - RDS - Dublin
2019 - A Day in the Life of a Border Town - Townhall Arts Space Cavan
2019 - Centre Culturel Irlandais - Paris
2018 - Le Grand NU Contest (Finalist) - Untitled Factory - Paris
2018 - Rainbow - Gallery Zozimus - Dublin
2018 - Bloom 2018 - The Kildare Gallery - Phoenix Park - Dublin
2017 - Sculpture in Context - National Botanic Gardens - Dublin
2017 - Crescent Arts Centre - Belfast
2017 - Human Nature - Cavan County Museum - Ballyjamesduff
2017 - Royal Hibernian Academy 187th Annual Exhibition - Dublin
2016 - Winter Group Exhibition - Solomon Fine Art - Dublin
2016 - Vanishing Art - Carton House - Maynooth
2016 - Summer Group Exhibition - Solomon Fine Art - Dublin
2016 - On 'n' Off the Wall - Solas Art Gallery - Ballinamore
2016 - Into the Forest Deep - Carton House - Maynooth
2015 - Gormleys Fine Art - Dublin & Belfast
2015 - The Kildare Gallery at Carton House - Maynooth
2015 - VUE Contemporary Art Fair - RHA - Dublin
2015 - Royal Hibernian Academy 185th Annual Exhibition - Dublin
2015 - Surveyor - Solstice Arts Centre - Navan
2014 - Atelier Legendre - Paris
2014 - Atelier Saint Fargeau - Paris
2013 - Portes Ouvertes Paris 18 - Paris
2007 - Tattersalls - Co. Meath
2007 - Loughcrew House - Co. Meath
2006 - Le Cheile Arts Festival - Oldcastle
2005 - Iontas - Sligo
2004 - The Irish Show - The Wykeham Gallery - UK
2004 - Anois Sculpture Exhibition - Dublin
2003 - Molesworth Gallery - Dublin
2002 - RHA 172nd Annual Exhibition - Dublin
2002 - Ferment - Dublin
2001 - Sculpture in Context - Dublin
2000 - Botanic Gardens - Dublin
1999 - D15 Open Studios - Dublin
1997 - Whitechapel Open - London
1996 - Fawe Street Open Studios - London
Marie Smith - Exhibitions
2025 - RUA 144th Annual Exhibition
2025 - Ballinglen Arts Foundation
2025 - RHA 195th Annual Exhibition
2025 - Society of Portrait Sculptors - FACE2025
2023 - Zurich Portrait Prize - National Gallery of Ireland
2022 - Zurich Portrait Prize - National Gallery of Ireland
2022 - Irish Diaspora Centre - Philadelphia - USA
2021- Faoin Speir - Cavan
2020 - Westival Arts Festival
2020 - Hambly & Hambly at Dunbar House
2020 - The Quayside Gallery - Westport
2020 - Cootehill Arts Festival
2020 - The Society of Portrait Sculptors
- FACE2020 - ACS Prize Commended
2019 - ART Source - RDS - Dublin
2019 - Townhall Arts Space - Cavan
2019 - Centre Culturel Irlandais - Paris
2018 - Le Grand NU - Untitled Factory - Paris
2018 - Gallery Zozimus - Dublin
2018 - Bloom 2018 - Phoenix Park - Dublin
2017 - Sculpture in Context - NBG - Dublin
2017 - Crescent Arts Centre - Belfast
2017 - Eden Gallery - Cavan Museum
2017 - RHA 187th Annual Exhibition - Dublin
2016 - Winter Exhibition - Solomon Fine Art
2016 - Vanishing Art - Carton House
2016 - Summer Exhibition - Solomon Fine Art
2016 - Solas Art Gallery - Ballinamore
2016 - Into the Forest Deep - Carton House
2015 - Gormleys Fine Art - Dublin & Belfast
2015 - The Kildare Gallery at Carton House
2015 - VUE Art Fair - RHA - Dublin
2015 - RHA 185th Annual Exhibition - Dublin
2015 - Surveyor - Solstice Arts Centre - Navan
2014 - Atelier Legendre - Paris
2014 - Atelier Saint Fargeau - Paris
2013 - Portes Ouvertes Paris 18 - Paris
2007 - Tattersalls - Co. Meath
2007 - Loughcrew House - Co. Meath
2006 - Le Cheile Arts Festival - Oldcastle
2005 - Iontas - Sligo
2004 - The Wykeham Gallery - UK
2004 - Anois Sculpture Exhibition - Dublin
2003 - Molesworth Gallery - Dublin
2002 - RHA 172nd Annual Exhibition - Dublin
2002 - Ferment - Dublin
2001 - Sculpture in Context - Dublin
2000 - Botanic Gardens - Dublin
1999 - D15 Open Studios - Dublin
1997 - Whitechapel Open - London
1996 - Fawe Street Open Studios - London
Marie Smith - Study
2011 - 2014 - ENSBA - Paris - Sculpture & life drawing
2013 - 2014 - Atelier Saint Fargeau - Paris - Sculpture
2012 - 2014 - Ecole du Louvre - Paris - Drawing
2012 - 2014 - Atelier Legendre - Paris - Sculpture & life drawing
2005 - 2006 - IACT - Dublin - Graphic Design
1999 - 2001 - NCAD - Dublin - Life drawing & ceramics
1993 - 1995 - CCTA - Wales - HND - Sculpture
Marie Smith - Study
2011 - 2014 - ENSBA - Paris
2013 - 2014 - Atelier Saint Fargeau - Paris
2012 - 2014 - Ecole du Louvre - Paris
2012 - 2014 - Atelier Legendre - Paris
2005 - 2006 - IACT - Dublin
1999 - 2001 - NCAD - Dublin
1993 - 1995 - CCTA - Wales - HND - Sculpture
Images from AB Fine Art Foundry, London with sculptor Barry Flanagan and Bill Woodrow
Marie Smith - Artist's bio
Marie Smith is a contemporary Irish sculptor whose work focuses on figurative and portrait sculpture. She graduated from Carmarthenshire College of Technology & Art in 1995 with a Higher National Diploma in Sculpture. That summer she began work at AB Fine Art Foundry in London, training as a mould-maker and wax worker. During this time she gained extensive technical knowledge working alongside skilled artisans on bronze artworks by some of the United Kingdom’s leading sculptors, developing a strong understanding of traditional foundry processes and bronze casting.
In 1998 Smith returned to Ireland to work as sculpture studio assistant to the renowned sculptor Barry Flanagan in Castleknock, Dublin. For several years she worked as a freelance mould-maker for Dublin bronze casting foundries as well as collaborating with individual artists across Ireland. During this period she undertook large-scale mould-making projects for public artworks at The Sculpture Factory in Cork and Leitrim Sculpture Centre. Her experience also included restoration work and projects in film and theatre, further expanding her knowledge of materials, casting and sculptural production.
In 2010 Smith moved to Montmartre in Paris where she discovered her passion for making figurative sculpture working directly from the life model. While living in Paris she studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Atelier Legendre and Atelier Saint-Fargeau, and spent many hours drawing in the French Sculpture Rooms at the Louvre. She returned to Ireland in 2015 and established her sculpture studio in County Cavan. Smith creates figurative sculpture in bronze, ceramic and Jesmonite and continues to work regularly from life, attending life drawing sessions at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin and life modelling sessions at Atelier Saint-Fargeau in Paris. Alongside her studio practice she undertakes sculpture commissions including portrait sculpture and public art commissions.
Marie Smith - Award
2023 - Highly Commended Award winner at the Zurich Portrait Prize
2022 - Shortlisted for the Zurich Portrait Prize
2022 - Agility Award - Arts Council of Ireland
2020 - Society of Portrait Sculptors - Artist's Collecting Prize - Commended
2018 - Finalist at Le Grand Nu Contest in Paris
Member of Visual Artists Ireland
Member of Cavan County Council - Artist Panel
