John Smith

♂ *1952 / United Kingdom

Solo exhibitions

John Smith

Wiener Secession, Wien (AT)
12 Sep 2025 – 16 Nov 2025
Being John Smith

CONDO hosting Tanya Leighton, Berlin & Los Angeles

Kate Macgarry, London (GB)
18 Jan 2025 – 15 Feb 2025
Waldeinsamkeit

Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg (DE)
8 Mar 2022 – 6 Jun 2022
S.O.S

Kate Macgarry, London (GB)
21 Oct 2020 – 31 Oct 2020
THE MAN GIRL PHONING CHEWING MUM GUM

Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin (DE)
25 Jan 2017 – 22 Feb 2017
four films

Steve Hates Fish (2015) White Hole (2014) Dad's Stick (2012)

Kate Macgarry, London (GB)
29 Apr 2016 – 28 May 2016
Is It True

GfZK, Leipzig (DE)
5 Sep 2015 – 1 Nov 2015
OBJECT LESSONS

Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin (DE)
1 Feb 2013 – 9 Mar 2013
Worst Case Scenario

Filme von 1975-2003

Weserburg Museum, Bremen (DE)
21 Jan 2012 – 25 Mar 2012
Slow Glass

Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin (DE)
11 Feb 2012 – 3 Mar 2012
UNUSUAL RED CARDIGAN

PEER, London (GB)
5 Oct 2011 – 10 Dec 2011
Shortfilms

Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala (SE)
25 Oct 2011 – 23 Nov 2011
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Cont Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis (US)
23 Oct 2010 – 5 Dec 2010
Flag Mountain/Black Tower

Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin (DE)
12 Jun 2010 – 24 Jul 2010
Shepherd’s Delight - an ananalysis of humour

A series of 4 films about making sense through plan and coincidence

KUNSTSAELE BERLIN, Berlin (DE)
26 Jun 2010 – 10 Jul 2010
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Royal College of Art, London (GB)
19 Mar 2010 – 13 Apr 2010
Filme 1975-2004

Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Magdeburg (DE)
15 Jan 2005 – 13 Mar 2005
Black & White Lies

Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (GB)
11 Oct 2003 – 22 Nov 2003
Girl Chewing Gum

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (GB)
8 Jun 2003 – 20 Jul 2003
The Girl Chewing Gum, 1976

Wilkinson Gallery, London (GB)
17 Apr 2003 – 27 Apr 2003

Group

Seriously

curated by Nana Bahlmann, featuring over a hundred conceptual photographs,

SPRÜTH MAGERS, London (GB)
21 Nov 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

with Bas Jan Ader, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Massimo Bartolini, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Lynda Benglis, Helen Chadwick, Robert Cumming, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Braco Dimitrijevic …
Language for Sale

Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (DE)
22 Apr 2021 – 13 Jun 2021

with Harun Farocki, Stefan Panhans, Nicoline van Harskamp
THE IMAGE OF WAR

Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (SE)
20 Sep 2017 – 14 Jan 2018

with Indre Serpytyte, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Mari Bastashevski, David Claerbout, Phil Collins, Iman Issa, Alfredo Jaar, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Rabih Mroue, Trevor Paglen …
Farewell Photography: Wer bist du? Das bist du!

Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie

Museum Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg (DE)
9 Sep 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Hermann Behle, Peggy Buth, Josef Grebing, Oskar Herzberg, Juergen Klauke, August Klose, Franz Kockartz, Helmar Lerski, Zanele Muholi, Andrzej Steinbach, Marianne Wex
The Still Point of the Turning World

Between Film and Photography

FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
23 Jun 2017 – 8 Oct 2017

with Morten Barker , Dirk Braeckman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Claerbout, Manon de Boer, Jason Dee, Nir Evron, Mekhitar Garabedian, Geert Goiris, Paul Graham, Guido Guidi, Mark Lewis …
AFTER THE FACT

Propaganda im 21. Jahrhundert

Lenbachhaus, München (DE)
30 May 2017 – 17 Sep 2017

with Hannah Black, Carmen Dobre-Hametner, Beate Engl, Harun Farocki, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Samuel Fosso, Coco Fusco, Cindy Hinant, Alfredo Jaar, John Miller, Marge Monko, Carlos Motta …
The Reluctant Narrator

A survey of narrative practices across media

Museum CCB, Lisboa (PT)
15 Oct 2014 – 11 Jan 2015

with Leonor Antunes, Julieta Aranda, Kader Attia, Nina Beier, Aleksandra Domanovic, Dani Gal, Karl Holmqvist, Christoph Keller, Amalia Pica, Bojan Sarcevic, Hito Steyerl, Stephen Sutcliffe
7 Raumthesen

A Video Exhibition Curated by Susanne Neubauer

Rotwand, Zürich (CH)
3 Apr 2014 – 10 May 2014

with Gaëlle Boucand, Simon Faithfull, Rodrigo Garcia Dutra, Ronny Heiremans & Katleen Vermeir, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Shirin Yousefi
ECHTE GEFÜHLE: DENKEN IM FILM

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
23 Feb 2014 – 27 Apr 2014

with Chantal Akerman, Ed Atkins, Sue de Beer, Loretta Fahrenholz, Harry Dodge & Stanya Kahn, Christian Jankowski, Jesper Just, Simon Martin, Peter Roehr, Roee Rosen, Mark Wallinger
BILD-GEGEN-BILD

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
10 Jun 2012 – 16 Sep 2012

with Nin Brudermann, Harun Farocki, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Alfredo Jaar, Langlands & Bell, Trevor Paglen, Thomas Ruff, Roy Samaha, Sean Snyder, Jasmila Zbanic
Two Thousand Eleven

Para Site, Hong Kong (CN)
17 Dec 2011 – 4 Mar 2012

with Olga Chernysheva, Heman Chong
After Architects

Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (CH)
28 Mar 2010 – 24 May 2010

with Latifa Echakhch, Charlotte Moth, James Welling, Haegue Yang
Der Schnitt durch die Oberfläche legt neue Oberflächen frei

Temporary Gallery Cologne, Köln (DE)
1 Aug 2009 – 29 Aug 2009

with Anetta Mona Chisa, Clegg & Guttmann , Liz Deschenes, Claudia Kugler, Martina Sauter, Lucia Tkácová
moving images

tank.tv, London (GB)
5 Aug 2004 – 5 Sep 2004

with Olaf Breuning, Jacques Charlier, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Stuart Croft, Anouk De Clercq, Katy Dove, David Leister, Guy Maddin, Melanie Manchot, Elisabeth McAlpine, Martin Parr, Paulette Phillips …
A century of artists' film in britain

Tate Britain, London (GB)
19 May 2003 – 18 Apr 2004

with Kenneth Anger, Keith Arnatt, George Barber, Breda Beban, Ian Breakwell, Francis Bruguire, Helen Chadwick, Chris Cunningham, Tacita Dean, Catherine Elwes, Tracey Emin, Franciszka & Stefan Themerson …
Split Film Festival 1998

Split Film Festival, Split (HR)
12 Sep 1998 – 19 Sep 1998

with Friederike Anders, George Barber, Mounir Fatmi, Johan Grimonprez, Hartmut Jahn, HUNG Keung, Marcello Mercado, Pekka Sassi, Steina Vasulka, Michèle Waquant

Events

Taipei Biennial 2023

Taipei Biennial, Taipei (TW)
18 Nov 2023 – 24 Mar 2024

with Edgar Arceneaux, Tekla Aslanishvili, Yin-Ju Chen, Takashi Ito, Nesrine Khodr, Jen Liu, Basim Magdy, Jumana Manna, Bahar Noorizadeh, Arthur Ou, Ellen Pau, Riar Rizaldi …
La profondeur Duchamp / 8

Chartreuse de Val-de-Bénédiction de Vill, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon cedex (FR)
10 Oct 2006

with Olivier Fouchard, Owen Land, Pascal Lievre, Stephen Owoskin, Peter Rose
Videoart at Midnight #158

THE LOSS OF REALITY IN THE ILLIGOCENE

Babylon Mitte, Berlin (DE)

with CAO Fei, Dimitri Venkov
Rec., Play., Rew. - Remake

Cycle de rencontres et projections autour de la vidéo et du film d'artiste

Centre d'art Mira Phalaina, Paris (FR)

with Adrian Brunel, David Kidman