JUROR

2020 - Juror for Online with Canada/Beijing & Wuhan Exhibition

2014 - Eastern and Western International Art Exhibition in Louvre/Carousel , Paris

            others - Don Valley Art Club, Forest Hill Art Club, Richmond Hill Art Club,

            Art Guild Scarborough, The Markham Group of Artists, Scarborough Arts

            (Doris McCarthy Cottage

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AWARDS

2017 - Gold Award, 2017 - Best in Show, "Dreamland" 

           JIE ZI YUAN Art Museum,Lanxi City  (one of the oldest

           art galleries in the world)

2013 - Gold Prize, Figure Drawing, International Competition,

           Louvre/ Carousel

2013 - Gold for Best Pastel,  International Figure Drawing

            in Louvre/ Carousel

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COLLECTIONS

2018 - Luohu Art Museum, Shenzhen

2017 - Jie Zi Yuan Art Museum, Lanxi City

2016 - Monbala, Xishuangbana

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PRESS/ MEDIA APPEARANCES

2020 - Online withCanada/Beijing & Wuhan Exhibition Welcome from Toronto

2018 - Shenzhen

2017 - TV China News coverage, Lanxi City

2016 - TV China News coverage Re: Auction of Youth Art School, China

2016 - TV China News Coverage re: Cultural Exchange with Lam in Guangzhou

2013 - Chinese Press, Toronto, Canada

2013 - Press in Beijing and in Paris   about my Pop Up surprise outdoor nude event

            in November at La Musée D'Orsay during Paris' Month of the Nude.

             Video on website www.GrentleArtMentor.com

2012 - ACT (Artists Career Training, Interview) Artist of the month. (Read or listen)

2012 - Artist Career Training  Pop Up Ptg- Featured Artist - Gary Smith & Flash Mob Painting

2012 - Artist Career Training - Featured Artist Gary Smith

2012- Artist Career Training - Gary Smith, Painter

2012 - Artist Career Training -1 Ladder Featured Artist Gary Smith - 2012.html

2012 - Artist Career Training 1- Gary Smith.pdf

2012 - FineArtViews Interview (read)

2012 - SNAPBEACHES: Coverage DUEL of 2 Master Portrait Artists

2012 - The Reveal of the Corktown Gateway Mural 2011

2007 - CBC TV National News 'Mural Captures History'

            with Mural on retainer wall in The Outer Battery in St. John's, NL, Canada

2007 - Newspaper, ​ 'Mural Captures History' The Telegram, Newfoundland, Canada

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019  As Artist in Residence on Azamura Mediterranean Cruise Ship

2015 - Index G Gallery 50, Toronto, Canada

2014 - Rectory on Ward’s Island, Toronto
, Canada

2013 - Cabinet in the Distillery, Toronto, Canada

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

2024 - AANL Members' Exhibition

2024 - Cupids' Around The Bay group exhibition

2023 - AANL Members' Exhibition

2023 - Cupids' Around The Bay group exhibition

2019 - Artist in Residence aboard the Azamara Cruise Ship circling the Mediterranean.

2018 - Shenzhen International Art Show at Shenyuan Tienjian.

2018 - Rogue Wave group outdoor installations show on Toronto Islands

2018 - PAC (Pastel Artists Canada) online Exhibition (as Signature Member)

2017 - "Dreamland",  International Art Exhibition in JIE ZIYUAN Art Museum 

            as part of “The Belt and Road Initiative”, Lanxi City

2017 - PAC (Pastel Artists Canada) online Exhibition (as new Member)

2017 - Grand Palais des Champs Elysées du Paris (paper section), France

2016 - 1st International Nanjing Biennial, 'HISTORICODE’, Nanjing, China

2016 - Auction at Mungbala, near Kunming, China

2016 - Guangzhou, China

2016 - Shenzhen, China

2015 -artexpo, New York City, USA

2015 - Artosino Gallery, New York City, USA

2014 - Eureka Global Art, ‘Toronto Artists Summer Exhibition’, City Hall 
, Canada

2014 - Carrousel Eastern and Western International Art Exhibition in Louvre, Paris

2014 - The 4th Guangzhou Arts Trade Fair, China 


2014 - The 17th Beijing International Art Fair, China

2013 - L’exposition Dédié a la Peinture et

            à la Calligraphie Chinoise au Carrousel du Louvre

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CULTURAL EXCHANGES

2104 - 2018    Annual Cultural Exchanges in China as part of China's BRI

            (Belt & Road Initiative.  8 different area's in China

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BOOKS

Gary Smith ~ Soft Pastels

Gary Smith ~ Urban Paintings, artexpo NYC 2015

SMITH, by Walter Zenko, 2015 •••••••••••••••••••••>   

2016 - Build Your Dream by Li, Mungbala, China

SMITH/PAINTER by Walter Zenko, 2017

Canada 150 Top Artists, 2017 for Canada's 150th Anniversary

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AGENT

Helena Han, President of  !Eureka Global Art

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CLIENTS

University of Guelph - Mural for Expo'67 'History of Canada'

City of Toronto
 - Children's Playground mural 'Child's Play'

Corktown - Neighbourhood mural 'GATEWAY TO CORKTOWN, The Oldest and Newest'

Granite Club - Mural - 'Sexy Male Curler' to attract more club members

Chabad@Flamingo - Mural  'Light Of The Rebbe'

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FUND RAISING EVENTS (I draw pastel portraits and offer paintings)

2024 - SuperMarket Artist Of The Year at Dominion St. John's

            for Bridges to Hope Food Bank

2017 - Shenzhen sponsored Fund Raiser for Toronto Sick Children's Hospital

2017 - ‘Woman Unmasked’

2017 - Cancer Association

2017 - RHAG (Riverdale Housing Action Group)

2016 - RHAG  (Riverdale Housing Action Group)​