Stockton University Assistant Professor in Visual Arts Mariana Smith received a BFA in fine art and miniature painting from Moscow College of Applied and Industrial Arts in Moscow, Russia. After immigrating to the USA in 1992, she received BFA with an emphasis in printmaking from the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus OH, and an MFA from the Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
In her studio, Mariana Smith combines printmaking, miniature painting, and digital video installations. Her works address the nature of immigrant dislocations and the unrealized dream of a homeland.
Smith’s work has been exhibited in USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Russia, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Guam, and Armenia, and was displayed at the State of Ohio Governor’s Mansion in Columbus, Ohio.
Her works are included in a number of private collections and in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, UK, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH, Kennesaw State University, GA, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX, Xi’an Fine Art Academy, China.
Currently, she is collaborating with the multimedia artists and scholars from the USA, Armenia, Germany, and Greece on a series of international exhibitions and lectures connecting contemporary art and the global migrant and refugee crisis.