Stabbed in the Art: A Group Exhibition

Every first Friday, from 6pm - 10pm

1284 Perkins Rd. Baton Rouge, LA

Join us for the hottest new local art of Baton Rouge and music by DJ Otto. Located at the corner of Terrace Avenue.

An Evening of Live Music & Art

April 17th, 2010

Holy Cross Neighborhood, New Orleans

Notes From the Artistic Underground

November 6th - December 4th

Foster Gallery, Louisiana State University

REHAB, The Suitcase Show

June 6th - July 25th, 2009

The Big Top Art Gallery, New Orleans

An open call juried show of art made with suitcases.

Tyler & Possa Summer Art Series

July 9th 2009

Surrealist Ball & Juried Exhibition

Saturday April 11th, 2009

The Ephemeral Gallery - 521 N 19th St, from 7pm to 11pm

Hosted by the Baton Rouge Gallery. For more information, please visit their website.

Together Again For the First Time

Friday, January 16th 2009, from 6pm - 10pm

3205 Perkins Rd. Baton Rouge, LA

A group exhibition.

The Rogue Arcade

Friday, December 19th 2008, from 5pm - 10pm

3205 Perkins Rd. Baton Rouge, LA

A new collection of paintings by TJ Black & Christopher Smith.

North Gate Fest

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Baton Rouge, LA

Painters' League Christmas Show

November 2008

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Middleton Library Exhibition

October 2008

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

The Rogue Arcade

September 2008

Forum 35 Art Melt

July 2008

Shaw Center for the Arts

Fresh Paint

April 2008

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Portrait

e-mail: art@paintedsmith.com

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I was born and raised in Louisiana, and studied art at LSU, Portland State, and the University of New Orleans. I currently reside and work as an artist in Berkeley, CA.

As a child of the eighties, I grew up with the rapid progression of the digital age. This, together with the other natural sciences, has always fascinated me and been a large part of my influence. My art has always leaned toward the surreal, and my goal generally is to create some aspect of hallucinatory or spiritual experiences, be it visual, physical, or psychological. I have developed a way of stylizing scientific abstractions that aim to expose the dichotomy in nature between light & dark, the natural & synthetic, and the organic & geometric. My pieces also tend to be somewhat esoteric, and I believe this helps to engage the viewer in a more thought provoking way. It is important for me to create art that not only feels like it is alive and moving, but is also capable of moving an individual in an emotional way.