Darryl Keith Bàbátúndé Smith

b. 1992
Μένει και εργάζεται στην περιοχή της Φρανκφούρτης | Lives and works in the Frankfurt area

ΑΤΟΜΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΕΙΣ | Solo Exhibitions

2025 Φύσει μέν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος…/Man is by nature…, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki; Thessaloniki, Greece

2024 Μεταμορφώσεις/Metamorphoses, Welancora Gallery;Brooklyn, NY

2023 Ψίθυροι της γραμμής/Whispered lines, Αίθουσα Τέχνης Αθηνών (Athens Art Gallery);Athens, Greece (Επιμέλεια: Ελισάβετ Πλέσσα)

2022 Ad dorsum, ad manum, Institute of Classical Architecture and Art; New York, NY

2020 I found myself in the field, Gates Gallery; Colora, MD

ΟΜΑΔΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΘΕΣΕΙΣ | Group Exhibitions

2026 ANTRES MEN 2026, Δωμάτιο/Domatio Art Space; Athens, Greece

2025 νήματα επιλογής/threads of choice, Αίθουσα Τέχνης Αθηνών (Athens Art Gallery); Athens, Greece

2024 Unexpected Dialogues, Αίθουσα Τέχνης Αθηνών (Athens Art Gallery); Athens, Greece

2022 The Male Nude: Turning the Gaze, New York Artists Equity, New York, NY

Altered Anthologies, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY (Virtual Exhibition)

2021 Silver, DFN Projects and Equity Gallery, New York, NY

Six Degrees of NYC, jargonist (Virtual Exhibition)

Animal Instincts, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA (curated by Anastasiya Tarasenko)

DeriveDa Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Parallels & Peripheries, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

2020 Unruly Hair, Unruly Bodies, Curina, New York, NY (Virtual Exhibition)

Athens Open Art, Art Number 23, Athens, Greece

2019 International Contemporary Art Exhibition 2019, Le Logge Art Gallery, Piazza del Comune, Assisi, Italy

Argentum: Contemporary Silverpoint, Daughtrey Gallery, Hillsdale, MI (curated byLauren Redding)

53rd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Joseph A. Cain Memorial Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX

2018 Two Pieces Missing, SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland

2017 Buy What You Love!, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY

Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, New York, NY

Gods and Beasts, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA

Insider Art III, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA


ΔΙΑΚΡΙΣΕΙΣ | Awards

2023 Philadelphia Fellowship for Black Artists

2022 Velvetpark Residency, Brooklyn, NY

2020 Eric Fischl ’66 Artist-in-Residence Teaching Program, West Nottingham Academy, Colora, MD

2019 Athena Standards Residency, Athens, Greece

2019 Arte Studio Ginestrelle Residency, Assisi, Italy

2019 Hudson Valley Art Association Student Award

2018 Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna (SÍM) Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland

ΣΥΛΛΟΓΕΣ | Collections

Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης/Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

Stone Group International

ΒΙΒΛΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ | Bibliography

2025    Tsangaraki, Evangelia, und Elektra Zografou. “ΔΚΒΣ x ΑΜΘ. Ο Darryl Keith Babatunde Smith Στο Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης / DKBS x AMTh. Darryl Keith Babatunde Smith at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.” ΔΚΒΣ x ΑΜΘ Φύσει Μέν Ἐστιν Ἄνθρωπος…/ DKBS x AMTh Man Is by Nature…

Padilla Peralta, Dan-el. “Classicism and Other Phobias.

2023 Βατόπουλος, Νίκος. “Ημερολογιακές καταγραφές σε χρυσό και ασήμι.” Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ. November 14.

Παρίδης, Χρήστος. “27 εκθέσεις εικαστικών που εγκαινιάζονται τον Νοέμβριο στην Αθήνα.” LiFO. November 5.

2022 “The Artful Life: 6 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week”. Galerie Magazine. March 15

2021 “Ties to Antiquity: Tiffany Apostolou in conversation with Darryl Babatunde Smith”, peri-Tēchnes

2020 “Meet Darryl Babatunde Smith.” Curina

2019 “The Best of Drawing: 11th Annual Strokes of Genius Competition Winners.” Artists Magazine November 2019 (Special Issue): 84. Print
“Argentum: Contemporary Silverpoint.” Fine Art Connoisseur

“Why Leonardo da Vinci’s brilliance endures, 500 years after his death.” National Geographic

2017 Redding, Lauren. “Sacred Harbors: Egg Tempera and Metalpoint in This Contemporary Age.”Artists on Art December 2017 (Issue #26): 14. Digital

ΣΠΟΥΔΕΣ | Studies

Μεταπτυχιακό/MFA, New York Academy of Art (NYAA), New York, NY

Πτυχίο/BFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA