Artist Resume/CV
Solo Shows
2026 Gentle Water (integrated show with Cat Babbie) – Ampersandbox, Charlotte, NC
2023 Composure – Southern Strain Brewing, Charlotte, NC
2022 Composure – Artisan’s Palate, Charlotte, NC
2022 Split Complementary – Art on the Corner, Rock Hill, SC
2021 Split Complementary – 81C Gallery, St. Thomas, USVI
2021 Balance – Kiki Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2020 Windows – Garner Performing Arts Center, Garner, NC
2019 Windows – Chifferobe, Black Mountain, NC
2018 Wayfinding – Camp North End, Charlotte
Select Group Shows
2026 Exploration – Royal Gallery at The VAPA Center, Charlotte, NC
2025 Impulse – Valoré Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
2025 ArtFields Competition & Festival, Lake City, SC
2024 CrossingBorders: We Are All Immigrants – Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY, and
Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2024 Big A$$ Canvas Show – Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2024 Texture & Textile – Cain Center for the Arts, Cornelius, NC
2024 ArtFields Competition & Festival, Lake City, SC
2023 Annual Winter Show – GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2022 100 Tiny Things – Charlotte International Arts Festival, Charlotte, NC
2022 Unprompted – Flux Galleries, Charlotte, NC
2021 Labyrinth – Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2021 Up-And-Coming Invitational – Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2021 Duets – An Immersive Open Air Art Show, Charlotte, NC
2020 Nutrient Rich – Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC
2020 Benefit Art Sale – McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
2019 PRESS – An Exhibit of Prints and Printmakers, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2019 Boom Boxes – BOOM Festival, Charlotte, NC
2016 Facets – Gallery Twenty-Two, Charlotte, NC
2016 Dada Soirée: An Absurd Art Show – C3 Lab, Charlotte, NC
2016 Member Show – McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
Murals + Public Art
2024 Invisible Mural – Ampersandbox, Charlotte, NC
2024 Pilgrimage – Sculpture at ArtFields Competition & Festival, Lake City, SC
2023 Pilgrimage – Sculpture at The VAPA Center, Charlotte, NC
2023 Pilgrimage – Sculpture at Charlotte International Arts Festival
2023 Tiny Art Gallery: Portals – Peel Gallery (Uproar Festival), Carrboro, NC
2023 Bubble Trail – Sidewalk Mural at Anne O. Moffat Park, Charlotte, NC
2022 Tiny Bubbles – Sidewalk Mural at Romare Bearden Park, Charlotte, NC
2022 LoSo Portal – Mural at Burr & Berry Coffee, Charlotte, NC
2022 Pulse – Mural at The VAPA Center, Charlotte, NC
2022 Bounce – Mural at The VAPA Center, Charlotte, NC
2021 Threading Through – Mural on the Sugar Creek Greenway, Charlotte, NC
2021 Focus: Energy – Mural at Novant Orthopedic Hospital, Charlotte, NC
2021 Waves of Hope – Community Mural at Novant Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC
2021 Awning Mural – by Moxie, Charlotte, NC
2021 4x4CLT Posters, with poet Ada Límon – Charlotte LIT, Charlotte, NC
2020 Counter-Balance – Commission for Counter- Restaurant, Charlotte, NC
2020 ArtPop Charlotte – Billboards, Newsstands, and Digital Displays, Charlotte, NC
2019 Oh How Bright the Path Grows – Art of Recycling Public Art Initiative,
Collaboration with Helms Jarrell, Bette Rae Thomas Recreation Center, Charlotte, NC
2017 Sidewalk Skip – Signal Cabinet, Thomas & Central Ave., Charlotte, NC
2017 Beautiful Utilities – Signal Cabinet, East & South Blvd., Charlotte, NC
Corporate Collections
2024 Blumenthal Arts – Charlotte, NC
2022 Allspring Global Investments Headquarters – Charlotte, NC
2021 Counter- Restaurant – Charlotte, NC
2021 81C – St. Thomas, USVI
2020 UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel & Conference Center – Charlotte, NC
2019 Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital – Charlotte, NC
Interactive Exhibitions
2018 Perfect Imperfection – McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2017 iMake Charlotte – C3 Lab, Charlotte, NC
2016 Imagine If – McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2016 Hands Across Charlotte – Mini Maker Faire, Discovery Place Science, Charlotte, NC
2016 Art & Soul – Historic South End / Rail Trail, Charlotte, NC
2016 iMake Charlotte, C3 Lab, Charlotte, NC
2016 Six Word Stories – McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
2015 Step Away from the Screen – Altitude Summit, Salt Lake City, UT
Grants + Fellowships + Residencies
2025 Residency – The Olive Stack Gallery, Listowel, Kerry, Ireland
2024 Artist Support Grant – Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC
2023 Blumenthal Fellow – Charlotte International Arts Festival
2022 Seed Grant – Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC
2021 Meta Mural Residency – Brand The Moth, Charlotte, NC
2019 Art of Recycling Public Art Initiative – Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC
2017 Creative Lab Grant – Historic South End, Charlotte, NC
2016 Placemaking Grant – Historic South End, Charlotte, NC
1997 Grammy Award Nominee, Best Boxed Recording Package Design
Publications
2025 Charlotte native Laurie Smithwick is one of the city’s most vibrant and generous artists, East Charlotte Quarterly
2024 While I still can, my answer is always Yes, When the Flames Go Up Podcast
2024 Magazine cover art, Litmosphere
2023 A little whimsy in SouthPark, SouthPark Magazine
2023 Magazine cover art, Litmosphere
2022 A Neighbor on a Mission, The Spirit of Plaza Midwood
2022 Magazine cover art, Litmosphere
2021 Split Complementary – Color-Baked Monotypes at 81C, The St. Thomas Source
2021 Art exhibit embodies the colors of Charlotte Amalie, The Virgin Islands Daily News
2020 Art at the GPAC: Laurie Smithwick, Town of Garner YouTube
2019 Artists transform Plaza Midwood traffic signal boxes to hold onto community culture, WBTV
2019 Home is where the he(art) is, SouthPark Magazine
2017 Beautiful Utilities, Historic SouthEnd blog
2017 Step Away from the Screen with Laurie Smithwick, Make Light Podcast
2016 Take part in Yard Art Day, WCNC Charlotte Today
Teaching + Speaking
2025 Artist Statement Writing Workshop Series, Catawba Cultural Center, Rock Hill, SC
2024 Writing a Great Artist Statement, Workshop, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
2024 Finding Your Why, Workshop, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
2024 Gelatin Monotype Printmaking, three-day workshop, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
2021 Abstract Painting Mini-Lecture, Queens University, Charlotte, NC
2019–2024 Painting and Printmaking workshops at McColl Center, Charlotte, NC
2018 Keynote Speaker, Annual conference of the North Carolina Presenters Consortium, Asheville, NC
2017 Featured Speaker – Innovation Workshop, Women’s Leadership Retreat, YMCA of the Triangle, Raleigh NC
2017 Convocation Speaker, Charlotte Country Day School, Charlotte, NC
2016–2018 Featured Maker, Charlotte Today, WCNC, Charlotte, NC
2016 TEDxCharlotte Talk – You Are an Idea Person
2015 Keynote Speaker, Alt For Everyone
2012 Ignite Charlotte Speaker: How To Get Pretty Much Anyone To Do Pretty Much Anything
Education
1993 AAS Graphic Design, Parsons School of Design; Graduated with honors
1991 B.A. English/Creative Writing, Duke University; Minor in Women’s Studies
