CurrentPortraits by an Artist
CurrentSurreal. Rodney Smith
UpcomingRodney Smith: THE END
Málaga, Spain
September 22, 2026 – January 31, 2027
UpcomingRodney Smith, Photography between Real and Surreal
Heilbronn, Germany
September 26, 2026 – January 17, 2027
Past Exhibitions
Rodney Smith: Between Real and Surreal
Rodney Smith: Fotografia tra reale e surreal
Rodney Smith at Staley Wise Gallery
Park Avenue Armory, New York City
April 23 – 27, 2025
Rodney Smith: The Alchemy of Light
Cascais, Portugal
March 01 – May 25, 2025
Rodney Smith: Enchanted World
Midland, Texas
February 22 – April 30, 2025
Opening Reception February 22, 6-8PM
Rodney Smith: Worlds of Wonder
Winnetka, Illinois USA
December 13, 2024 – January 31, 2025
Rodney Smith Solo Show
Staley Wise Gallery
Somerset House, Strand, London
May 16 – 19, 2024
Rodney Smith at Staley Wise Gallery and Robert Klein Gallery
The Armory - New York City, New York
April 23 – 27, 2024
Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith, Getty Curator’s Discussion & Book Signing
Rockport, Maine
June 19, 2023
June 19, 2023, 7:30 PM
Drawn to the Light, 50 Years of Photography at Maine Media Workshops
Portland, Maine
June 16 – September 10, 2023
Rodney Smith Retrospective: A Leap of Faith
Ketchum, Idaho
June 13 – July 25, 2023
Rodney Smith Solo Exhibition
Robert Klein Gallery
New York, New York
March 30 – April 02, 2023
Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith
Glencoe, Illinois
September 29 – December 05, 2023
Fashion Photography as Art : Rodney Smith
New York, New York
September 27, 2023
September 27, 2023, 5:30 PM
Rodney Smith Solo Exhibition
New York, New York 10012
September 14 – November 04, 2023
The Curious and Creative Eye
Palm Beach, Florida, US
November 12 – December 13, 2022
The Fashion Photography of Rodney Smith
New York City, United States
February 21, 2020
It’s a Colorful, Colorful World
Rodney Smith Solo Exhibition
Staley Wise Gallery
New York, New York
April 03 – 07, 2019
Human in Nature: The Art & Wit of Rodney Smith
Nyack, New York
December 07, 2019 – March 08, 2020
Museum
Collections
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Portland Museum of Art
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Yale University Art Gallery
- University of Virginia, Bayley Museum
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Princeton University Art Museum
- Center for Creative Photography, Tucson
- Brandeis University Museum
- Houston Museum of Fine Arts
- Museum of Art, Brigham Young University
- National September 11 Museum
- Addison Gallery of American Art
History
EXHIBITIONS &
EVENTS
2026
Rodney Smith at Galería Blanca Berlín
Zona Maco
Mexico City, MX
Rodney Smith: Between Real and Surreal
XPosure
Aljada - Sharjah, UAE
2025
Rodney Smith: Fotografia tra reale e surreal
Palazzo Roverella
Rovigo, Italy
Rodney Smith: The End
Festival Revela't
Barcelona, Spain
Rodney Smith at Staley Wise Gallery
AIPAD 2025
Park Avenue Armory, New York City
Rodney Smith at Galeria Mario Cohen
SP-Arte
São Paolo, Brazil
Rodney Smith at Festimatge
Festival de la Imatge de Calella
Calella, Spain
Rodney Smith: The Alchemy of Light
Centro Cultural de Cascais
Cascais, Portugal
Rodney Smith: Enchanted World
Baker Schorr Fine Art
Midland, Texas
2024
Rodney Smith: Worlds of Wonder
ANNE LOUCKS GALLERY WINNETKA
Winnetka, Illinois USA
A Thing of Beauty
Le Voleur d'images
Paris, France
Rodney Smith at Staley Wise Gallery
Paris Photo
Grand Palais, Paris, France
Rodney Smith Solo Show
Staley Wise Gallery
Staley Wise Gallery
Photo London
Somerset House, Strand, London
Rodney Smith at Staley Wise Gallery and Robert Klein Gallery
AIPAD
The Armory - New York City, New York
+ collection
Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square
Celebrating the Legacy of Rodney Smith
Book Signing
Washington, DC
Surreal Realities, Exhibit and Panel Discussion
Photo London
London, England
Rodney Smith
SVA i3 Lecture
New York, New York
2023
Rodney Smith at Staley Wise Gallery
Paris Photo
Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris
Re:cycle - The Ubiquitous Bike
The Church
Sag Harbor, New York
Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith
Anne Loucks Gallery
Glencoe, Illinois
Fashion Photography as Art : Rodney Smith
The Museum at FIT Fashion Culture Program
New York, New York
Rodney Smith Solo Exhibition
Staley Wise Gallery
New York, New York 10012
Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith, Getty Curator's Discussion & Book Signing
Maine Media Workshops
Rockport, Maine
Drawn to the Light, 50 Years of Photography at Maine Media Workshops
Portland Museum of Art
Portland, Maine
Rodney Smith Retrospective: A Leap of Faith
Gilman Contemporary
Ketchum, Idaho
Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith
Getty Center Talks
Los Angeles, California
Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith
Robert Klein Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
Rodney Smith Solo Exhibition
Robert Klein Gallery
Robert Klein Gallery
The Photography Show by AIPAD
New York, New York
Rodney Smith
Miami Ad School
Atlanta, GA
Rodney Smith
Chicago Photo Forum
Chicago, Illinois
Rodney Smith at Paris Photo
Staley-Wise Gallery
Grand Palais Ephemere
The Photography Show by AIPAD
Solo Exhibition
Robert Klein Gallery
Rodney Smith
AIPAD Talks
New York, New York
Leap of Faith: Rodney Smith’s Technical Practice and Influence as a Teacher
Santa Fe Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Rodney Smith
Staley-Wise Gallery
New York, New York
2022
The Curious and Creative Eye
Holden Luntz Gallery
Palm Beach, Florida, US
Art + Fashion
Staley Wise Gallery
New York, New York
The Photography Show
AIPAD
New York, New York
The Fine Print
Robert Klein Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
2021
Rodney Smith: The End
Fotomatón Festival
Orihuela, Spain
Rodney Smith
High Court
Malmö, Sweden
The End
Fotomatón Festival
Orihuela, Spain
2020
The Fashion Photography of Rodney Smith
National Arts Club
New York City, United States
Fashion Talk Exhibit
Abecita Konst Museum
Borås, Sweden
2019
Human in Nature: The Art & Wit of Rodney Smith
Edward Hopper House Museum
Nyack, New York
It's a Colorful, Colorful World
Rodney Smith Solo Exhibition
Staley Wise Gallery
Rodney Smith Solo Exhibition
Staley Wise Gallery
The Photography Show by AIPAD
New York, New York
2018
The Rodney Smith Legacy
Ripley Center at the Smithsonian
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution
Studio Tour
New York
2017
Rodney Smith
Mjellby Konstmuseum
Halmstad, Sweden
Veneralia
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Emory University
Rodney Smith
Ordway Gallery
Avon, Connecticut
2015
Rodney Smith: 45 Years of Photography
Solo Exhibition
Gilman Contemporary Gallery
Fotográfica Bogotá
Group Exhibition
FOTOMUSEO, Museo Nacional
2013
Surreal Reality
Solo Exhibition
FOST Gallery
2012
Rodney Smith
Solo Exhibition
Jiun Ho Gallery
Rodney Smith: The End
Solo Exhibition
Centro Andaluz de Fotografía Exhibition
Rodney Smith: A Forty
Year Retrospective
Solo Exhibition
Rodney Smith
San Francisco Art Fair
San Fransisco, California
Rodney Smith
Milan Image Art Fair
Milan, Italy
2011
Rodney Smith: Photographs
Solo Exhibition
Fahey Klein Gallery
Rodney Smith: The End
Galeria Spectrum Sotos
Zaragoza, Spain
The End
Solo Exhibition
Casa De La Imagen
2010
The End
Solo Exhibition
Museo De Teruel
2009
The End
Solo Exhibition
Sotheby’s Auction House
The End
Solo Exhibition
Eckhart Gallery
2007
Rodney Smith: Collected Works
An Evolving Retrospective
Luminous Online Solo Exhibition
2006
The Photographs of Rodney Smith
Solo Exhibition
Timothy Yarger Gallery
Brooks Institute of Photography
Presents Rodney Smith
Solo Exhibition
2004
Rodney Smith
Solo Exhibition
John Cleary Gallery
Adam’s Dream
Solo Exhibition
Brigham Young University Museum of Art
2003
Reverie and Reality
University of Virginia Art Museum
Charlottesville, Virginia
Rodney Smith
Center for Photographic Art
Carmel, California
The Art of the Game
Robert Klein Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
Rodney Smith: Photographs
Fahey Klein Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Rodney Smith
Catherine Edelman Gallery
Chicago, Illinois
2000
Rodney Smith
Robert Klein Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
1997
Clarity and Beauty
Pucker Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
1993
Rodney Smith: Photographs
Port Washington Public Library
Port Washington, New York
Rodney Smith
Gallerie Zur Stockeregg
Zurich, Switzerland
1992
Rodney Smith: An Exhibition Of Photographs
Witkin Gallery
New York, New York
1986
Rodney Smith: Photographs 1980–1986
Pucker Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
Rodney Smith An Exhibition of
Photographs 1974–1986
Goodrich Gallery
1984
Rodney Smith: In the Land of Light
Pucker Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
In the Land of Light:
Photographs of Israel by Rodney Smith
Cathedral Museum, St. John the Divine
Rodney Smith Photographs:
In the Land of Light
Milton Weill Gallery, 92nd Street Y
1983
In the Land of Light:
Photographs by Rodney Smith
Jewish Community Center
1982
Image Gallery
Bantam, Connecticut
1982
Rodney Smith: An Exhibition Of Photographs
Gotham Book Mart Gallery
New York, New York
1981
An Exhibition of Photographs by
Rodney Smith 1973–1981
Berkley Center, Yale Divinity School
Books & Company
New York, New York
TEACHING &
LECTURES
2016
September
WRKSHP
Rodney Smith Studio
Brooklyn, New York
2016
September
The Photographs of
Rodney Smith 1970–2016
Rodney Smith 1970–2016
B&H Photo Video
New York, New York
2016
October
Rodney Smith: Photographs
book signing
book signing
Rizzoli Bookstore
New York, New York
2013
May
Workshop of Wonders
Rodney Smith Studio
Snedens Landing, New York
2013
October
Studio E Partners and Knoll
Washington, DC
2011
May
Workshop of All Workshops
Rodney Smith Studio
Snedens Landing, New York
2010
May
See Change Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2010
Staying Original in a Changing
World:
The Photographic Journey of
Rodney Smith
The Photographic Journey of
Rodney Smith
PDN Photo Expo
New York, New York
2009
September
The End book signing
Sotheby’s Auction House, Unique Photo
Fairfield, New Jersey
2009
September
The End book signing
Bloomingdale’s, 59th Street Store
New York, New York
2008
October
Images of Grace
Apple Store
New York, New York
2008
October
The End Is Just The Beginning
PDN Photoplus
New York, New York
2007
February
Hallmark Institution
Turners Falls, Massachusetts
2007
June
Santa Fe Photographic Workshop
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006
Brooks Institute of Photography Presents
Rodney Smith
Brooks Institute
Santa Barbara, California
2006
The Photographs of Rodney Smith
Timothy Yarger Gallery
Bangkok, Thailand
2006
November
The Art of Black and White Photography
Photo Expo
New York, New York
2006
November
APA
Charlotte, North Carolina
2004
May
French Royal Garden Workshop
Rodney Smith Studio
Paris, France
2004
September
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
2004
October
PDN Photo Expo
New York, New York
2004
October
Atlanta Celebrates Photography
Atlanta, Georgia
2003
ASMP, South Florida
Paris, France
2003
ASMP, New England
Boston, Massachusetts
2003
Society of Portrait Photographers
Hartford, Connecticut
2003
Bayley Museum, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
2003
The Image of Grace: Black and
White Photography with Rodney Smith
ASMP, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
2003
ASMP, Central Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
2003
Photography Group Salon,
Soho Photo Gallery
New York, New York
2003
Photo Expo East
New York, New York
2003
Herman Miller
Holland, Michigan
2002
School of Visual Arts
New York, New York
2002
Photo Expo East
New York, New York
2002
AIGA
Salt Lake City, Utah
2002
ASMP, Mountain West
Salt Lake City, Utah
2002
ASMP, Ohio Valley
Columbus, Ohio
2001
AIGA
New York, New York
2001
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
2001
Portfolio Center
Atlanta, Georgia
2000
ASMP and Art Directors Club
of South Carolina
of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
2000
ASMP and Art Directors Club of Colorado
Denver, Colorado
2000
Images of Grace
Photo Plus East
New York, New York
1999
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999
Photo Plus Expo
New York, New York
1998
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1996
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1996
Center for Photography at Woodstock
Woodstock, New York
1996
Viscomm Photo Expo
New York, New York
1994
Advertising Photographers of New York
Creative Collaborations
New York, New York
1993
ASMP New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
1993
The Hat Book
Mohawk Paper Company
Cohoes, New York
1993
Rodney Smith: Photographs
Port Washington Public Library
Port Washington, New York
1993
Black and White Portrait
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992
Black and White Portrait
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1992
Making of a Portrait
The International Center of Photography
New York, New York
1992
ASMP, New England
Boston, Massachusetts
1992
Black and White Portrait
Palm Beach Photographic Workshop
Boca Raton, Florida
1991
Black and White Portrait
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991
Advanced Making of a Portrait
The International Center of Photography
New York, New York
1990
Black and White Portrait
Maine Photographic Workshops
Rockport, Maine
1990
Black and White Portrait
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1990
Making of a Portrait
The International Center of Photography
New York, New York
1989
Portrait Photography
Maine Photographic Workshops
Rockport, Maine
1989
Making of a Portrait
The International Center of Photography
New York, New York
1988
Yale University, Timothy Dwight College
New Haven, Connecticut
1986
The Medium is the Message
New Haven Foundation
New Haven, Connecticut
1982
Adjunct Professor of Photography
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
1981
Revelation and the Portrait
Religion and the Arts program,
Yale University
New Haven,
Connecticut