A queer-owned studio and gallery in the North Boulder Arts District at 16th & Zamia

Brady Smith

Sitting Together

  • Opening December 6, 2024

  • Conceptually, I am interested in exploring and portraying mental health through my artistic practice. Employing the use of two-dimensional visual art, I present to the viewer ideas regarding depression, struggles with suicidal ideation, relational loneliness, and other common shared melancholic experiences. This is accomplished mostly through still life and portraiture in a variety of mediums ranging from all printmaking methods, drawing, painting, and other forms of mark-making. The goal of each piece is either to create a composition that conveys a feeling for the viewer to sympathize with to gain a better understanding of another human experience, or to educate a viewer on tools they can adopt to help with these shared struggles. While there is certainly a space for joyful artwork, I think it is essential to portray other emotions of the human condition in order to assist each other in coping with this thing called life.

Past Exhibitions

Marco Corvo from Nederland, Colorado

Mary Manusos from San Diego, California

Mark Hackworth and Deni Naffziger from Athens, Ohio

Allyson McDuffie from Boulder, Colorado