Caitlyn Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist utilising and exploring how to bring materiality to the ephemeral. That is the recollection of the fragments from her memory; her love of small traditions and detail, and the cultural intersection of her Australian-Malaysian heritage. Based in Naarm, she utilizes photography and painting/illustration based processes to deconstruct and reconstruct as an act of reflective catharsis and expression.
Caitlyn finds comfort in the mundanity of familiar settings and routines, with an appreciation for food and unique cultural or familial traditions - such as cutting apple for the family after each meal. Shaping her identity and its expression, family and culture bleeds into her work through appreciation and conflict. The values, expectations and standards lingering softly in its creation. An expression of love and wholeheartedness, her sensitive works display intimate connections of finding oneself through the weight of life and the emotional resonance of family and culture.
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Lives and works in Naarm (Melbourne), VIC
Selected Exhibitions
2026 - Forever Bedroom (group show), Changing Room Gallery, VIC
2025 - GET COOKED (group show), Trocadero Projects, VIC
2025 - Hillvale Photo Trophy (group show), Hillvale Gallery, VIC
2025 - Untitled - Asian Heritage Week Mini Exhibition(group show), The Workshop Bar, VIC
2024 - Revel & Reveal (Graduate Exhibition), RMIT Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, VIC
2024 - Exhibition for Ants 2.0 (group show), Unassigned Gallery, VIC
2023 - Hillvale Photo Trophy (group show), Hillvale Gallery, VIC
Awards
2024 - Excellence Award, RMIT Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, VIC
Publications
2025 - The Mundane Issue #006, Hoiszn
Volunteer Work
2025 - Trocadero Projects, Invigilator
2025 - Museum of Australian Photography, Volunteer/Intern
2024 - Workshop Facilitator, Toning at Home -Cyanotype Masterclass, Museum of Australian Photography, Jess Schwientek and Ruby Armstrong-Porter
2024 - Seventh Gallery, Invigilator
Collections
Various private collections
Stockists/Tabling Events & Markets
2025 - Mini Artist Market, The Workshop Bar, VIC
2025 - Incube8r, Melbourne Central, VIC
2025 - Incube8r, Fitzroy, VIC
Education
2024 - Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, RMIT University (VE)
2023 - Diploma of Visual Arts, RMIT University (VE)