Brittany
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Walker
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Smith
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Brittany 〰️ Walker 〰️ Smith 〰️
Brittany Walker Smith is an artist and Doctoral candidate at Elam School of Fine Arts whose practice embraces frivolity as both a survival mechanism and a form of cultural resistance. Her large-scale paintings and installations reject the austerity of minimalism in favour of hyper-feminine excess, glittering artifice, and unapologetic bimbo aesthetics. Through humour, material indulgence, and the aesthetics of ‘too much,’ her work transforms personal narratives and cultural critique into immersive, fantasy spaces. In a world that demands constant resilience and self-improvement, Brittany invites us to rest, revel, and find relief in the pleasures of aesthetic excess—proving that sometimes, survival looks best in pink, rhinestoned, and with a perfectly applied lip gloss.
Solo Exhibitions
Thank You For Sharing, I Really Appreciate It, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (2023)
If Only I Were That Easy To Get Rid Of, Elam University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (2024)
Group Exhibitions
Have You Ever Been Crying In A Hospital In Full Drag?, Never Project Space, Hamilton, New Zealand (2022)
End-to-End (P.T.2), Ethan Frome & SCA Project Space, Sydney, Australia (2024)
Superstore, Plomacy, Ponsonby, Auckland (2025)
Creature Comforts, Plomacy, Ponsonby, Auckland (2025)
