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 cultural strategy. Her large-scale paintings and installations reject the beige restraint of minimalism in favour of rhinestoned hyper-femininity, glittering kitsch, and unapologetic bimbo aesthetics. Through humour, excess, and the aesthetics of “too much,” her work reimagines personal narratives as fantasy spaces that transform exhaustion into indulgence and critique into play. In a world that demands resilience, efficiency, and endless self-improvement, Brittany insists on the opposite: that survival sometimes looks best when sequinned, velvet-draped, and armed with a lip gloss that gleams like armour.
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)
