Lynda SmithSchick is a photographic artist photographing the natural world from a non-representational perspective as metaphorical expressions of spirit, environmental and social justice concerns. She also composes and hand crafts botanical materials to photograph.
SmithSchick lives and works on the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest.
Artist Statement
In my photography practice I’m drawn to photographing the natural world.
The natural world provides renewal and inspiration — a respite from life’s tensions and responsibilities. I revisit again and again to be filled by the “well of what nature has to offer” my work and me.
After graduating from the University of Oklahoma in Interior Design and being certified with the NCIDQ, she had a extensive career practicing commercial and residential Interior Design, before pursuing Photography full time. She’s intrigued with how the principles and elements of design are woven through both interior design and photography.
SmithSchick is a world traveler even camping in a more remote region of Mongolia to photograph. She has yoga and meditation practices and takes walks in nature with her dog, Plush.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia, “The Best Is In Front Of Me”, Curator: Evgeny Komuhin 2021 Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia,”The Best Is In Front Of Me” Curator: Evgeny Komuhin 2011Urban Teahouse, OK City, OK, “Green” 2010 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, “12x12 Juried Preview Exhibition”,OK City,OK,”Beit Shean” 2010 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, 12x12 Juried Exhibition, OK City, OK “Beit Shean”
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023 ADD SPACE BILLBOARD EXHIBITION, Tulsa Artist Fellowship 2023 Praxis Gallery, “Still Life” Juror: Kimberly Witham 2022 17th Annual Black and White Spider Awards 2021Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Annual Members’ Show, Juror: Aline Smithson 2020 Center For Photographic Art, Carmel, California, 2020 International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Aline Smithson 2019 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum Galeria, Barcelona, Spain, Juror: Elisabeth Biondi 2019 PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, “Black and White”, Juror: Jennifer Schlesinger 2018 PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, ”Still Life: Elevating the Mundane”, Juror: Kimberly Witham 2018 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum Galeria, Barcelona, Spain, Juror: Analy Werbin 2018 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, "Being Set Free" Jurors: Karen Divine, Melanie Walker, Amanda Smith, Diana Perkins, Kevin Tully 2017 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, "Vistas", Juror: Dan Burkholder 2017 A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX, “Response”, Jurors: Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully 2010 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, “12 x 12 Preview Exhibition”, OK City, OK Jurors: OVAC Exhibition Committee 2010 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, 12 x 12 Exhibition, OK City, OK Jurors: OVAC Exhibition Committee
