Skylar Smith
I am the dot in the seed of the sea, 2026
Mixed media on Paper
9" x 12"
 
Artist Bio
Skylar Smith is an artist, curator, and educator whose work moves between the micro and macro rhythms of the natural world and the human forces that shape perception. She explores how art can heal and offer light in uncertain times. Using ink, colored pencil, and other tactile materials, she layers color, texture, and pattern into compositions where hard-edged geometries meet the fluidity of organic form. Smith’s work has been exhibited regionally and internationally. She is a founding member of Kentucky College of Art + Design (KyCAD), and she has taught college-level art studio and art history courses for over a decade, in addition to teaching at non-profit and alternative-education venues. Smith has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art and a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is also a Certified Yoga Teacher. She has taught at the University of Louisville and Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC). Through JCTC, she also taught college-level courses to men and women in prison. She is currently the Artist-In-Residence at Francis Parker School.