Babs Smith Visual Artist
About
Babs Smith is a visual artist based at Rogue Studios Manchester, and an Associate member of Ebor Studios, Littleborough. She has undertaken several public commissions and her work is housed at: The National Outdoor Centre, The Autism and Criminal Justice System, Salford Museum & Art Gallery and DCC Manchester. After winning a Graduate Scholarship with UOS Art Collection in 2020 her practice has focused on investigating our visceral relationship with the Anthropocene, incorporating traditional mediums and New Technologies. Smith’s process alternates between tangible reality and virtuality subverting apps to explore movement, light and sound. This is presented in Augmented Reality, sculpture, and print. Cross-disciplinary collaboration is at the heart of her practice, working with musicians’ researchers and scientists. Her work was recently published in Social Justice Art of the Twenties
Her process alternates between tangible reality and virtuality, Smith subverts apps to explore movement light and sound presenting her work in Augmented Reality directly to the viewer’s mobile phone.
"In the tapestry of artistic expression, Babs Smith weaves more than mere visuals; she crafts experiences, fosters awareness, and kindles the flame of social change. Through her art, she beckons us to confront our apathy, to engage with the world's pressing issues, and to realise that the power to make a difference lies within our collective consciousness"
Jacqueline Amy Jackson Art Social Justice Art of the Twenties
