Adrian Smith Ma(Des)RCA Ba(Hons)
Artist and Designer.
After graduating from Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art In the early 90’s Adrian moved to Italy as a designer in the fashion Industry, working for a number of high-profile brands over a 30-year period, including Gucci, Prada, Cerruti and Cavalli
In 2019 he stepped back from the fashion Industry and has since focused on Painting and Textile Art
Adrian is based between Orkney and Stirlingshire in Scotland and is currently an exhibiting member of EDGE Textile Artists Scotland, PRISM Textiles, The Scottish Society of Artists and Visual Arts Scotland
Characterised by textural depth and rich colour use, his work is largely shaped by the landscape and culture of the Orkney Islands. He builds seductive, immersive moods to capture the audience and stimulate reflection
Portraits and commissions welcome, both in Textiles and Oils/Acrylics
Recent exhibitions include:-
- Ship of Fools Summer exhibition
- Ship of Fools Gallery Kirkwall, Orkney. 2026
- Visual Arts Scotland exhibition ‘Strata’. WASPS Creative Academy, Inverness. 2026
- Line Gallery Exhibition,‘Talking Threads‘. Line Gallery, Linlithgow, 2026
- Visual Arts Scotland ‘Future Folklore’ exhibition. Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr. 2026
- Visual Arts Scotland ‘Common Ground’ exhibition. Kircudbright Galleries, Kircudbright 2026
- Scottish Society of Artists Annual exhibition. RSA Edinburgh 2026
- Textileartist.org online workshop ‘Fabric Manipulation’ 2026
- Ship of Fools Winter exhibition. Ship of Fools Gallery, Kirkwall, Orkney. 2025
- “A Selective Memory”, solo exhibition at the Ship of Fools Gallery in Kirkwall, Orkney 2025
- EDGE Textile Artists’ ‘Surfaces and Undercurrents’ exhibition at the Cass Art space in Glasgow 2024.
- EDGE Textile Artists’ ‘Surfaces and Undercurrents’ exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery in Edinburgh 2024.
