About A

A Smith is a queer, Anishinaabe, mixed-media artist and photographer. Their work traces the threads of identity through land, community, and self, and the ways all three are woven together. No stranger to grief and the delicate balance of life and death, A honors this balance in their work by breathing new life into old, discarded, and otherwise “dead” materials, remaking them as art.

A is inspired by cultural stories, their love for the land and river, their own dreams, and the people they love. A honors their ancestors, who were storytellers and artists when they walked Earth-side by continuing to create and experiment across mediums. Their work has been featured in several places big and small, from an Indigenous owned bookstore in Canada to Billboards in Times Square, NYC. Their work asks viewers to meet their own creativity, and their own relationship with Turtle Island, with curiosity and an open heart.