Michael Smither b. 1939
Works
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Michael Smither2 Rock Pools, 2017Screenprint76 x 56 cmNZ$600.00 -
Michael SmitherBellbird Room, 2011acrylic, oil & alkyd
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Michael SmitherBlackback Gulls over Back Beach, 2020Screenprint56 x 74 cmNZ$1,200.00
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Michael SmitherBlue Maomao, 2022Screenprint100 x 71 cmNZ$1,200.00
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Michael SmitherBoy with Dolphin 8/50, 2021Screenprint69 x 34.5 cmNZ$600.00
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Michael SmitherC - Light Cross, 2013Acrylic on canvas100 x 100 cm
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Michael SmitherChroma Zone Series, 2015Screenprint85 x 65 cmNZ$900.00
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Michael SmitherCracker Biscuit, 2025Limited edition screenprint41 x 41 cm, 76 x 56 cm unframedNZ$500.00
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Michael SmitherE flat Harmonogram, 2009Oil and alkyd on canvas100 x 100 cm
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Michael SmitherEastern Tree 10, 2017Ink on paper73 x 88 cm
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Michael SmitherEastern Tree 9, 2017Ink on paper73 x 88 cm
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Michael SmitherEl Cuba Series Duo Chromatic Y - RV, 2015Acrylic on wood41 x 21 cm
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Michael SmitherEl Cuba Series Duo Vertical Chromatic BV - V, 2015Acrylic on wood41 x 21 cm
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Michael SmitherEl Cuba Series Harmonic B G, 2015Acrylic on wood24 x 21 cm
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Michael SmitherEl Cuba Series Harmonic R O, 2015Acrylic on wood24 x 21 cm
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Michael SmitherF Harmonogram, 2009Oil and alkyd on canvas100 x 100 cm
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Michael SmitherHarmonic , 2024Screenprint114.5 x 76.5 cmNZ$1,500.00
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Michael SmitherHarmonic Box Blue Green, 2011oil & alkyd on canvas50 x 50 cm
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Michael SmitherHarmonic Box Blue Red , 2013Oil & alkyd on canvas50 x 50 cm
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Michael SmitherHarmonic Cube - A Cage for Tom , 2013Oil & alkyd on canvas71 x 71 cm
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Michael SmitherHarmonic Cube II, 2013Oil & alkyd on canvas100 x 100 cm
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Michael SmitherHarmonic Cube Opal , 2013Oil & alkyd on canvas100 x 100 cm
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Michael SmitherOkahu Boats - Koromiko, 2014Screenprint36.5 x 27.5 cmNZ$400.00
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Michael SmitherOkahu Boats - Niagara, 2014Screenprint36.5 x 27.5 cmNZ$400.00
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Michael SmitherOkahu Boats - Paris Daisy, 2014Screenprint36.5 x 27.5 cmNZ$400.00
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Michael SmitherOriginal Pitch RO, 2009Acrylic on canvas50 x 50 cm
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Michael SmitherPolyphonic Chord # 2, 1981Acrylic on canvas228 x 160 cm
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Michael SmitherPolyphonic Chord # 3, 1981Acrylic on canvas228 x 160 cm
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Michael SmitherSarah with Baked Beans , 2018Screenprint76 x 56 cmNZ$500.00
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Michael SmitherSeawall & Kingfisher, 2022Screenprint80.5 x 71 cmNZ$900.00
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Michael SmitherShags, 2021Screenprint56 x 38.5 cmNZ$400.00
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Michael SmitherSingle Quartet - Red Violet, 2012Framed paper collage48 x 48 cm
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Michael SmitherSingle Quartet Blue Green, 2012Framed paper collage48 x 48 cm
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Michael SmitherSpotlights 3, 2021acrylic on wood20 x 20 cm
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Michael SmitherSpotlights 5, 2021acrylic on wood20 x 20 cm
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Michael SmitherSquid on a Plate , 2025Limited edition screenprint44 x 46 cm, 76 x 56 cm unframedNZ$700.00
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Michael SmitherSt Francis & the Wolf, 2022Screenprint76 x 56 cmNZ$900.00
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Michael SmitherStakeout II, 2014Wood, aluminium rods & resene acrylic101 x 21 cm
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Michael SmitherStill Life, 2025Limited edition screenprint47 x 59 cm, 56 x 76 cm unframedNZ$1,200.00
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Michael SmitherThe Rockwall, 2022Screenprint71 x 100 cmNZ$1,200.00
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Michael SmitherThe White Hatch Cover Again, 2013Screenprint17 x 17 cm
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Michael SmitherTug & Barge, 2025Limited edition screenprint27 x 27 cm, 56 x 39 cm unframedNZ$400.00
Biography
Michael Smither in his studio
Michael Smither was born in New Plymouth in 1939 and was educated at New Plymouth Boys' High School and Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland.
Michael Smither has produced a vast and varied body of work over his career, translating his intimate observations of his local environments, family and friends, and objects of the everyday into works of art. His artworks have come to sit alongside our notion of identity as New Zealanders, and have cemented his position as one of this country's leading exponents of the realist style.
Smither is mainly known for his iconic super-realist paintings and screen-prints. He is acknowledged as one of several pivotal painters who emerged in the 1960s, to lead contemporary New Zealand art in new directions.
Over the past five decades Smither has constantly explored new ideas and themes connected with his own life. He is also a talented musician and composer and during the 1970s and 1980s became fascinated by the link with art and music. Smither developed his own 'Harmonic Chart' in 1982 and continued to use this as a reference for works over the following thirty years. Many paintings and sculptures could actually be played as a musical score - translating colour into sound.
Smither's paintings are held in numerable public collections including Auckland Art Gallery and Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. His work is also included in significant private collections throughout New Zealand and overseas.
Smither had a solo exhibition at ARTIS in 2015 - a selection of not only paintings, drawings and screen-prints, but also sculptures. This exhibition was installed in both ARTIS Gallery and Jonathan Grant Gallery - a retrospective installation covering Smither's long career. In November 2021, Smither was met with great success for his sell-out solo exhibition 'Here & Now'.
Exhibitions
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Michael Smither - SONG
Harmonic Series | 26 March - 8 April 2024Read more -
Michael Smither
Here & Now 9 - 29 November 2021In these uncertain times it is a gift when some things stay the same. Ever since his first exhibition in Auckland almost exactly 60 years ago, Michael Smither has confronted his viewers with surprises, sometimes shocks, always a search and scrutiny of his singular way of looking at the world. True to his best form, he has done it again with Here and Now, this exhibition of 10 paintings. “These are the paintings of my old age,” says Smither. “I think now I have truly earned my name: Smither; it means an ordinary working man.”Read more
