About Ray Smith
Ray was selected as the lead artist to work with the students and staff of Ramsden Hall School together with the project design team. His brief was to develop proposals for the integration of permanent artworks into the architecture and grounds of the new school extensions. Ray has remarked that the pupils who worked with him at Ramsden Hall School had a major input in the development of the project.
Ray has taught at Chelsea School of Art, undertaken a Linbury Trust Artist Award and had a fellowship as Artist-in-Residence at the University of Southampton. He has had numerous solo exhibitions including shows at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and. the Barbican, London. He has won a number of prizes and awards, including a Royal Society of Arts Art for Architecture Award.
He has work in many museums and other public collections and has made numerous publicly sited artworks in this country and abroad. Ray has also been the artist consultant on a number of new-build hospital and school projects.
Ray's work is extremely varied and he likes to respond to new situations with fresh ideas.
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“The great designs produced by the pupils with Ray will be a major enhancement to the building.”
Paul Critchley, Project Manager, Essex County Council
