Artist Background
My journey with art making began with a passion in my final years at college. Over the years I have developed my own style of painting and drawing, ever changing through different stages of my life. I have always loved teaching art, the joy and excitement of working with young people in a creative way. It has also been important for me to travel and most of my own artwork has been a reflection of experiences of place.
Growing up on a farm in the Adelaide Hills, I have always had a fascination with Country and place. As a visual person I am constantly soaking up light and detail, I look for the small joys wherever I can find them. The most insignificant, disused objects/architecture, can be the inspiration for much delight.
My work often wavers between careful detailed realism to abstract expressions of colour. I am constantly challenged by bringing both these styles together. The excitement of spontaneous application of colour and light onto a large blank space is unexplainable. However, the time consuming, detailed layers of working in oil to capture the realism of the surface quality of an object is totally therapeutic and engaging. It is one of the most difficult but most rewarding processes.
I continue to study and learn and my work continues to develop along the way.
Jacinta Smart
2015-16 Practical workshops through VAESA
2014 Still Life in Oil – Nona Burden
2013 Fred Williams Workshop – Water based Oil
AGSA
2012 Mixed Media Painting
AGSA
2011 Portrait Painting in Oil
Central School of Art
2008 - 2009 Traditional Oil Painting, Hahndorf Academy
1999 UNSW
Master of Art – Year 1 completed, deferred
1996 Metro Film and Television School Paddington NSW
Film and Video Production Stage Two
1994 Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre NSW
Graphic Design
1984 – 1987 SA College of Advanced Education
Bachelor of Education in Secondary Art Teaching
1979 – 1983 Saint Aloysius College, Adelaide
Sacred Heart College, Brighton
1971 – 1978 St. Catherine’s Parish School, Stirling
2015 – 2016 Commissioned works – Solar Art Prize Exhibition, North Terrace
2009 - 2014 Victor Harbor Art Show, Victor Harbor, SA
Solo Exhibition ‘Bird in Hand Gallery’ Woodside, SA
2004 - 2009 Set Design and construction for ‘Music is Fun’
(Statewide production by Andre Oosterbahn)
2008 SALA Festival, Woodside, SA
Dragan Art Prize ‘Lobethal Gallery’, Lobethal, SA
2007 Group Exhibition ‘Lemondog Gallery’, Balhannah
Solo Exhibition ‘Woodside Providore’, Woodside, SA
2006 ‘Wool Shed Gallery’, Mannum, SA
SALA Festival, Woodside, SA
2003 – 2006 Various Group Exhibitions, gallery and retail showings in SA
Stirling Fine Arts Exhibition, Stirling, SA
2003 Group Exhibition ‘Stanley Bridge Tavern’ Verdun, SA
1997 Solo Exhibition ‘Wadi Gallery’ Bondi, NSW
1993 – 2002 Various Group Exhibitions, Paddington & Woollahra, NSW
1993 Solo Exhibition ‘Roy’s Famous’ Kings Cross, NSW
2009 – Current Cornerstone College SA
2002 – 2009 Private Tuition Years R-7
Volunteer Art Teaching at H.C.C.S & Woodside Primary School
1996 – 2000 The McDonald College NSW
Art, Photography, Design, After Hours Art, Years R-12
1992 – 1996 Vaucluse High School, NSW
Art/Design/Photography/Film & Video/Music, Years 7-12
Life Drawing/Framing, Adult Evening College
1989 – 1991 Port Pirie High School, SA
1988 Augusta Park High School, SAArt/Craft/Design, Years 8-10 | 
