Lenard Smith is a first generation Ghanaian-American interdisciplinary artist based in in Los Angeles, California. His work explores surrealism, introspection, and references personal and found objects. His artistic practice includes photography, sculpture, painting, sound, film, and bookmaking. Lenard’s art is characterized by a signature style that combines assemblage sculpture and still life photography, drawing influences from pedagogical readings, architecture, and design. He has exhibited his work in various exhibitions and galleries in the United States and internationally. His artistic expression is diverse and motivated by his memories of past moments, and how they relate to the present.
In his work “Fortuitous Encounter”, he brings together intimate personal belongings and found objects to create sculptural arrangements that offer new interpretations of disparate items. Smith wants us to reflect on the meaning of objects in our lives and to reimagine their significance. He challenges us to consider how we assign value to things and how we can find new ways to relate to the objects that surround us.
drawing into space 