Lydia Smith’s practice is rooted in automatism, a process that allows intuition to lead and the unconscious to shape each work. Working across sculpture, works on paper and digital media, she begins without fixed ideas, allowing her research, thoughts and experiences to surface intuitively.

Through her practice, Smith explores the theme of human connection, drawing from the intertwined histories of ancient beliefs, technological progress, scientific inquiry, and spiritual experience.

From this state of openness, she examines the hidden systems that shape who we are, from subconscious conditioning to the codes written in our DNA, questioning where instinct ends and identity begins.

A dialogue unfolds between line and form as geometry takes shape across both physical and digital worlds. Moving between her hands, to the software, and back again, she builds a rhythm between material and thought. The finished works hold a sense of balance and quiet intensity, inviting the viewer to pause and reflect.

For Smith, sculpture is a grounding force that anchors us between our spiritual and digital avatars, commanding presence across both tangible and virtual realms. 

 
 
 

“My work explores how instinct and data shape human identity, how form can exist simultaneously in material and digital states.”

- Lydia Smith


Bio


Lydia Smith (b. 1995) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges historical and contemporary processes. Based in London, she creates sculpture, works on paper, and digital art to explore the nature of human connection, drawing from the intertwined realms of ancient history, technology, science, and spirituality.

Working primarily with clay, Smith approaches her material through intuition, allowing form and concept to emerge subconsciously. Once complete, each work is translated into the digital world through her own hybrid process, where tactile gestures become data, and new geometries evolve. This cyclical exchange between matter and code forms the core of her practice.

Smith trained in academic sculpture at the University of the Arts London (2014–2017) and at private ateliers in Greece, Spain, and France. She has exhibited at Christie’s, the Saatchi Gallery, and Bowman Sculpture and presented her solo exhibition Pause in Soho, London. Her work has been featured in The Telegraph, The Guardian, Mayfair Times, and L’Officiel.





Exhibitions


2025 -

  • Kilidoscopic Loops - Solo show curated by Lydia Higton, Maison Pan, Trafalgar Square, London (24 - 29 June)

  • Transending Time: Blueprints of Form - Solo show presented by ArtMoorHouse, Angel Court Bank, London (April -June)

  • Echoes of Identity, The Auction Collective, Maison Pan, Trafalgar Square, London (5 December – 15 January)

2024 -

  • Bowman Sculpture, , 6 Duke Street, St James’s, London, SW1Y 6BN (31st October – 22nd November)

  • Underground Muse: From Muse to Artist - produced by Fé collective, Maison Pan 6-11 Suffolk St, London, SW1Y 4HG (17th -22nd September)

  • Between Dimension- The Good Times House, The Cotswolds (13th September - 4th October)

  • NEXT GEN MASTERS: Bicester Village x LUX Emerging Artists - Online Exhibition (June - August)

  • FRACTALS - Solo Show - High street Kensington in collaboration with Russo Fine Jewels for Kensington & Chelsea Art week

  • Blueprints of Form - Solo Show - St. Botolph’s building, Aldgate, London (June - July)

  • The Future is Female - Group show - Chelsea Barracks, Chelsea, London (March)

  • The Values We Share - Solo show and monumental sculpture Unveiling, The Royal Masonic School for Girls, Hertfordshire (March)

  • What are you looking at? - Group Show - Maison Pan, Trafalgar Square, London

2023 -

  • Tutussie Art Fair - 27 - 29 Brook Street, Mayfair, London

  • Awakening: The Journey to the 5th Dimension - group show - South Kensington High Street

  • G A I A -  Dover Street Mayfair  - E  P  O  K  woman & Hub culture -  Frieze Week

  • CHRISTIE’S The Augusta Galleries - CHRISTIE’S Lates 50 years of Pablo Picasso - 14th September

  • JOHN REARDON: (AFTER) WHISTLEJACKET -MMX Gallery ( 1st June - 1st July)

  • Soft Spaces - New Bond street - Duo show (6th -12th March)

  • KOPPEL X Group show - 48 Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus (16th -25th March)

2022 -

  • The NFT Gallery - Dover Street Mayfair (15th Dec - 21st Jan)

  • Creative Mason - 14 Bedford Square - Fitzrovia - The Artist workspace Gallery & Vie d’Artiste (12th -30th Nov)

  • Saatchi Gallery - STart - 13th -16th October - Frieze Week

  • Future Antiquity - Mayfair - in collaboration with E P O K woman & Hub culture - Frieze Week

  • Sculpture & Design intersects the Digital World - Mayfair - in collaboration with E P O K woman & WAAW London

  • Feminine & Form - Solo Show - in collaboration with E P O K woman - Mayfair London (8th March - 30th April)

  • PAUSE - Solo Show - Thirteen Soho Square, London - Soho, London - 1st Feb - 10th Feb

2021 -

  • London Art Biennale - Chelsea Town Hall - Chelsea, London

  • Tebbs Contemporary Art gallery - Surreal - Virtual Group show

2020 -

  • Creativity during a pandemic - Wycombe Art Centre - High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

  • Longwick Art Fair - Chiltern MS Centre - Wendover, Buckinghamshire



Selected Press

Art & Design Publications

Digital & Web3 Media

Broadcasts & Interviews

Earlier Coverage

Residencies




Education

  • (2013) University of the Arts London - Foundation Art diploma

  • (2014 -2017) University of the Arts London - BA Honors Degree

  • (2018) Mapstone Studio - ‘The alchemy of sculpture’ with Robert Bodem

  • (2019) Athens Sculpture Atelier - ‘Drawing in Space’ with Robert Bodem

  • (2020) Geode Art Space - ‘ Sculpting and painting the figure’ with Eudald De Juana Gorriz

  • (2021) Mapstone and Vouzeron - ‘Sculpting the figure’ with Grzegorz Gwiazda