Lucien Smith Studio

b. 1989
Lives and works in New York, NY
info@luciensmithstudio.com

Lucien Smith is a multidisciplinary artist. Shortly after earning a degree in Fine Arts from The Cooper Union — his mostly abstract paintings earned him international acclaim. Following what seemed like overnight success Smith battled with some of the pitfalls of gaining notoriety so early. It was during this period that Smith launched Serving the People a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide young artists with opportunity and support.

Press

The Artist-Run Restaurant FOOD Is the Stuff of Legend. Now, It's Being Revived for a New Generation.

Written by: Jessica Willis

Cultured Magazine - February 25, 2025
Lucien Smith will re-create New York's legendary artist-run restaurant FOOD

Written by: Gabriella Angeleti

The Art Newspaper - September 19, 2024
Lucien Smith Drops First NFT Collection 'Seeds'

Written by: Shanti Escalante-De Mattei

ARTnews
Move over, Bored Apes: This $7 billion art platform is going all in on NFTs

Written by: Nicole Laporte

Fast Company
Artist Lucien Smith Joins NFT-Oriented Equity Management Firm to Address Market Imbalances

Written by: Shanti Escalante-de Mattei

Artnews
123 STP You and Me

Interview: William Corman

Photography: David "Shadi" Perez

SNEEZE MAG - No. 49
After Years of Ridicule, Kenny Schachter Has Kissed and Made Up With Zombie Formalist Lucien Smith...

Interview: Kenny Schachter

Artnet - August 5, 2021
Lucien Smith and Julia Fox star in offbeat new film, Fire Finder

Photography Nolan Zangas

Dazed Digital - June 4 2021
Lucien Smith: A Constant Return

Interview by Saam Niami

Photos by Lea Winkler

Office Magazine - September 18, 2020
Fed Up With Speculators, Artist Lucien Smith Quit His Galleries. Now He’s Been Rewarded With His First Solo Museum Show

Interview: Henri Neuendorf

Artnet - August 18, 2020
Lucien Smith Wants to Be the Jeff Bezos of Nonprofit Directors

Interview: Ella Huzenis

Interview Magazine - August 26, 2020
Lucien Smith is still disrupting the art world

Interview by Ryan White

i-D Magazine - August 13, 2020
Newly Minted Artists, Facing a Precarious Future, Take Action

Text by Hilarie M. Sheets

The New York Times - May 22, 2020
Serve the People

Interview Bill Powers

Photography: Bill Taylor

Office Magazine - May 14, 2018
Lucien Smith and Virgil Abloh Host a Party for Art Show “Friends”

Photo: Madison McGaw

Vogue - May 2, 2018
Hiding Out in Montauk with Lucien Smith

Interview: Thom Bettridge

Photography: Angelo Baque

SSENSE
Gigi Hadid, Naomi Campbell, and Lucien Smith Party in the South Bronx

Text by Nick Remsen

Vogue - October 30, 2015
Has the Market for ‘Zombie Formalists’ Evaporated?

Text by Eileen Kinsella

Artnet - October 5, 2015
Lucien Smith Refocuses On Art Amid the Spectacle

Interview by Nate Freeman

T Magazine - July 17, 2015
Art World Darling Lucien Smith Can’t Wait to Escape the Art World

Interview by Elien Blue Becque

Vanity Fair - June 6, 2014
A Wunderkind Artist Summons a Barely Bygone New York

Text by Julie Baumgardner

T Magazine - May 7, 2013
Now Recalling | ‘Imagined Nostalgia’

Text by Sara Moonves

T Magazine - May 5, 2011