Pehr Smith
Teaching Experience
A. Name: Pehr Smith Title: Adjunct Professor, Art
B. Educational Background
Degree Year University Major Thesis/Dissertation
MFA 1990 University of Texas at Austin Painting MFA Painting
BFA 1984 Webster University, St. Louis, Mo. Painting BFA Painting
C. University Experience
Position University Dates
Adjunct Professor of Art, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas 1997 –
present
Visiting Adjunct Professor of Art, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas 2019 - 2020
Instructor,
Instructor Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 2001 to 2011
Lecturer University of Texas Austin 1992 -1997
Graduate Assistant Instructor University of Texas, Austin 1989 – 1990
Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Texas, Austin 1988 - 1989
D. Relevant Professional Experience
Position Entity Dates
Instructor Private and Group Instruction 2007 to
present
Instructor C.G. Jung Educational Center, Houston, Texas Fall 1998
Substitute Instructor Webster University St. Louis, Missouri. Fall
1986
Gallery Assistant Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 1985-
1986
II. TEACHING
A. Teaching Honors and Awards:
2022 NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award
25-Year Service Award, Austin Community College
B. Courses Taught:
Drawing I & II, Life Drawing, I & II, Basic Design, Painting (all levels).
C. Courses Prepared and Curriculum Development:
Drawing I&II, Life Drawing I&II, Painting I - Advanced and Basic Design
Professional Publications
Exhibitions (title; date; location; solo, 2-, 3-, 4-person or group; curated, juried, or
invitational-list curator, jury, or inviter; and scope-international, national, regional, and/or
state):
"Those Who Can, Teach: 2024 Faculty Art Exhibition"
Fall, 2024
Gallery 4000, The Art Galleries, Austin Community College
"Strictly Abstraction"
Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Gallery 4000, The Art Galleries, Austin Community College
4 Person Show
Curated by Peter Bonfitto
Pehr Smith Paintings and Drawings
Installation
The Mansions at Lakeway
Lakeway, TX
2017-Present
Pehr Smith Recent Work
Installation
Scarlett Begonia
Santa Barbara, CA
2017 - Present
Pehr Smith, Paintings
Office of the President
Austin Community College
Austin, Texas
2015 - 2017
Pehr Smith, Paintings & Prints
Continental Club Gallery
Austin, Texas
January 2012
Pehr Smith Art
Treaty Oak Bank
Austin, Texas
September 2011 - January 2012
2010 Texas State University Annual Art Faculty Exhibition
JC Mitte Gallery
Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas
2009 Austin Community College Annual Art Faculty Exhibition
Bass Concert Hall
Performing Arts Center
The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
2009 Annual Art Faculty Exhibition
Mitte Gallery
Texas State University
Pehr Smith/Dana Lee Smith Paintings
July 2007
Continental Club Gallery
Austin, Texas
Guy Juke and Friends
Continental Club Gallery,
Austin, Texas
January - February 2007
Pehr Smith, Paintings
July-October 2006
Austin Public Library
University Hills Branch
Pehr Smith, Recent Work,
Bruton Green Room
Bass Concert Hall
Performing Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin
January 1999
Curated by David Willard
Pehr Smith, Paintings and Drawings
Gensler and Associates, Architects
1616 Glenarm Pl.
Denver. CO.
Spring 1995
Bucking the Texan Myth: A Contemporary Redefinition of Who We Are
Moody Gallery
St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas
State Juried Exhibition
Juried by James L. Fisher
Special Jurors Cash Award
November 1994
Binary Ground: Contemporary Environmental and Landscape Art in Texas
Hickory Street Gallery
Dallas, Texas
Curated by Kevin Curry
March 1994
Generic/Obscure
September 1990
Austin Visual Arts Association Gallery
Austin, Texas
Curated by Murray Camp
9. Collections, Commissions, Gallery Representation, Residencies:
Jimmy Quill, Austin, Texas
Stephen Barber, Westlake Hills, Texas
Peggy D. Braun, Westlake Hills, Texas
Steve and Gabrielle Wertheimer, Rollingwood, Texas
Murray W. Camp, Attorney, Dallas, Texas
Digital VooDoo Multimedia Productions, Austin, Texas
KLBJ Radio, Austin, Texas
Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.
Marianne Koerner, Victoria, BC. Canada
Sister Lydia Perez, Regis University, Denver, Colorado
Represented by Kevin Curry Exhibitions
Arlington, Texas
10. Published Photos and Reviews of Creative Works:
Will Sexton, "Don't Walk the Darkness"
Inner Sleeve Artwork
Big Legal Mess Records 2020
Aline Gaubert, Horses as Healing Archetypes
Book Cover (painting)
“Untitled” by Pehr Smith 2005
Evan Johns “Burning Down the Barn”, Big Cypress Records,
Front cover painting
1995
On Campus-The Magazine for the University of Texas
Front cover (painting)
“Gaze” 1993 by Pehr Smith
Austin American Statesman (art review by Jill Oleson, November 1992)
Austin American Statesman (art review by Peter Syzilagi December 1990)
Awards
National Institute for Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence in Teaching Award 2023
Austin Community College 25-Year Service Award, December 2022
Curator’s Special Cash Award, “Bucking the Texan Myth” Austin Visual Arts Association 1993
Binney & Smith/ Liquitex National Excellence in Art Award 1989
Departmental Scholarships, Art & Art History, The University of Texas, Austin 1988-89
Talent Scholarships, Webster University, St. Louis, Mo. 1980-1984
Departmental Honors Recipient, Webster University St. Louis, Mo. 1984
Published: May 14, 2026