///BAYETE ROSS SMITH : PHOTOGRAPHY
Location: San Francisco, CA
Bayeté Ross Smith is an artist, photographer and arts educator. He began his career as a photojournalist, working with the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Charlotte Observer and Newsday, in New York City. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University and his MFA from the California College of the Arts. Bayeté is represented by the Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, California. His work has been exhibited through out the U.S. and Internationally. "Along The Way" a video mosiac created with the Cause Collective was an official selection for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. "Along The Way was originally a public art commission for the Oakland International Airport. Bayeté 's work has been featured at the Goethe Institute in Accra, Ghana, the Zacheta National Gallery of Art, in Warsaw, Poland, the Leica Gallery and Rush Arts Gallery in New York, and with the San Francisco Arts Commission, at City Hall in San Francisco. Bayeté was awarded a Kala Arts Fellowship in 2008 , a residency at Can Serrat International Art Center in Barcelona, Spain for 2007-2008 Bayeté is represented by the Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, California. His work has been exhibited through out the U.S. and Internationally. "Along The Way" a video mosiac created with the Cause Collective was an official selection for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. "Along The Way was originally a public art commission for the Oakland International Airport. Bayeté 's work has been featured at the Goethe Institute in Accra, Ghana, the Zacheta National Gallery of Art, in Warsaw, Poland, the Leica Gallery and Rush Arts Gallery in New York, and with the San Francisco Arts Commission, at City Hall in San Francisco. Bayeté was awarded a Kala Arts Fellowship in 2008, and a residency at Can Serrat International Art Center in Barcelona, Spain for 2007-2008.
Artist-in-Residence Fall 2008
September 8, 2008 - November 24, 2008
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