Paige Smith

b. Vancouver, Canada 1995
Email: paigesmithfilm [at] gmail.com
Instagram: @paigesmithfilm

Education

2023-25 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

• 2024-2025 Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Masters, Social Science and Humanity Research Council ($23,833)

• 2024-2025 President’s Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo ($5,000)

• 2024-2025 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15,000) offered and declined

• 2024 Keith and Win Shantz International Research Scholarship ($9,350)

• 2023-2024 British Columbia Art Council Scholarship ($6,000)

• 2023-2024 NEADS National Student Awards ($3,000)

2023-25 Certificate in University Teaching, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

2021-23 Post Baccalaureate Diploma, Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC

• Spring - Summer 2023 School of Contemporary Arts Service Award: awarded for significant voluntary contribution within field of study; received award two separate times (cumulative total $1450)

2013-18 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Film, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC

• 2017 President’s Honour Roll: received for achievement of a GPA 4.0 or higher as full-time student

• Spring - Fall 2017 Dean’s Honour Roll: received for achievement of a GPA 3.5 or higher as full-time student

• Spring 2015 - Summer 2018 School of Contemporary Arts Service Award: awarded for significant voluntary contribution within field of study; received award five separate times (cumulative total $1800)

• 2014-2015 British Columbia Art Council Scholarship: awarded for artistic excellence and degree of impact ($5900)

• 2013 Authority Award Scholarship in Fine Arts, SD43 Coquitlam School District: awarded to graduating B.C. students for excellence in their chosen area of interest or strength ($1250)

Solo Exhibition

2022 Watching You Watching Me, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society, Vancouver, BC

Group Exhibitions & Film Screenings

2024 Open Wide Experimental Film Festival, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, USA
Dieppe Canadian Film Festival, Dieppe, France
Festival Impulse, Arles, France (curated by Severine Gay Degrendele)

2023 Layers: Revisiting and Uncovering, The Artery, Waterloo, ON
VIFF Short Forum: Program 2, Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, BC (curated by Casey Wei)
Cosmic Queerities, Xinema series hosted by VIFF Centre, Vancouver, BC (curated by Sidney Gordon & Celina de Leon)
Solstice, IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival, Vancouver, BC

2022 Digital Interventions Part 2: Mediating Vessels, Massy Arts Society with Wronger Wave Art Festival, Vancouver, BC
Photo Show & Film Screening at WAVE, Wave Collective Space, San Francisco, CA (curated by Rainbow Tunnel Films)
BFA Graduating Exhibition 2022: Collecting Plum Blossoms, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2021 BFA Project 2021: Images that Take, Images that Give, Audain Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2020 Dawson City Film Festival, Dawson City, Yukon Territory
Vines Art Festival, Vancouver, BC

2019 Your Kontinent Digital Carnival: Fire, Richmond World Festival, Richmond, BC (curated by Wynne Palmer)
Post-Patriarchy? New Acquisitions Screening, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC (curated by Casey Wei)
Victoria Short Film Festival, Victoria, BC

2017 Pieces of Work - SFU Grad Screening, SFU Woodwards, SFU’s School of Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC

2016 SFU Third Year Screening: Volume 2, SFU Woodwards, SFU’s School of Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC
Moonrise Film Festival, Sunset Theatre, Wells, BC

2015 SFU Second Year Screening, SFU Woodwards, SFU’s School of Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC
Moonrise Film Festival, Sunset Theatre, Wells, BC
Montreal World Film Festival, Montreal, QC

2014 SFU First Year Screening, SFU Woodwards, SFU’s School of Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC

2013 Reel Youth Film Festival in partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada

2012 Reel Youth Film Festival in partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada

Artist Residencies & Mentorships

2022 Artist in Residence, ArtStarts Ignites Artists-in-Residence, Vancouver, BC

2018 Mentee, Vancouver International Film Festival Mentorship Program, Vancouver, BC

Grants & Awards

2022 Wronger Waver programming support, Unit/Pitt and Canada Council for the Arts, Vancouver, BC

2020 Creative Spark Vancouver Grant, ArtStarts, Vancouver, BC

2016 Audience Choice Award - Experimental Film, Moonrise Film Festival, Wells, BC

2016 Finalist nomination — Best Video, Associated Collegiate Press, Los Angeles, CA

2012 First Place Film, Reel Youth Film Festival in partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, BC
Best Local Film, Reel Youth Film Festival in partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, BC

Arts Facilitation Experience

2024 Teaching Assistant, FINE 473 - Intensive Studio Specialization 2 with Professor Cora Cluett, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

2023 Teaching Assistant, FINE 100 - Studio Fundamentals with Professor Doug Kirkton, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Open Studio Instructor, “Between Canvas and Celluloid with Paige Smith”, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2022 Podcasting Instructor, FCAT After School Podcast, Simon Fraser University’s FCAT, Burnaby, BC

2020 Podcasting Instructor, Podcasting 101 for Teens, ACE-IT, VIVO Media Arts Centre, ArtStarts & CJSF 90.1FM, Burnaby, BC
Cinematography Instructor, Camera & Lights for Women & Non-Binary Folks, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC

2019 Cinematography Instructor, Intro to Camera & Lights for Women, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC

2018 Teaching Assistant, Cinematography: Ways of Seeing with Instructor Devan Scott, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC

2015-16 Filmmaking Instructor, TREK Cinematheque Video Projects, The Cinematheque & TREK Program, Vancouver, BC

Creative Collaborations

2024 Co-Writer & Art Director, Preface to a History (feature film), directed by Willa Ross & Devan Scott
Additional Photographer, The Locals (short documentary film), directed by Willa Ross

2022 Sound Designer, Editor & Producer, Voices of the Street Podcast (podcast series), created by Megaphone’s Speakers Bureau
Camera Operator, Futon or the Quilt (video artwork), created by Sena Cleave

2020-21 Associate Producer & Occasional Guest/Host, Film Formally (podcast channel), created by Willa Ross & Devan Scott

2019-22 Editor & Occasional Host, Below the Radar (podcast channel), created by SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement

2019 Additional Photographer, 1991 (projection-theatre hybrid presentation), directed by Cole Lewis

2018 Co-Cinematographer with Devan Scott, Pumpkin Movie (short documentary film), directed by Sophy Romvari
Second Unit Director of Photography, La Cartographe (mid-length film), directed by Nathan Douglas
Performer, Helladiso (short film), Rupture: Self-Destructive Cinema hosted by VIFF Centre, directed by Willa Ross & Devan Scott
Cinematographer, The Girl with No Superpowers (short film), created by Project Limelight Society

2017 Co-Cinematographer with Devan Scott, The Martyr (short film), directed by Willa Ross & Devan Scott

2015 Cinematographer & Co-writer, Traces (short film), directed by Cameron Mackenzie

2014 Cinematographer, Children at Crossroads (short film), directed by Andy Wong

Academic Conference Presentation

2022 Co-Presenter, The Voices of the Street Podcast — Arts-driven Community-engagement for Social Transformation, Horizons: Crisis and Social Transformation in Community-Engaged Research, hosted by SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative, Vancouver, BC

2018 Presenter, FCAT Undergraduate Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Presenter, Queering Surveillance, Student Research Symposium on Surveillance, Art, and Digital Culture, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC

Jury & Committee Participation

2021-22 Screening Committee Member, Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada

2020 Selection Committee Member, Vancouver International Film Festival Catalyst Mentorship Program, Vancouver, Canada

2016 Screening Committee Member, Richmond Youth Media Festival, Richmond, Canada

Community Engagement & Arts Organization Experience

2022-23 Volunteer Visitor Attendant, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2019-22 Program Assistant, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Vancouver, BC

2018 - 2019 Artist Services & Communications Coordinator, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver, BC
Front of House Manager, SFU Woodwards, Vancouver, BC

2018 Volunteer Visitor Attendant, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2016-18 Front of House Manager, The Cinematheque, Vancouver, BC

2016 Youth Media Coordinator, Cinevolution Media Art Society, Richmond, BC
Volunteer Board of Directors Member, Peak Publications Society, Burnaby, BC

2014-16 Multimedia Editor, Peak Publications Society, Burnaby, BC

2013-16 Volunteer Box Office & Concession Attendant, The Cinematheque, Vancouver, BC

Select Press

2023 The Peak, “Paige Smith explores unknown insides in Black Box Investigations”, Petra Chase
The Goods Film Reviews, “Black Box Investigations (2023)”, Dan S

2022 The Peak, “Paige Smith plays with the gaze in ‘Watching You Watching Me’”, Petra Chase
ReIssue, “Contact at a Distance // Mediating Vessels at Massy Arts”, Andy Zuliani
Massy Arts Blog, “Massy Interviews / Vitória Monteiro + Hân Phạm + Paige Smith + Kaila Bhullar”, Kaila Bhullar
ArtStarts Blog, “ArtStarts Ignites Artist-in-Residence Spotlight: Paige Smith"
ArtStarts Blog, “Meet the three ArtStarts Ignites Artists-in-Residence”
CBC, “New podcast aims to break down stereotypes of people living on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside”, Ashley Moliere

2021 The Peak, “A look into the practices of visual art students and the upcoming Audain shows,” Kaila Bhullar
SFU’s VOCE Blog, “‘Distanced Intimacy’: Student Artist Perspectives on the Pandemic Gallery Experience,” Melissa Roach
SAD Mag Blog, “Explore Image Agency in Exhibit: Images that Take, Images that Give,” Teresa Donck
SFU Galleries Youtube Channel, “BFA Project 2021: Images that Take, Images that Give,” Samwick Productions
Withintensions, “Review of Images That Take, Images That Give (2021),” Natalie Chan (page 8)
The Georgia Straight, “SFU's Below the Radar podcast […] fills a void created by the pandemic", Charlie Smith

2018 Discorder Magazine, “VIFF Mentorship Program: Eleven Seeds,” Lua Presidio
Filmed in Canada Podcast, “Paige Smith Interview”

2016 Cinevolution Media Youtube Channel, “Richmond Youth Media Festival 2016,” Samuel Su & Jianping Su

Published Writing

2021 The Peak, “Visual art students create thought-provoking artwork"
The Peak, “Summer 2021 Gallery Guide”

2020 Vancouver International Film Festival Blog, “Silence Equals Death: Marlon Riggs’ Tongues Untied”

2019 SAD Mag Blog, “Zanj Hegal la: Colonialism, Filmmaking, and Attempts at Accountability”
SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement Blog, “Reel Causes #Indigeneity”
SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement Blog, “Finding Community Through Dance”

2018 The Peak, “Gallimaufry brings an exciting jumble of art to SFU Woodward’s”

Podcasting Hosting

2023 Below the Radar, “Live Recording: Voices of the Street Podcast at Horizons”, co-host

2021 Film Formally Podcast, “Eighth Grade and the Internet with Bronwyn Henderson and Brietta Stewart”, host

2020 Below the Radar, “Celebrating Queer Joy — with Brandon Yan”, co-host
Below the Radar, “Unfolding Artistic Practices — with Laura Marks”, co-host
Below the Radar, “Advocating for Women During COVID-19 — with Janice Abbott”, host
Film Formally Podcast, “Lighting Motivation with Paige Smith”, special guest
Film Formally Podcast, “The Word "Cinematic" feat. Nathan Douglas, James Penco, & Paige Smith”, special guest
Film Formally Podcast, “Storyboarding with Studio Ghibli”, co-host
Film Formally Podcast, “Self-Reflexivity and Perfect Blue feat. Paige Smith”, co-host

2019 Below the Radar, “Build Communities Not Prisons — with Teresa Macinnes”, host