Josie Smith is a painter and printmaker based in South Carolina.
Josie Smith went to Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina earning a Bachelor in Fine Arts and a minor in Marketing in December, 2025. Josie works as a printmaker as well as a painter, using acrylic paint, modeling paste, and a palette knife to bring movement and texture to her pieces. She has been featured most recently in a duo exhibition in the Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, in South Carolina as well as the South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Competition and Exhibition in Charleston, South Carolina. Currently, she is focusing primarily on portraits for an exhibition that is based on the trust and vulnerability of moments shared between friends. Josie is also working with the Coastal Carolina Space Program to project her art onto a satellite up into space that will orbit the earth. After graduating, she plans to stay in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area and continue to create.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2025 B.F.A. Visual Arts, Coastal Carolina University, Conway SC
Minor in Marketing, Coastal Carolina University, Conway SC
Professional Experience
2025
Instructor, Printmaking Workshop, Coastal Carolina University, Conway SC
Designer, Space Program, Coastal Carolina University, Conway SC
Foundry Bronze Metal Pour Assistant, Coastal Carolina University, Conway SC
2024
Assistant, Printmaking Workshop, Coastal Carolina University, Conway SC
Coffee Master, Starbucks, Conway SC
2020- 25
Barista Trainer, Target, Myrtle Beach SC
Exhibitions and Publications
2025
Tempo, Coastal Carolina University Publication, Fall 2025 Edition
Duo Exhibition, Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery
Student Juried Exhibition, Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery
Tempo, Coastal Carolina University Publication, Spring 2025 Edition
Parlor Trick Print Exchange
BFA Capstone Exhibition, Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery
Seacoast Artists Exhibition, Myrtle Beach, SC
23rd Annual South Carolina Palmetto Hands Fine Craft Exhibition
Book Arts Exhibition, 5th and Main, Downtown Conway
The Rage, Coastal Carolina University Publication
Organizations
2025
President of Chroma: Art and Design, Coastal Carolina University
2024-25
Secretary of Chroma: Art and Design, Coastal Carolina University