About the Artist

Neil Wheelock Deforest Smith is an artist in Asia. Though American, he began his art career when someone discovered him drawing on Korean traditional paper and using copy machines to make art in Seoul. 

Since 2023 his artwork has been in Seoul, Tokyo, Yogyakarta, Da Nang, Bangkok, Bristol,and Busan. His work has been in gallery shows alongside Ai WeiWei, Lee Ufan, Kingscribbler, Anish Kapoor, and Peter Leon.

His creative focus is centered on intuitive and spontaneous pictorial storytelling, an exploration of mediums and their effect on content, and found materials earning his artwork the label of  “쓰레기 예술” or “garbage art” in Korea.

He is also a founding member of 헤쳐모여 - an Asia-based art collective which hosts inclusive, community building exhibitions and events.