Born in Harlow, Essex, England, New York-based artist Samantha Keely Smith immigrated to the United States as a child with her family. Smith attended the School of Visual Arts, NY, NY and Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Smith's work addresses that which is at the core of human experience. Rather than speaking of specific social issues, this work explores the idea that there are universal experiences, needs, and desires that have existed throughout the history of human beings, and therefore bind us together – something we share that stands outside of time, culture and place. www.samanthakeelysmith.com