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Joseph Patrick Smith
Member Since: 2026 | Location: Malta | Page Views: 22 
About Me
Fine art photographer and artist
”Joseph Patrick Smith, received a standard academic education but on starting work with the Malta Government in his late teens he continued his studies in the arts. His main interests encompass photography, painting and the graphic media. He studied graphic design in Florence, Italy and in 2015 he successfully read for a Masters Degree in Fine Art, Digital Arts at the University of Malta. Joseph has had several solo exhibitions in Malta as well as overseas. In 1991 he had a solo exhibition on theatrical photography in Moscow and this was followed by others in the UK. In 2017 he had two solo exhibitions in Brussels and China after being selected as a participating artist in the Reunion project to celebrate Malta’s presidency of the EU. He has also participated in several collectives in Malta and abroad. Joseph has been the official photographer of the Malta Jazz Festival since its inception in 1991 and he has been the recipient of numerous national and international awards including having five portraits selected in 3 editions of the prestigious Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize and exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2014, 2015 and 2021. In 2020 and 2022 his work was also awarded in the Portrait of Humanity Awards organised by the British Journal of Photography. In 2023 he was shortlisted for the BBA Photo Prize at BBA Gallery, Berlin. Joseph has published two seminal photo documentary/anthropological volumes with the title “Survivors - The Ageing Population of Birgu” and is presently working on the third volume. In 2026 he celebrated his 50th year of artistic practice with a retrospective titled “STILL TIME” at Valletta Contemporary. Joseph P was also responsible for the design of various CD sleeves for local and foreign musicians, brochures, flyers and also his 3 self-published books, including the latest STILL TIME retrospective exhibition catalogue.”
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This page was last updated on 2026-08-15.
