American 1939 - 

Frank A. Smith was born August 4, 1939 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Smith is a painter of imaginative illusionist works. He lives, works, and teaches in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Smith earned a B.F.A. in 1961 and an M.F.A. in 1964 at the University of Utah, and has been a faculty member at the same institution since 1966. His work is known nationally, and he is generally considered to be on of the finest and most imaginative illusionist artists working in the country today.

Smith's creations can be found in the National Collection of Fine Arts Museum, in Geneva (Switzerland), Paris, New York City, Salt Lake City (Utah Museum Fine Arts, State Collection, etc.), elsewhere.

Source:  Biography adapted from Artists of Utah.