Kambel Smith

Kambel Smith (b. 1986) is an Autisarian—a Smith family word that describes autism as a gift of super-human ability. He lives and works in Philadelphia.

With an uncanny ability to render architectural details in miniature from photographs, Smith works primarily in cardboard and formboard.  He has had one-person exhibitions at The Green Gallery, Milwaukee; Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia; Marlborough, New York; the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta; Elaine de Kooning House, East Hampton, New York; and the 2019 Outsider Art Fair (presented by Chris Byrne), New York. Smith’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Marlborough, London, and the Brooklyn Print & Photo Fair,  New York. His work is in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, New York; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; and the West Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania. In 2021, he received a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, and in 2022, he received a Wynn Newhouse Award.