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Donny Matthew Smutz

Nashville's Surrealist Artist

About Me

Donny's newest piece, "Troika". 30x40. Limited reproductions available.
This is some of my work:
**UPCOMING SHOW(S)
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----MARCH 1st-Ongoing: Artifacts Gallery, Florence, AL, Tuesday through Saturday from 10AM to 5PM (8 Pieces on display)
----MARCH 4TH: CURB cafe w/ Copa! Art and Music. Tuesday @ 8pm, CURB cafe, 1900 Belmont BLVD, Nashville, TN (FREE!)
----MARCH 13th: TheBirdHouseThing-A Silent & Live Auction benefiting the W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School 5:30 - 8:00 P.M. AT THE MALL AT GREEN HILLS
----MARCH 14th: "Active Ingredient" with The Untitled Show, Friday, March 14th, Limelight Nashville, 201 Woodland St. 37213 (FREE!)**This a must see for the unveiling for my newest piece, "The Unraveling"!
----APRIL 5th: MARLAINA FAYE GALLERY, 155 West Washington Blvd, Suite #825, Los Angeles, CA 90015 (SATURDAY)
----June 13th (Friday): Untitled Artist Group Show, Summer show:
"Multiple Origami" June 13 | 6-10pm Location: University of Phoenix 616 Marriott Dr. Nashville , TN 37214
----July 1st-31st: Bongo Java Cafe, 2007 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN (solo show)
----September 19th (Friday): Untitled Artist Group Show in Nashville, TN. One-night-only art event unmasks on Friday, September 19th from 6 to 10 pm at Diamond Sound Studios in Metro Center (240 Cumberland Bend, Nashville, Tennessee 37228). Free!
----October (TBA): AFF/Blood:Water Mission benefit/auction, Nashville, TN, www.bloodwatermission.com, Friday.

My Interests



I'd like to meet:

Humans with or without wings.

Music:


Donny Smutz featured in Nashville country singer, Brittini Black's latest video, "Good Happens".

Radiohead, Travis, Thom Yorke, U2, Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, Coldplay, Elbow, Peter Bjorn and John, David Gray, Explosions in the Sky, Elliot Smith

Movies:



Television:

I do not own a television.

Books:



Ones with pictures.

Heroes:

Jesus Christ and a close second would be my beautiful mother who was taken at the age of 47 in 2005. She was and always will be my biggest fan.

My Blog

My Oh My, My Website Is Alive!!

My best wishes to you all on this fine day. I am a blessed man in so many ways. The sun is up and warm on my shoulders. The trees are happy to see me as they wave back and forth when I pass. And my w...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:34:00 PST

Art Show This Friday Night!!! Dont Miss Out!

COME ONE, COME ALLTO UNTITLED'S "NAKED CARNIVALE" ART SHOW! My newest piece will be making it's debut this Friday night. This show will be like no other! VIEW THIS ONLINE: http://untitlednashville.org...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:32:00 PST

This And That

Welcome back to earth. I had been on the road this summer playing music. Something I enjoy, both the traveling and seeing new cities and meeting new people or seeing old cities and meeting old people....
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:59:00 PST

Art Show this Friday in Nashvegas!

The next show I will be in is with the Untitled Group, in Nashville, on June 13th at University of Pheonix. As usual, it's free and always a great show! I hope to see you there! 616 Marriott Dr...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:54:00 PST

Featured on Artistaday.com (Check it out)

I was recently featured on a great art website dedicated to bringing attention to artists. You can check out the site yourself at, www.artistaday.com. I was featured as the May 11th Artist,&...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Mon, 12 May 2008 03:50:00 PST

The Latest

I got back from the L.A. show a few weeks ago and now in full force with a few projects coming up. Check out San Fransisco based, art and culture magazine, Juxtapoz who threw out a small article on me...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:18:00 PST

L.A. Art Show This Saturday!!

Greetings from the west coast! I just wanted to let you all know that this weekend is my art show at The Marlaina Faye Gallery opening, this Saturday night, in Los Angeles! I have three, four feet pai...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:39:00 PST

Next up: L.A!

First, a huge thanks to everyone who attended the Untitled Show at Limelight, Friday night! I was overwhelmed with the crowd response and interest in my newest piece, ’The Unraveling". I was thr...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:10:00 PST

"Active Ingredient" with the UNTITLED ART GROUP

Here's the deal:The Untitled Art Show is this Friday night! It's free and close to downtown and great parking. The venue is huge with tons of artist on tap. You need to be there!I'm unveiling my newes...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:40:00 PST

The Latest and Greatest

The latest is this:Last Monday Artifacts Gallery in Florence, AL picked up 8 paintings of mine to take back and show in their gallery. Tommy Mathis, owner of Artifacts, was very pleased with what I ha...
Posted by Donny Matthew Smutz on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:22:00 PST