About

Benjamin (Benjy) Smit is a contemporary South African painter, born in Johannesburg in 1958. Known for his love of water, he works in a modern-impressionist manner — bold colour, dramatic light, and a wry eye for current affairs alongside landscapes, seascapes and portraits. He has exhibited throughout South Africa since the early 1990s.

Chronology

• 1958 — Born in Johannesburg.
• 1977 — Architecture, University of Pretoria.
• 1980 — SADF College of Educational Technology.
• 1981 — Art Faculty, Technikon Pretoria.
• 1991 — Commission, Old Balalaika Hotel, Johannesburg.
• 1992 — Commission, By Design Jewellery, Johannesburg.
• 1996 — Solo exhibition, Selected Works, Kyalami, Gauteng.
• 2005 — Group exhibition, OSE Lonehill, Johannesburg.
• 2008 — Group exhibition, OSE Lonehill, Johannesburg.
• 2018–present — Portraits and landscapes.