Hailing from Colorado, Jed Webster Smith holds a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology and studio art from Fort Lewis College and a master of fine arts from the New York Academy of Art. He is interested in using the past of the West to expose his perspective of the present and to challenge the myths that exist within it. In his body of work, he examines contemporary issues through the use of historical narratives, Western archetypes, and the collective perception of the past. In his own words, Webster Smith describes, “The genre provides an identifiable image that is uniquely connected to the American experience. I use the visual language of the West to explore current topics of American life in context with the distorted realities of our past.”

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