Bayeté Ross Smith (born 1976) is a contemporary African American multi-media artist, film maker and educator.
Ross Smith is a conceptual artist, known for exploring issues and preconceived notions of identity and beauty, cultural traditions and anthropology.
[6] Ross Smith's photographs have been published in numerous books and magazines, including "Dis:Integration: The Splintering of Black America" by Eugene Robinson;[7] "Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present"[8] and "Black: A Celebration of A Culture" by Deborah Willis,[9] "The Spirit of Family" by Al Gore and Tipper Gore,[10] among others.
[11] Bayeté Ross Smith is the recipient of many awards, including the Franconia Sculpture Park Jerome Fellowship, as well as residencies with the McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina; the Kala Institute, Berkeley, California; the Laundromat Project, New York; and Can Serrat International Arts Center, Barcelona, Spain.
[12] As an educator, Ross Smith has taught college students, and mentored youth through community-based art programs.