Lionel Smit

[4] Smit lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, but is also represented internationally in London.

[5] His work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London where it received the Viewer's Choice Award,[6] He received a Ministerial Award from the South African Department of Culture in 2013[7] for Visual Art.

[9] By age twelve, Smit was already working in clay and considered himself primarily as a sculptor.

[11] He has achieved international success including sell-out exhibitions in London[12][13] and Hong Kong.

Lionel Smit has also enjoyed success in his home country of South Africa, where his work has featured in local publications such as Elle South Africa[14] and Elle Decoration.