Education
- 1986-1993 Ashford School for Girls
- 1993-1994 Maidstone KIAD. B-TEC Diploma in Foundation Studies specialising in graphic communication
- 1994-1995 Hastings College of Arts and Technology. B-TEC Diploma in Foundation Studies specialising in portraiture
- 1995-1998 University of West of England. BA Hons in Art and Visual Culture
- 1998-1999 University of West of England. Post Graduate In Extension Studies in Sound Production
Work
- 2001 Launch of Beka’s Designs
- 2002 “Chief Designer for ‘Stargirl’ (The Krunch Ltd)”
- 2004 Designer for Locomocean Ltd.
- 2006 Promotion to Senior Designer for Locomocean Ltd.
- 2007 Launch of Professional Portrait Artist, Beka Smith
- 2011 Workshops for Ashford School, Kent
Trade Fairs
- 2001 Exhibitor at ‘Top Drawer’, Earl’s Court under The Prince’s Trust
- 2002 Exhibitor at ‘Pulse’ Earl’s Court, London
- 2009 Second Prize in the Hong Kong Lighting Fair, Design for Locomocean Ltd
Selected Exhibitions
- 1999 Assistant Co-ordintor in R.A.C.E Exhibition at Bristol Museum
- 2000 Exhibition at the Chicane Cafe Bristol
- 2000 Exhibition at Eat The Beat Bristol
- 2000 The Southwark Tavern London
- 2006 BP Portrait Awards: portrait of Dr Wayper exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery, London, Aberdeen Arts Gallery. and Bristol Academy of Arts. Portrait voted third in ‘The Peoples Choice’
- 2009 Beka Smith Solo exhibition at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, October 19th- 30th
- 2009 Featured artist for Christmas Group Exhibition at ‘Chimaera Gallery’
- 2010 Group Show in 3Bedfordbury Gallery for Haiti Fundraiser
- 2010 shortlisted Group exhibition for London Fringe Festival Award 2010 in 3bedfordbury, London
- 2011 ‘Stories’ Joint exhibition with John Eveleigh Exhibition at the Cube Folkestone
- 2012 ’Turning the Corner’ Joint exhibition with Hugh Ward Paul McPherson Gallery, London
- 2012 Bristol Royal Academy Autumn Exhibition
- 2013 Blackheath Gallery, Spring Group Exhibition, 27th April-1 June
- 2014 ‘Hooked & Smitten’ Joint exhibition Beka Smith & Mike Hookey at Paul Mc Gallery, Greenwich
- 2014 Group Show on Minatures at Ben Oakley Gallery, Greenwich, London
Galleries
- The Blackheath Gallery
- Paul Mc Gallery Greenwich
- Storm Fine Arts, Burnham Market, Norfolk
- Chimaera Gallery, Folkestone, Kent
Press Coverage
- 2009 Featured artist in artists and Illustrators Magazine, November Issue
- 2009 Article by Martin Newman, ‘www.themirror.co.uk’, October Issue
- 2009 Green Pebble Magazine, October Issue
- 2009 ‘Local Secrets’,October
- 2009 ‘Cambridgeshire Journal’, October Issue
- 2009 ‘My Kent’ September
- 2011 Featured Artist in Artists and Illustrators Magazine Portfolio
- 2012 Article in ‘The Greenwich Visitor’
- 2014 Article in ‘The Greewwich Visitor’
- 2015 Sky Portrait Artist of the Year Televised Episode
Publicly owned Portraits
- Portrait of Dr Leslie Wayper : Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
- Pencil sketch of Dr Leslie Wayper Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
- Portrait of Master of Fitzwilliam College Cambridge (Professor Robert Lethbridge)
- Portrait of Emeritus Professor Rosemary Cramp : Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London
- Portrait of Mrs Edwards Ashford School Kent
- Portrait of Tatiana Macaire Ashford School Kent
- Portrait of Elizabeth Phillips OBE St Marylebone C of E, London
- Portrait of Baroness Onora O’Neil Of Belgrave British Academy London
- Portrait of Jane Burnett Ashford School, Kent
- Portrait of Paula Holloway Ashford School, Kent
- Portrait of Nicky Padfield, Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Portrait of Pauline Edgar, Headmistress of Queenswood School, Hatfield
- Portrait of Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS for the Department of Engineering
- Portrait of Alan Little, MBE.The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon
- Portrait of Richard Yeates Ashford Preparatory School, Kent
- Portrait of Moira Wallace,Oriel College, Oxford
- Portrait of Jackie Ashley, Lucy Cavendish, College, Cambridge
Other
- Featured artist on the Artists and Illustrators Website
- Trustee of Ashford School Association
- Representative for Thames-Side Studios
- Book Cover Design for Mark Edgar’s ‘A Pillar of Impotence’ Chipmunka Publishing 2011
- Book Cover Design for Mark Edgar’s ‘Charon’s Ferry’ Chipmunka Publishing 2013
- BBC Your Paintings Slide Show
- The Daily Mirror, ‘Ego- Alter Ego’ Article
- ‘Artists in Our midst volume 2’ Green Pebble Publishing
- ‘500 Portraits’ by Sandy Nairne
- International Contemporary Artists Volume IV [Paperback] 2012 1st Edition by Eve Lemonidou
- Member of Board to Trustees Ashford School, Kent
- Member of Thames-Side Studios London