Darryl Keith Babatunde Smith

Born in Georgetown, D.C. in 1992, Darryl Babatunde Smith started making art as a way of interpreting foreign languages as opposed to translating them in English. He studied French, German, and Latin in high school and later began to learn Ancient and Modern Greek on his own. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he completed his BFA in Painting, and at the New York Academy of Art where he obtained his MFA in Drawing and Anatomy. Through Darryl’s knowledge of Latin and Greek he immerses himself in antiquity; using Greco-Roman symbols and traditional Renaissance techniques (such as silverpoint drawing and egg tempera painting) to connect personal narratives with Greco-Roman ideologies and philosophies.

Darryl’s drawings have been featured in Fine Arts Connoisseur’s website and exhibited virtually via the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art. His work has also been exhibited in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Hillsdale, Michigan; Reykjavík, Iceland and Assisi, Italy. Recently his metalpoint and egg tempera works have been exhibited in Athens, Greece and New York City.