Between studio and festival stage. An Australian painter who retells Munich — in oil, in scene, in noise and silence.
Origin
Dharawal Country
Raised south of Sydney, New South Wales. Australian landscape, cane toads, dark emu — motifs that still return.
Class
Class Doberauer
Diploma Fine Arts at ABK Munich under Prof. Anke Doberauer — one of the most traditional painting classes in Germany.
Crossover
Music & Stage
Stage building, sign design and live painting for Klangtherapie, Feels Festival and band Shimmel Kinder. Painting that doesn’t stay in the studio.
Jodi Smith, Munich 2025
Jodi Smith (b. 1999) is an Australian painter based in Munich since October 2024. She studies Fine Arts (Diploma) at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München in the class of Prof. Anke Doberauer, working primarily in oil on canvas — between surrealism and figuration.
Raised on Dharawal country (New South Wales, Australia), she first studied History and Visual Arts at the University of Wollongong (2018–2022). Alongside her academic work, she is closely tied to Munich's music and festival scene: stage building, sign design and live painting for Klangtherapie Festival, Feels Festival and jam sessions with the band Shimmel Kinder.
Education
2024 – present · Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Diploma Fine Arts, class of Prof. Anke Doberauer
2018 – 2022 · University of Wollongong, Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Creative Arts (History, Visual Arts)
2006 – 2017 · Wollondilly Anglican College, Tahmoor · HSC
Exhibitions (selection)
2026 · In Between the Layers, 59 Rivoli, Paris (group)
2025 · The Green Cloud, FKSE, Budapest (group)
2025 · The Green Cloud, Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (annual show, Klasse Doberauer)
2024 · Visual Art Exhibition with FatCat Artists, Alte Gasteig, Munich
2024 · Mario Olek Vernissage, Die Perle, Munich (Broke Today collective)
2024 · Groove Night, Import Export, Munich (solo, Bushbash collective)
2024 · 4 Tha Locals, Glockenwerkstatt, Munich (solo, ESC collective)
Press
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Junge Leute — 24 November 2025
