Tygar Miles Smith (b. 1999) is a conceptual visual artist born and based in London. He studied at Camberwell College of Arts Foundation before graduating with a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins in 2023.

The foundation of his practice is rooted in the ambition to create a lifelong work reconstructing Ladybird Books. Sentimental through teaching Tygar how to read as a child this ongoing work began in 2019 and is held together through two self-imposed rules: ‘a page a day’ and ‘first thought – best thought.’ These reconstructions explore text, imagery, collage, along with themes of authorship, ownership and identity. They half act as sketchbooks through their physicality, dailyness and acceptance to bad ideas whilst the other half exists as whole works themselves through books or individual pages. He re-contextualises these abandoned books into artworks that represent daily life, focusing not on the necessity to be ‘good’, but on the necessity to be ‘done’. Extending from this endeavour is his investigation into conceptual visual practices; concreted in the fascination of past and present ephemera and interpersonal experiences. His works are analytical, heavily theorised and often play between confrontation and humor; questioning the definitions that painting - and other mediums - are held too. Through hand-bound books, collage, screen printing, text and painting Tygar explores peculiar personal referential based works that attempt to achieve a capture of intangible moments. His practice exists through meticulous, archival, conceptual processes which are underpinned by confident, bold decision-making. 

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Group Shows

Vacuum (May 2021​)

Relax (July 2021​)

Slacker + Friends (October 2021​)

Live at Livesey (June 2022​)

Permanent Temporary (September 2022)​

Screen As (June 2023​)

Heart Tour (September 2023)​

Nice Trash (September 2023)​

Momentary Bond (October 2023)​

Rapid, Rigid (January 2024​)

Look If You Want (May 2024)​

POLLYFILLA (February 2025​)

Post / Future (Saatchi Gallery March 2025​)

Momentum (Galleria Objects July 2025​)

Artists in Resonance (July 2025)

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Solo Shows

Redacted (March 2022)​

Thank You Very Much Ladybird (May 2023​)

Refitted (Paris, October 2024)