Throughout his career, Smid's artistic endeavors have garnered recognition and acclaim. Notable achievements include securing second place in the presentation competition for the Vysočina Region at EXPO Milan 2015, as well as his contributions to various exhibitions and events, such as the Island of Folk Costumes museum near Zbraslavice. His solo exhibitions, which have spanned from Tel Aviv to Nové Město na Moravě, showcase his versatility and commitment to exploring themes ranging from nature to cultural identity. With each endeavor, Martin Smid continues to captivate audiences with his evocative works and innovative artistic vision.

Martin Šmíd is a Czech artist whose creative journey has been shaped by a rich educational background in fine arts and design. Graduating from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Technology in Brno in 2005, Smid honed his skills in graphic design and exhibition realization at the Design Studio of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem. His formative years at the High School of Glass Arts in Železný Brod laid the foundation for his distinctive approach to glass design, a medium he continues to explore with ingenuity and flair.

Martin’s inspiration is most often the landscape of the Highlands and the surroundings of the town of Polička, where the author escapes from the city to his studio in the village of Radiměř. The theme is mainly certain sections of the landscape, non-traditional still lifes, and most often the model is his own garden. Large-format drawings show an interest in the structure of plants and trees, the variety of coloured surfaces and light changes. The drawings do not try to descriptively copy the landscape, but their experiences, not only from nature, are transferred in an intuitive way to the surface, where the image of a kind of "inner landscape" is created. Formally, it returns to the oldest primitive techniques, such as angle drawing, pastel and acrylic. The result is a large-format drawing that is composed of many layers of colored areas and hatches. This development is not haphazard, but is done methodically and conceptually