Adam Parker Smith (b. 1978, Arcata, CA) is a sculpture and installation artist. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz (BA Painting, 2000), the Tyler School of Art at Temple University (MFA Painting, 2003), and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2008). In more recent years, Smith has used 3D scanning and CNC milling to "crush" iconic Greco-Roman statues into perfect cubes of marble, a process he describes as a way to modernize and critique the "whitewashed" history of classical antiquity. Smith's "squashed" sculptures aim to defamiliarize classical masterpieces, turning symbols of perfection and historical power into something vulnerable, humorous, and curious. By forcing these grand figures into tight marble boxes, he creates a surreal juxtaposition between traditional craftsmanship and modern, almost digital, manipulation. His work has been shown widely in the USA as well as internationally in galleries and museums including, the Brooklyn Museum, Marlborough Gallery, London, Derek Eller, New York, The Hole, New York, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco, Galeria Curro, Guadalajara, Spurs Gallery, Beijing, The Times Museum, Guangzhou, China, Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe,
Austria, The Watermill Center, New York and the Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE. Smith’s work has been written about in, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Art in America, The Village Voice, ArtForum, Modern Painters, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker and The New York Post.