Biography

Mina Smart is a photographer exploring gender, identity, sexuality, and how we are products of place. Her practice integrates self-reflection with portraiture and studies of trans identity, bringing questions of social acceptability and the experience of being perceived to the forefront of her work. Her work confronts her own identity by using self portraiture and analog photography as her visual platform.

Mina is new to the formal art world and much of her experience is in engineering, however, her creative pursuits thus far include a fashion company with her partner: House of Etiquette. She and her partner’s work has been featured on screen (American Gods, various music videos), in Vogue, and on celebrities (Lady Gaga, AllieX). Mina is also an occasional burlesque performer. She uses comedic burlesque as an alternative outlet to explore gender and aesthetic. Lastly, Mina has also been involved in small videography projects making music videos for local artists.