Michael Bell-Smith is an artist based in New York. His work has been exhibited and screened in museums and galleries internationally, including; Greater New York (2016), MoMA PS1; The 2008 Liverpool Biennial, UK; The 5th Seoul International Media Biennale; SFMOMA, San Francisco; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, ES; The New Museum, New York; Hirshhorn Museum, DC; Musee d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris; MoMA, New York; and Tate Liverpool, UK.

Bell-Smith holds a BA in Art / Semiotics from Brown University and an MFA from Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College.

He is the Co-Chair of the Film/Video program at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College.