Peter James Smith       
CV          
Born 1954, Paparoa, Northland, New Zealand

Education/Positions
1976 BSc (Hons) First Class, University of Auckland, New Zealand
1977 MSc, University of Auckland, New Zealand
1980 MS, Rutgers University, USA
1984 PhD, University of Western Australia, Australia
1985 Senior Tutor, Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia
1985 Chairman of the Examining Panel for the Tertiary Entrance Examination, Mathematics 1, for Year 12 students in the State of Western Australia
1986 Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University of Technology
1987 Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, RMIT University
1990 Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, RMIT University
1996 Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, RMIT University, Melbourne
1996-2002 Head, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, RMIT University, Melbourne
2002-2007 Successful Australia Research Council Linkage Grant application: Censored Regression Techniques for Credit Scoring; Chief Investigator Professor Peter J. Smith; second CI Professor Robert Brooks, Monash University Business
2002-2009 Head, School of Creative Media, RMIT University, Melbourne
2003 Master of Fine Art (Painting), RMIT University, Melbourne
2003-current Professor of Mathematics and Art, RMIT University, Melbourne
2006-2007 Chair, Academic Leaders Group, RMIT University
2010-current Deputy Head (Research & Innovation), School of Media & Communication, RMIT University
2010 Antarctic New Zealand Visiting Artist Fellow, January 2010


Fine Art Publications

Smith, P. J. (1990). ‘Wendy Webb: Strong Support for a Cabinet Maker’, review, Agenda 12, 27—8, Melbourne, Australia, August
Smith, P.J. (1990). ‘Colin McCahon: The Substance of Clouds’. Agenda, 13, Melbourne, Australia, October
Smith, P.J. (1993). Essay in Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial Catalogue, 1,  28, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, November
Smith, P.J. (1993). ‘Moa Walk’, catalogue essay for Moa Walk, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
Smith, P.J. (1994). ‘Quiet Projection’, review of the work of Wendy Webb in Extension, curated by Caroline Kennedy,Ether Ohnetitel, Agenda
Smith, P.J. (1994). ‘Data for the record’. In Statistical Text, 3—4, Monash University Gallery Publication, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. ISBN 0 7326 0576 8
Smith, P. J. (1999). ‘Orbital Elements’. In Art News, Spring 1999, 24-25
Smith, P. J. (2000). ‘Visualising mathematics as a cultural imperative’, Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Mathematics and Art, 151—7, Bond University, Brisbane, Australia, 10—12 December, 2000
Smith, P.J. (2002). ‘Making notes on the visible’, refereed conference proceedings, Image, text and sound: beyond the revolution, School of Creative Media, RMIT University, Melbourne, November
Smith, P.J. (2002). ‘Stilled Moments’, catalogue essay for Always through the Dark; Notes on the Continuing Presence of History, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 
Smith, P.J. (2005). ‘The Text Stares Back’, refereed conference proceedings, School of Creative Media, RMIT University
Smith, P.J. (2007).   ‘Rediscovering lines of longitude—signs of ‘new capture’ for art practice at postmodernism’s demise’, book chapter, Visual Animals, (ed. I North) Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Smith P.J. (2009). ‘Total recall—contested depictions of the romantic tradition’, Second Nature, 1, 81 - 97
Smith, P.J. (2009).  ‘reENLIGHTENMENT’, catalogue essay for reENLIGHTENMENT, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, ISBN 978-0-9579599
Smith, P.J. (2009).  Truth + Beauty (major fine art publication currently being written)

Citations

2001 Kate McGahey, The Concise History of New Zealand Artists, Painters, Printmakers and Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing: Wellington, New Zealand
2003-8 John Furphy, Australian Art Sales Digest; A Survey of Australian and New Zealand Sales of Art at Auction over ten years from 1993 to 2002; 2007 edn;Acorn Antiques, Armadale, Victoria, Australia.
2006 A. McCulloch, S. McCulloch and E. McCulloch Childs, McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, The Miegunyah Press: Victoria, Australia, p897
2008 Whos Who Victoria, Inaugural State Edition, Crown Content: Melbourne

MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS PUBLICATIONS

Research Grants

2002 ARC Linkage Grant, Censored Regression Techniques for Credit Scoring; Chief Investigator Associate Professor Peter J. Smith; second CI Professor Robert Brooks, RMIT Business; Industry Partner---ANZ Bank.

Books

Smith, P.J. (1993). Into Statistics: A Guide to Understanding Statistical Concepts in Engineering and the Sciences, 772 pages, Thomas Nelson Australia: Melbourne.
ISBN 0 17 008710 7 (major textbook: first edition reprinted in 1994 by Thomas Nelson
and in  1998 by Springer-Verlag: Singapore)
Smith, P.J. (1993). Into Statistics: Instructor's Manual, 172 pages, Thomas Nelson Australia: Melbourne. ISBN 0 17008783 2 (major textbook)
Smith, P.J. (1998). Into Statistics: A Guide to Understanding Statistical Concepts in Engineering and the Sciences, 2nd edn, 534 pages. Springer-Verlag: Singapore. ISBN 981 3083 89 1 (major textbook: major re-write of first edition to include new chapters and  software materials)
Smith, P.J. (1998).  Into Statistics: Solutions Manual, 2nd edn, 159 pages. Springer-Verlag: Singapore. ISBN 9814021 14 8 (major textbook)
Smith, P. J. (2002). Analysis of Failure and Survival Data, 254 pages. Chapman & Hall/ CRC Press: Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 1-58488-075-9 (major research monograph)

Published Refereed Research Papers

James, I.R. and Smith, P.J. (1984). Consistency results for linear regression with censored data. Annals of Statistics, 12, 590—600
Smith, P.J. (1986). Estimation in linear regression with censored response. In Proceedings of the Pacific Statistical Congress, Auckland, 1985, 261—5; Eds. I.F. Fransis, B.F.J. Manly and L.C. Lam, North-Holland: Amsterdam
Smith, P.J. (1988). Asymptotic properties of linear regression estimators under a fixed censorship model. Australian Journal of Statistics, 30, 52—66
Smith, P. J., and Zhang, J. (1995). Renovated scatterplots for censored data. Biometrika, 87, 447—52
Smith, P. J. (1995). On plotting renovated samples. Biometrics, 51, 1147—51
Smith, P. J. (1995). Renovating interval-censored responses. Lifetime Data Analysis, 2, 51—61
Smith, P. J. (1998). Softwaring insight. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Singapore, 1998, 3, 1233—5; Eds. L. Pereira-Mendoza, L.S. Kea, T.W. Kee and W-K. Wong, International Statistical Institute: The Netherlands
Smith, P. J. and Peiris, L. W. (1999). Added variable plots for linear regression with censored data. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 28, 1987—2000
Wang, D. Q., Critchley, F. and Smith, P. J. (2003). Multiple sets of deletion measures and masking in regression. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 32, 407—13
Smith, P.J. (2004). Using linear regression techniques with censored data. International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 11, 163-173
Wang, D., Smith, P.J. and Aziz, N. (2008). Renovated partial residual plots and properties for censored regression, Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods (under review)

Doctoral Thesis

Smith, P.J. (1985). Estimation in Linear Regression With Censored Response: A Distribution-Free Approach

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1974     Surrealism to Landscape, The Building Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
1975     New Work, Northland Society of Arts, Whangarei, New Zealand
1976     On The Land, Mollers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1976     Recent Paintings, Mollers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1977     Fibonacci Numbers, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
1977     Random Numbers, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1978     The Violin Performance Pictures, and The Sample Survey Pictures, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
1978     Fence Paintings, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1982     Two Waters, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1988     Across Two Waters: A Survey, Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
1989     Zero Crossing, Faculty of Visual and Performing Arts, Ballarat University,Australia
1990     Archimedes Crying, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1990     Archimedes Crying, The Suter Gallery – Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand
1991     Attractor, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1993     Moa Walk, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1994     Recent Work, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1994     Statistical Text, Monash University Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
1995     Signs of Man, The Suter Gallery – Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand
1995     Gathering Data, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1996     Data Frames, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1996     Hypertext, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
1997     Figuring The Drift of Stars, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1998     Elements, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
1998     Making Notes on the Visible, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand
1998     Remarks on Space∙time, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1999     Deep Field Measure, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1999     It is by gathering data that we come to know about the world, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
2000     Marks of the Navigator, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000     View, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2001     A Cinematic Trace, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2001     Underlapping Science, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
2002     Underlapping Science, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
2002     Always through the dark; Notes on the continuing presence of history, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland
2003     Fading Light, Milford Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, June
2003     Fading Light, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
2004     The Substance of Clouds, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2004     Stills from ‘Fading Light’, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2005     Illumined by Darkness, Edmiston Duke Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2005     Navigator, Milford Galleries Queenstown, New Zealand
2005     Close to the Eastern Shore, Judith Anderson Galleries, Hawkes Bay.
2005     Illumined by Darkness, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
2006     Truth + Beauty, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2006     Truth + Beauty, Edmiston Duke Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2007     Truth + Beauty, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
2007     Truth + Beauty, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2008     Truth + Beauty, curated by Claire Watson, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria, Australia
2008     The Sublime Echo, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2009     reENLIGHTENMENT, Gallery101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
2009     Histories Reprised, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2010     Nine Key Works 2002-8 & Selected Sublime Echo Studies, 15th May - 9th June, Milford galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand  

Selected Group Exhibitions

1974     Group Exhibition, Lincoln Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1975     Group Show 75, Mollers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1976     Group Exhibition, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1976     Group Show 76, Mollers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1977     New Year/New Works 1977, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
1977     Young Contemporaries, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1978      NY/NW/78, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
1986     Future Perspectives, Editions Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia
1992     A Breath of Fresh Art---A selection of recent art works by 35 New Zealand artists, The Bath∙House Art and History Museum, Rotorua, New Zealand
1993     Stock, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand,
1994     New Year/New Work, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1995     Herald-Sun Art Award, juried exhibition of finalists, Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, Australia
1995     Artworkz Seven, 101 Collins Street Acquisitive Prizes 1995, juried exhibition of finalists, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
1996     Shifting Ground, Moonee Valley Festival Contemporary Art Prize 1996, curated by Sharyn Dawson, Melbourne, Australia
1996     Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia
1996     The Land, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996     Re-view, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
1997     3 Major Surveys of Modern New Zealand Art, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
1997     Director’s Choice, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
1998     Summer Survey 1998: Robert McLeod, Allen Maddox, Peter James Smith, John Parker, Philippa Blair, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1998     Picturing History, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
1998     Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia
1998     Art for Life, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
1998     Director’s Choice, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
1999     Catalogue Show, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand
1999     Salon des Refusees, curated exhibition of entries from the Archibald and Wynne Prizes, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1999     Looking South-across time, distance, place and culture, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
1999     Eighth Annual Wallace Art Awards in Association with the Visa Gold Art Award, juried exhibition of finalists, Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1999     Director’s Choice, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
1999     Exhibition Space, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000     Annual Exhibition, Mobile Art, Auckland, New Zealand
2000     The Numbers Game, Adam Art Gallery--Te Pataka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand
2000     Melbourne Artfair 2000, 7th Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia.
2000     Stand 33 @ Gallery 101, A Melbourne Artfair 2000 Satellite Exhibition, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
2000     SQuaRE 2000, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
2000     Mathematics and Art, Bond University Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
2001     Australia---You Are Here! Four perspectives of landscape through painting and photography, Gallery 101 at Flemington, Melbourne, Australia
2002     Our Place: Our People, Recent Acquisitions, The Suter Gallery—Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand
2002     The Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
2002     The 2002 John Leslie Art Prize: Art refers to Environment, juried exhibition of finalists, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria, Australia
2002     Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize 2002, juried exhibition of finalists, Melbourne, Australia
2002     Synergy, A collaborative exhibition between artists and scientists, curated by Dick Bett, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart, Tasmania
2002     Melbourne Artfair 2002, 8th Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia.
2003     Inaugural Exhibition, on the occasion of new premises, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, Australia, February 2003
2003     Compendium, Platform 5, curated by Martina Copley, March 2003
2003     Future Perfect, curated by Gerard Castles and Dick Bett, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, March 2003
2003     OverView ‘’ Is As: Landscape as metaphor’’, Milford Galleries Dunedin, New Zealand
2003     Opening exhibition, Milford Galleries Queenstown, New Zealand
2003     Strata, Postgraduate exhibition, Class of 2003, RMIT University, Melbourne
2004     Textures of Place, Milford Galleries Queenstown, New Zealand
2004     Inaugural exhibition, Judith Anderson Gallery—Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
2004     Compendium, ICON Museum of Art, Deakin University, curated by Martina Copley, Melbourne, Australia
2004     The Transit of Venus, Milford Galleries: Queenstown, Dunedin and Auckland, New Zealand
2004     Artfair 04, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia.
2005     Art at Heart, selected work from the Suter Collection, The Suter, Te Aratoi o Whakatu, New Zealand
2005     The Southern Landscape, Milford Galleries Dunedin, New Zealand
2005     Crossover: 13 artists investigating cross-cultural influences, CUSP Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2006     Small Works, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
2006     Recent Works: Peter James Smith, JS Parker, Kathy Barber, Scott McFarlane, Cheryl Lucas, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2006     Salon, curated by Catherine Wolfhagen, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Australia
2006     Location South, Milford Galleries Queenstown, New Zealand
2007     Second Auckland International Artfair, represented by Milford galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
2007     3 x 5, Milford Galleries Auckland, New Zealand, August
2007     Sight Scene: A top of the South Art Tour—Celebrating the Suter’s Collection, curated by Julie Catchpole, The Suter, Te Aratoi o Whakatu, New Zealand
2008     Masterworks; Milford Galleries Queenstown, New Zealand
2008     (The Skins of the) Orchestra; a sculptural installation with sound artists Kipps Horn and Barry Hill, Field 36, School of Creative Media, RMIT University,
2008     Peter James Smith and Luke Jacobs, Milford Galleries Auckland, New Zealand
2008     Anthology; curated by Dianna Gold, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
2009     The Southern Landscape, Milford Galleries Queenstown, New Zealand
2009     Masterworks; Milford Galleries Queenstown, New Zealand
2009     Third Auckland International Artfair, represented by John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2009     Classic vs Contemporary—Critical art movements within New Zealand, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2009     The Artist’s Aviary, John Leech Gallery, Auckland
2009     Catalogue Show, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2010     Wall Works, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia

Summary of Public Gallery Exhibitions

2008     Truth + Beauty, solo exhibition, curated by Claire Watson, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria, Australia
2008     (The Skins of the) Orchestra; a sculptural installation with sound artists Kipps Horn and Barry Hill, Field 36, School of Creative Media, RMIT University,
2007     Sight Scene: A top of the South Art Tour—Celebrating the Suter’s Collection, curated by Julie Catchpole, The Suter, Te Aratoi o Whakatu, New Zealand
2005     Art at Heart, selected work from the Suter Collection, The Suter, Te Aratoi o Whakatu, New Zealand
2004     Compendium, ICON Museum of Art, Deakin University, curated by    Martina Copley, Melbourne, Australia
2002     Our Place: Our People, Recent Acquisitions, The Suter Gallery—Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand
2000     Numbers Game, curated by Zara Stanhope, Adam Art Gallery--Te Pataka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand
1998     Picturing History, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996     The Land, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
1994      Statistical Text, Monash University Gallery, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Australia
1992     A Breath of Fresh Art---A selection of recent art works by 35 New Zealand artists, The Bath∙House Art and History Museum, Rotorua, New Zealand
1977     Young Contemporaries, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

Exhibition Reviews
1974    Terry McNamara, ‘Talent among the banality’, review, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand
1974    Terry McNamara, ‘Gallery’s best show yet’, review, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, 29 October
1975     L.W. Keys, `Intriguing blend from young artist’, review, The Northern Advocate, Whangarei, New Zealand, August
1975    Terry McNamara, ‘Mixed bag in group show’, review, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, December 13
1976     Denys Trussell, ‘Exhibitions’, review, Auckland City News, Auckland, New Zealand, August
1976     Terry McNamara, ‘Attack artist’s chief quality’, review, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, 17 August
1977     Dugald Page, ‘Art potential in new works’, review, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, 10 February
1977     Neil Rowe, ‘Mathematical Influence in art’, review, The Evening Post, Wellington, November 19
1977     Neil Rowe, ‘Wellington’, review, Art New Zealand, 8, 18
1977     Neil Rowe, ‘It could become known as the year of the photographer’, annual review, The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand, December 31
1978     Terry McNamara, ‘Tough Job for Critic’, review, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, June 20
1978     Gordon H. Brown, review, The Auckland Star, Auckland, New Zealand, June
1982     Terry McNamara, ‘Depressing Week at the Galleries’, review, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, April 5
1988     RMIT Openline, 4, ‘!Eureka!’, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, June
1990     ‘Archimedes Crying’, review, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, February 14     
1990     Corinne Ambler, ‘Combining his talents’, article, Nelson Evening Mail, Nelson, New Zealand, September 25
1991     Terry McNamara, ‘Thursday Arts’, review, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, July 4
1993     Ann Somerville, ‘Powerful works in world visions’, article, Rotorua Times, Rotorua, New Zealand, January 13
1993    Terry McNamara, ‘Perspective on Art’, review, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, November 18
1994     RMIT Openline, ‘Maths and painting add up well in art exhibition’, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, July 27
1994     Stephen Cain, ‘Ghosts from an obsession’, review, The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand, May 31
1995     Fiona Cassie, ‘Smith mixes maths and art’, The Nelson Evening Mail, Nelson, New Zealand, 12 February
1995     Keith Stewart, ‘Entwining the lines of arts, science’, Sunday Star Times, Auckland, New Zealand, 9 July
1995     Terry McNamara, in ‘Perspective on Art’, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, 12 July
1995     John Daly-Peoples, in ‘Review--Auckland’, Art New Zealand, 76.
1995     Keith Stewart, ‘Best of 95’, New Zealand Listener, December.
1996     Keith Stewart, ‘Capturing the potent power of Mt Ruapehu’, Sunday Star Times, Auckland, New Zealand, 14 July
1996     Pauline Swain, ‘Art in Ruapehu summit atmospherics’, article, The Dominion, Wellington, New Zealand, 13 July
1996     Elva Bett, ‘Excellence in different mediums’, review, The Dominion, Wellington, New Zealand, 12 July
1996     Stephen Cain, ‘Robin White back—balanced and flawless’, review, The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand, 18 July
1996     Colin Slade, ‘Approaching the land in an individual way’, The Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 25 September
1996     Robyn Ussher, ‘Views of the landscape’, The Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 25 September
1996     Ann Marsh, ‘Best and Fairest’---Visual Arts Review, Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia, 4 October
1997     Keith Stewart, ‘The good, the bad, and the ugly of ‘96’, Sunday Star Times, Auckland, New Zealand, 12 January
1997     Keith Stewart, ‘This light load is a big ask’, Sunday Star Times, Auckland, New Zealand, 10 August
1997    Terry McNamara, ‘Painting by Numbers’, New Zealand Herald,  Auckland, New Zealand, 1 August
1997    John Daly-Peoples, ‘Landscapes match Wagnerian philosophy’, The National Business Review, 8 August
1997     Keith Stewart, ‘Hotere highlight of healthy year’, Sunday Star Times, Auckland, New Zealand, December
1998     ‘Arts Calendar March/April: Peter James Smith’, The Age, Melbourne, Australia, 23 March
1998     Mary Lou Jelbart, Arts National, Radio 3LO, Melbourne, Australia, 19 April
1998     Claire Heaney, ‘Elements of Two Worlds’, Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia, 20 April
1998     Joanne Campbell, Review, Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, New Zealand, 21 July
1998     The Australian Commercial Galleries Association Guide Book, 1998—1999, 32--33
1998     Wayne Mowatt, Radio Art: Keith Stewart interviews Peter James Smith, National Radio, New Zealand, 5 November
1998     Terry McNamara, ‘Whatever takes your fancy’, review, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, 7 November
1999     Mark Amery, Deep Field Measure exhibition review, Radio Art, National Radio, New Zealand, 10 June
1999     John Daly-Peoples, ‘Arts: The Wallace Art Awards, New Zealand’s Richest Art Prize’, The National Business Review, September 17
2000     Terry McNamara, ‘Minimalism’s meditative power for the millenium’, review, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, 8 May
2000     ‘Art with Numbers’, article, Capital Times, Wellington, New Zealand, 12-19 July
2000     Katy Corner, ‘Mind bending, maths and art’, article, City Voice, Wellington, New Zealand, 6 July
2000     John Millington, ‘Maths equals Art’, review, Brisbane Courier Mail, Brisbane, Australia, 20 December
2001     Terry McNamara, ‘The weight of darkness and the lift of light’, review, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 June
2001    John Daly - Peoples, ‘Art - iculate’, review, The National Business Review, Auckland, New Zealand, 29 June
2002     Angela Moriarty, ‘A matter of interpretation’, article, The Nelson Mail, Nelson, New Zealand, 9 January
2002     Terry McNamara, ‘Pointers to nothing particular’, review, The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, October 28
2002     Charles Tongue, ‘Auckland Galleries’, article, State of the Arts, December 2002 to February 2003, 86-7.
2002      Zara Stanhope, ‘Numbers Game: Creative connections between art and mathematics’, Newsletter of the New Zealand Mathematical Society, 84, 19-25
2003     Joanne Campbell, `Science and art provide harmonious perspective’, review, Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, New Zealand, June 26
2003     David Eggleton, Sally Blundell, William McAloon, ‘I’ll buy that for a dollar’ investment article, New Zealand Listener, New Zealand, Sept 20-26
2003     Robert Nelson, ‘Wandering geometry beats layout’, review, The Age, Melbourne, Australia, 19 November
2004     Phil Beck, ‘Artist’s images stick to the text’, article, The Mercury, Hobart, 23 October
2005     James Dignan, ‘Different journeys in different lands’, review, Otago Daily Times, 16 June
2005     Terry McNamara, ‘The obvious and the obscure—Visual Arts: Clear New Zealand Scenes contrast with layered landscapes’, review, New Zealand Herald, 22 June
2005     Bridie Lonie, ‘Great Southern Land’, review, New Zealand Listener, 25 June – 1 July
2006     Joanne Campbell, ‘Smith reveals landscapes anew’, review, Otago Daily Times, 25 May
2006     Terry McNamara, ‘Calculations a Compelling Factor’, review, New Zealand Herald, 13 September
2007     Andrew Paul Wood, ‘Exploring Beauty’, review, The Christchurch Press, 24 October
2008     Frances Johnson, ‘Journey of Discovery’, review, The Age, Melbourne, 27 June
2008     Chantelle Carrick, ‘Art Seen’, review of The Sublime Echo, Otago Daily Times, 30 October 2008
2008     Gavin Bertram, ‘Star men out to blow our minds’, D Scene, 17 Oct 2008, Dunedin
2009     Marcus Bunyan, Review of ‘reENLIGHTENMENT’, http://artblart.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/
2009     Terry McNamara, ‘Reflecting on the nature of colour’, review, The New Zealand Herald, 21 November, 2009  

Reproduction of Works

1995   ‘Kolmogorov’s Tag’ in Artworkz Seven, exhibition catalogue, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
1995    ‘Air monitoring data’ in Mathematics—Expanding your horizons, poster design, published jointly by the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, RMIT University
1996    ‘The probability distribution of visible rocks’ in New Zealand Art Diary 1997: A selection of work from 21 Contemporary New Zealand Artists, Saint Publishing Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1996     The Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne
1996     Into Statistics, book cover, Springer-Verlag, Singapore
1997     Newton Plus, book cover, Addison Wesley Longman, Auckland, New Zealand
1998     Into Statistics 2nd edn, book cover, Springer-Verlag, Singapore
1998     ‘Kepler’s Laws’, CoCA Quarterly, cover photograph, April-May-June, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
1998     The Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne
1999     ‘Crepuscular Rays’, The 101 Quarterly, 2, Anniversary Edition, cover photograph, 101 Collins St, Melbourne, Australia
2000     Winter Catalogue 2000, illustrated catalogue with bibliography, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2001     Winter Catalogue 2001, CD catalogue, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2001   ‘Source’, Dunbar Sloane Wellington May 2001 Auction Catalogue, lot 64, Wellington, New Zealand
2001    ‘A measured passage: The Endeavour off Cape Maria Van Dieman, December, 1769’. Dunbar Sloane Wellington August 2001 Auction Catalogue, lot 61, Wellington New Zealand
2002     ‘Mars Pathfinder at Ares Vallis’, Faculty of Applied Science Website, RMIT University
2002     ‘The Polar Front’, online website for Synergy Exhibition, CSIRO, Tasmania at
              http://www.science-in-salamanca.tas.csiro.au/gallery/synergy/smith/index.htm

Essays on Exhibited Works
1978     Peter Lorimer, ‘Some of the Finite Projective Planes’, Mathematical Intelligencer, 5, 41-50
1994     Robert Nelson, ‘Speculations on the Empirical Lyre of Peter James Smith’, Statistical Text exhibition catalogue, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1996     Keith Stewart, ‘Probability Bites’, Quote Unquote, August
1996     Keith Stewart, Ditch—Peter James Smith: painting the gap, catalogue essay, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
1997     Keith Stewart, ‘Life Science’, New Zealand Listener, 2 August
1999     Ben Marshall, ‘Painting x Numbers’, article, Australian Style, 31, 101
1999     Elizabeth Kerr, Looking South - across time, distance, place and culture, catalogue essay, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2000     John Gregory, ‘Peter James Smith: It is by gathering data that we come to know about the world’, Eyeline, 41, 48--9
2000     Pat Baskett, ‘All-rounder for our post-modern times’, article, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, 24 April
2000     Zara Stanhope, The Numbers Game, catalogue essay, Adam Art Gallery---Te Pataka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand
2000     Suzie Campbell, ‘Beyond the Known World: The Paintings of Peter James Smith’, Art New Zealand, 97, 82--85
2000     David Famularo, ‘Mathematical Musings’, article, The Dominion, Wellington, New Zealand, 17 November
2001     Stephanie Radok, ‘A water or a light’, article, Artlink, 21, 51-2
2001     Martina Copley, ‘Terrain’, catalogue essay for A Cinematic Trace, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2001     Martina Copley, ‘The Ship’s Wake’, catalogue essay for Underlapping Science, Gallery101, Melbourne; Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
2001     Patrick Hutchings,  ‘Number is the Wisest Thing’, catalogue essay for Underlapping Science, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, Australia
2002     Synergy, exhibition catalogue, CSIRO Marine Research Laboratories, Hobart, Tasmania
2005     John Armstrong, ‘The Art of the Modern Sublime’, catalogue essay for Illumined by Darkness, Edmiston Duke Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2009     John Armstrong, ‘Paradise Lost’, catalogue essay for reENLIGHTENMENT, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne

Invited Lectures on Fine Art
1986      ‘Mathematics and Art’, Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia
1987      ‘Painting by Numbers’, Seminar, School of Fine Art, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
1987       ‘On Combining the rationalism of a mathematician with the expressionism of an artist’, Public Lecture, Glasshouse Theatre, RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria,
1989      ‘Zero Crossing’, Seminar, Faculty of Visual and Performing Arts, Ballarat College of Advanced Education, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
1990      ‘Sense of Place’, Invited Public Lecture on the work of Colin McCahon, Ian Potter Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, September 8
1990      ‘Chaos, yes, but is it Art?’ Invited panel member, for public discussion of the exhibition Chaos, toured by the Goethe Foundation, organised by the Department's of Applied Physics and Fine Art, 1990, RMIT Gallery, Swanston St. Melbourne
1991      ‘Attractor’, visiting artist seminar program, Elam School of Art, University of Auckland, New Zealand
1998      ‘Making Notes on the Visible’, Invited Lecture for National Science Week, Dunedin Public Gallery, Dunedin New Zealand
1999      ‘Writing Text on Paintings’, Invited Speaker, Auckland Writers Festival, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 28 May
1999      ‘The Numbers Game’, invited floortalk on the exhibition of the same name curated by Zara Stanhope, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ
2000      ‘Visualising Mathematics as a Cultural Imperative’, Invited Keynote Speaker, Mathematics and Art Conference, Bond University, 10-12 December
2000      ‘Painting Statistics’, Invited Lecture, Statistical Society of Australia, Melbourne, August
2003      ‘Contemporary art in Sydney and Melbourne’, Invited Lecture and curatorial advice, Derwent Collection, Longford, Tasmania, July 2003
2003      ‘Contemporary art in Sydney and Melbourne’, Invited Lecture and curatorial advice, Esk Collection, Launceston, Tasmania, August 2003
2003      ‘On Visualising Numbers’, invited keynote speaker, 5th International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sydney, 7—11 July.
2005      Markers, Speculation and Innovation Conference, 2005: Applying Practice-Led Research in the Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
2006      Line of Sight, Art and Authenticity, Australian National University, October.
2007      Invited Keynote Speaker, Rediscovering Lines of Longitude—signs of ‘New Capture’ for art practice at postmodernism’s demise, Visual Animals Seminar, AGSA

Invited lectures on Mathematics and Statistics

1982        ‘Linear regression with censored data’, conference presentation, 6th Australian Statistical Society Conference, University of Melbourne
1984        ‘Asymptotic properties of estimators in linear regression with censored response’,   conference presentation, 7th Australian Statistical Society Conference, University of Queensland
1985        ‘Estimation in linear regression with censored response’, conference presentation, Pacific Statistical Congress, University of Auckland, New Zealand
1988        ‘Linear Regression with Censored Data’, invited seminar speaker, CSIRO, Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Clayton, Victoria, September
1992        ‘Statistical education’, conference presentation, 11th Australian Statistical Society Conference, University of western Australia, Perth
1993        ‘Renovated Scatterplots’, invited seminar speakers, University of Auckland, Canterbury University, Waikato University
1994        ‘Renovated Scatterplots’, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, May
1994        ‘Regression Diagnostics’, conference paper, 12th Australian Statistics Society Conference, Monash University, July
1997        ‘Residuals and Renovated Scatterplots’, invited seminar speaker, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Sydney, June
1997        ‘Survival Analysis’, invited presentation and discussion paper, Australian Conference on Industrial Statistics (ACIS97), Melbourne, Sept 29-30
1999        ‘Regression Diagnostics’, funded seminar presentations, Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics, University of Iowa; University of Pittsburgh
2003        ‘Linear Regression with Censored Data’, invited keynote speaker, International Conference on Reliability and Survival Analysis, University of South Carolina
2003        Smith, P.J. and Glasson, S. (2003). ‘Censored regression techniques for credit     scoring’, International Conference on Credit Scoring, Glasgow

Collections

Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Auckland Hospital Board, Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Rothmans Cultural Foundation
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, Australia
Air New Zealand
Eastern Energy, Melbourne, Australia
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
National Australia Bank, Melbourne, Australia
Massey University, Albany Campus, Auckland, New Zealand
Wallace Trust Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
The Suter Gallery – Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne
Victorian Racing Commission
BHP Billiton Collection, Melbourne, Australia
Gippsland Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Victorian Racing Commission, Melbourne, Australia