Printmaker and painter David Smith-Harrison was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1959. His formal art education began in 1977 at the Utah State University in Logan, Utah, where he attended on the Utah State Sterling Scholar scholarhip from 1977-78. While there, he studied for a semester at South Glamorgan Institute in Cardiff, Wales, where he would return to study full time from 1981 to 1983. After returning to the States he enrolled at the University of Utah at Salt Lake City, where he graduated im 1984. He began exhibiting in 1983 at the 59th National April Salon in Springville, Utah, and by the late 1980s he had expanded to shows throughout the US and abroad. He continues to live and work in Utah. 

Awards and recognitions:
1988: Purcahse Award, 18th Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
1993: Gold Award, 3rd Annual Discovery Awards Art Competition, Napa, CA
1994: Metagraphics, Inc. Honorable Mention Award, 7th Annual Biennial Print Competition, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, CA
1995: Janet Turner National Print Competition, Third Place Award, Chico, CA
1996: First Place, Printmaking, 6th Annual KTEH Art Auction, Triton Music, Santa Clara, CA
1997: First Place, Pacific Edge Print Competition, Mendocino Art Center, CA
2003: Purchase Award, Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Arkansas State University, AR
2019: Merit Award, Springville Museum of Art, 34th Annual Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah, Springville, UT