Matthew Ryan Smith

Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD, is the Curator & Head of Collections of Glenhyrst Art Gallery, the literary editor of First American Art Magazine, and an editorial board member for the Yearbook of Moving Image Studies at Kiel University, Germany. His writing has appeared in numerous books, journals, magazines, and exhibition catalogues. Matthew served as editor of Eli Baxter’s memoir Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth, describing the author’s Anishinaabay culture and residential school experience, which was awarded the Governor General’s Award for English-language nonfiction in 2022.