Ed Smida (b. 1961, East Liverpool, Ohio) is an American figurative sculptor living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His practice centers on the human form, and his finished pieces are presented in cast bronze, iron, and glass.

Ed attended university at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, and earned degrees in engineering and economics. From there he embarked on a thirty-year career spanning science, operations, and finance. The majority of this career was spent working internationally in over twenty-five countries around the world.

After much soul-searching, in 2012 Ed made the decision to leave the business world and devote himself full-time to art. The transition into the studio proved seamless and tremendously rewarding. An entirely new journey began. Although Ed is primarily self-taught, he has studied with amazing artists in Denver, Philadelphia, London, Barcelona, and Bulgaria.

Ed’s work is universally described as deeply expressive, emotive, and thought-provoking. His composition and modeling are rich with energy, tension, and life. Building upon a classical foundation with the portrait and figure, Ed’s current portfolio includes an ongoing series inspired by New Mexico past and present, and a brand-new series investigating the intersection of humanity, time, and cultural memory.

Ed is represented by Nedra Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a Member of the National Sculpture Society in New York, and exhibited in their 85th, 86th, and 88th Annual Awards Exhibitions. In 2020 and 2021 Ed exhibited at the Annual Open Exhibition of the Society of Portrait Sculptors in London. Ed’s work is in the permanent collection of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, and has been exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum and the Harwood Museum of Art.