Elected ARSA: 17 March 1976

Alastair Smart was a distinguished graduate of Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen. He was a successful sculptor recognised with numerous awards both during his time as a student and his subsequent career as a practising sculptor. He taught sculpture at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee for 28 years.

 

Two of his best-known public works in the Dundee area include the bronze figure of Peter Pan in Kirriemuir and the “Whale’s Teeth” sculpture at Polepark Junction. Examples of his work can also be found across Scotland and abroad.