# Heather Dunaway Smith

> Heather Dunaway Smith is an internationally exhibiting spatial artist and
> creative director based in Oregon, USA. She works across augmented reality (AR),
> virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR), with a parallel practice in
> illustration, 3D modeling, and handcraft. Adobe AR Art Resident and Snap
> Spectacles artist — one of the first cohort of artists worldwide commissioned
> to build for Snap's AR glasses. Public installations exhibited at Dublin Winter
> Lights, Portland Winter Light Festival, FutureDays Seoul, Art Basel Miami Art
> Week, Adobe MAX (Los Angeles), and CADAF Paris.

## Key facts

- Based in Oregon, USA (Pacific Northwest)
- Mediums: AR, VR, MR, public installation, illustration, 3D modeling, sound design, handcraft
- Credentials: Adobe AR Art Resident; Snap Spectacles artist (early cohort)
- Recurring themes: climate, interspecies communication, plants and non-human worlds, public space, the seam between digital and physical
- Notable clients/partners: Adobe, Snap, Nickelodeon, Art Institute of Chicago
- Open to commissions and collaboration: hello@dunawaysmith.com

## Recurring topics in her work

- Snap Spectacles as an artist medium (not a developer demo)
- AR for plants and non-human audiences (interspecies AR)
- Climate-themed AR for public space
- Female-led XR practice from the Pacific Northwest
- The illustrator and craftsperson working in AR
- Site-specific AR for festivals and public installation

## About

- [About Heather Dunaway Smith](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/about/): Bio,
  credentials, exhibition history, and client list including Adobe, Snap,
  Nickelodeon, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

## Selected work

- [The Light We Bring](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/work/the-light-we-bring/):
  Ireland's first public AR glasses installation, presented at Dublin Winter
  Lights 2026 in Merrion Square using Snap Spectacles.
- [Ghost Flora](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/work/ghost-flora/): AR scavenger
  hunt revealing endangered native plants at Portland Winter Lights 2025/2026.
- [Biophonic](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/work/biophonic/): Evolving AR work
  for Snap Spectacles. A digital plant meets you through the glasses and
  responds; the landscape shifts a hundred years forward, drawn from climate
  projections for the ground beneath your feet. Originated at the EdgeCity Lanna
  residency, Chiang Mai, 2024.
- [Future ARtifacts](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/work/future-artifacts/):
  Series of biomechanical AR inventions addressing climate change through
  nature-inspired design (2020).
- [Ancestral Dance](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/work/ancestral-dance/): AR
  performance artwork.
- [All Seeing Eye](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/work/all-seeing-eye/): AR artwork.

## Full portfolio

- [All Work](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/work/): 25 projects spanning AR,
  public installation, wearable AR, illustration, and brand experience design.

## Connect

- [Commission & Collaboration](https://www.dunawaysmith.com/connect/):
  Institutional commissions, experiential environments, and mission-aligned
  partnerships. Contact: hello@dunawaysmith.com

## Profiles

- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dunawaysmith)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dunawaysmith/)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@heatherdunawaysmith)
- [Substack — Studio Diary](https://dunawaysmith.substack.com)
- [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@dunawaysmith)
- [Behance](https://www.behance.net/dunawaysmith)