Bachelor of Science -- Journalism: photojournalism, news editorial, magazine layout and production. William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University Of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

Oklahoma City Museum of Art (Two images from the Lifetime Global Street Photography portfolio).

The Montserrat National Trust -- West Indies: (45 images from the Holdout Streets of the Montserrat Volcano Disaster and the Lifetime Global Street Photography portfolios).

The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas: (12 images from the Streetphotos in Time series)

Eutin (Germany) Municipal Art Collection: (Three images collected as part of the inaugural Lawrence, Kansas - Eutin, Germany Sister City union. One image from the Streets of Cold War Hot Spots portfolio and two very early images from the Lifetime Global Street Photography portfolio).

Jatari Campesino (Ecuador) Minga Archive: (25 images from the Streets of the Impoverished High Andes portfolio)

Lawrence (Kansas) Chamber of Commerce (Five images from the Streets of the Midwestern USA Flood of 1993 portfolio.

George Eastman House International Museum of Photography/ Sotheby's Celebration of the History of Photography Exhibition and Benefit Auction
(2010-Sept. 27 to Oct. 04, 2010) At Sotheby's in New York, New York. Invited by the trustees of George Eastman House to include two images (Nation Station #3/ Paris, France and Washington Square HatNapper/ New York as part of this The Masters of the History of Photography event.

Montserrat National Trust (Eastern Caribbean - 2009-Dec. to 2010-April).
Molten Memoirs: The Streets of the Soufriere Hills Volcano Disaster by Gary Mark Smith. A featured nation-sponsored solo museum exhibition of 45 images previously assessed into the MNT permanent collection (2009).

San Salvador, El Salvador – Club de Fotografia de El Salvador ASA 2000 (2009-11-04). Invited to give translated address and image presentation to the national photography club of El Salvador’s invited audience.

Hays Arts Center: (2008-10-31 to 2008-12-12). Sleeping in the City and Other Occurrences from Inside The Wire. A solo artist exhibition of 212 global street photographs from 43 countries. (Hays, Kansas).

New Orleans Museum of Art : (2006-July 1 through September 8). Katrina Exposed, a museum-curated exhibition of 152 photographs, many later inducted into the Katrina Memorial Portfolio. Ultimately Smith had eight of his images chosen for the Katrina Memorial Portfolio, part of NOMA’s permanent art collection. (New Orleans, Louisiana).

Oklahoma City Museum of Art – OKCMOA: (2006-05-25 to 2006-10-08). Crosswalks: A Contemporary International Street Photography Exhibition. Curated by Mason Resnik, New York photography editor and critic. Four of Smith’s photographs chosen for exhibition. Following the exhibition, "Las Vegas Strip Elvis, Rebel or Clown?" and "Amsterdam Umbrella Dog" were accessed into the OKCMOA permanent art collection. (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).

The University of Purdue: (1996-December). Don’t Try This at Home. A travelling solo artist exhibition. Master of Photographic Arts graduate dissertation exhibition. (West Lafayette, Indiana).

San Diego Art Institute: (1994-October 1 to November 30). Diet Sleep. A national jurored fine photography exhibition. Juror: Guy Dill. San Diego Art Institute Balboa Park Gallery. (San Diego, California)

The Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York: (1992). International Juried Exhibition and Publication. The Family Of Man Revisited: New Relations. An international jurored fine photography exhibition. Juror: Larry Fink. "Sells Flowers/Sleeps Sometimes". The Friends of Photography at the CPW. (Woodstock, New York).

The Puchong Gallery, East Village, New York: (1992-November 20 to December 16) From Rimbaud to Rambo. A Collection of the Early Portfolios of Gary Mark Smith, Global Street Photographer. (New York, New York}.

The Society For Contemporary Photography National Juried Fine Photography Exhibition: (1992-September through November). A national jurored fine photography exhibition. Juror: Keith Davis (Photography collection curator at the Hallmark Foundation). Exhibition held at the Leedy-Voulkos Gallery. (Kansas City, Missouri).

Kaw Valley Arts & Humanities: (1992-January 17 to February 14) Jurored group exhibition. Gallery 92. Juror: Virginia Mecklenburg, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture, the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. Kaw Valley Arts & Humanities. (Kansas City, Kansas).

Sioux City Arts Center: (1991- October through November). Sioux City National Art Competition and Exhibition. A national jurored group art exhibition. Juror: Jack Olson. (Sioux City, Iowa)

The Toledo Museum Of Art: (1991-September through October). The Toledo Museum of Art National Art Exhibition. A national jurored fine Art exhibition. Juror: Peter MacGill of Pace-MacGill Gallery, New York, New York. (Toledo, Ohio).

Rhinelander Museum Of Art: (1991 JULY-OCT) The Northern National Art Exhibition. Juror: Glenn R. Bradshaw. A national jurored group exhibition. (Rhinelander, Wisconsin).

The Inauguration of Joan Finney, the 42nd Kansas governor and the first woman elected to that office in Kansas history (1991- January). A featured street photography exhibition (by Gubernatorial request) in the Kansas Capitol Rotunda during the inauguration and at the Kansas Expo Center during ‘The People’s Ball’ honoring Governor Finney. Solo artist exhibition nooks. (Topeka, Kansas).

Eutin, Germany; Kreissparkasse Ostholestein Hall: (1990-June through July). An international invitational group exhibition City of Lawrence, Kansas to Eutin, Germany Sister City Inaugural Exchange Exhibition. Patrons and Benefactors: The City of Lawrence, Kansas; the City of Eutin, Germany; and the Lawrence Arts Center. "Suchitoto Violin" " was chosen by the artist for exhibition. Other Artists participating included: Elizabeth Layton; Stan Herd; Louis Copt; and Dick Rector (Eutin, Eastern Holstein, Germany)

Wichita Art Association: (1990-January 6 to February 4) jurored group exhibition. Kansas Nine travelling exhibition. Juror: Suzanne Muchnic; Los Angeles Times arts writer and critic. Patrons and Benefactors: Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. "Waiting for Improvements" and "Entering the Subway to Hell" selected for exhibition as finalists. (Wichita, Kansas)

Mulvane Art Museum: (1989-November 5-27). Jurored group international exhibition. Kansas Nine travelling exhibition. Juror: Suzanne Muchnic; Los Angeles Times arts writer. Patrons and Benefactors: Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. "Waiting for Improvements" and "Entering the Subway to Hell" were selected for exhibition as finalists. (Topeka, Kansas). 

Kansas University: Mount Oread Art Gallery (1980-July). Wherever, Kansas University American Studies Exhibition, En Plein Air.

White With Foam: Essays, Rumors, Field Notes, and Photographs from the Edge of World War III (September 10, 2001 to September 12, 2002) Published as an online book December 2007 and as a Kindle Edition June 2009.

Searching For Washington Square (2001). A collection of 145 early works – 1978-1998. Published by the Traver Foundation.

Molten Memoirs: Essays, Rumors, Field Notes and Photographs From The Edge of Fury (1999, 2000, 2001, 2009) An Artist’s Account of the Volcano Holdouts of Salem, Montserrat. Issued on tape for the sight impaired in 2001 by Audio Reader; 2009 issued as a Kindle Edition.

Farm to Market Finger chosen as the cover photograph of the Italian translation of The God of Small Things (the 1997 Booker Prize winner) a politically charged novel by Indian author and philosopher Arundhati Roy.

Topeka Capital-Journal; (2011-07-03) by Jan Biles: Kansans Document Life In Slums of Brazil
http://cjonline.com/news/2011-07-02/photos-capture-grit-heart-rio-slum#.Tj708BzK6iF

Lawrence Journal-World; (2010-10-3) by Michael Auchard: Globtrotting Photographer Contributes to George Eastman History of Photography Exhibit at Sotheby's www.lawrence.com/news/2010/sep/30/globe-trotting-photographer-contributes-auction/

Staff Reports (2009-10-09) "The Road to Hell" Joint Exhibition. Lawrence Journal-World above the fold Upcoming Event blurb.