Tracey Smith is a fashion illustrator based in London. She specialises in hand drawn pen, ink and watercolour illustration and fashion oil paintings.
Tracey has a background as a fashion designer and worked in the UK and Hong Kong for many years in commercial fashion design. She is now available for fashion and portrait illustration projects, Live Event Illustration, painting commissions and teaching opportunities. All works available for sale as originals or prints.
Awards and Exhibitions
March 2025 - Showed 4 drawings as part of the group show ‘Drawing Humans’ at XYZ Gallery, Grays Inn Road, London.
February 2025 - Showed 2 works as part of the group show ‘Body Adorned II’ at Felstead Arts, Hackney Wick, London.
Commended in the Drawing From Life Category in 10th Fida Awards, November 2024.
Two works selected for the Group Exhibition ‘Unseen Fashion Faces and Figures’ at London College of Fashion, October 2024.
Winner of the Live Event Artist of the Year at the 8th Fida Awards, November 2023.
Contributor to the Showstudio Exhibition Flowers, December 2023
Shortlisted in the 8th Fida Awards 2023
Published in the Fible Edition 3, 2023.
Shortlisted for the Fida x Jeetinder Sandhu project July 2023
Finalist and Commended in the 7th Fida Awards 2023
Finalist and winner of the Artistic Award in the 5th Fida Awards 2022
Published in the Fible Edition 2, 2021-22
Longlisted and shortlisted for the Fida 2021 Awards
Chosen to exhibit work in the Fida x IMM virtual fashion illustration exhibition as part of Miami fashion week 2021
Work and Projects
June 2025 - completed 2 commissions for private clients.
June 2025 - Showed my Inky portraits series as part of the E8 Art and Craft Trail, Dalston, London.
May 2025 - Drew Live Inky portraits at N4 Makers market, Stoke Newington, London.
April 2025 - Led an Inky Faces Illustration workshop at In-Residence lifestyle store, Islington London.
April 2025 - Drew live at the Sabirah Official showroom open day at Somerset House, London.
March 2025 - Drew live at the Lumen Magazine launch, London.
March 2025 - Showed 4 drawings as part of the group show ‘Drawing Humans’ at XYZ Gallery, Grays Inn Road, London.
Feb/March 2025 - Drew live both front and backstage at London Fashion Week with Drawing Cabaret Couture and Fida Worldwide, at shows including Tolu Coker, Yaku, Yuhan Ao, Edeline Lee, Fashion Scout Casting day.
February 2025 - Showed 2 works as part of the group show ‘Body Adorned II’ at Felstead Arts, Hackney Wick, London.
February 2025 - Took part in the N4 Makers Market, Stoke Newington, London.
January 2025 - My Inky faces series was featured in Suboart Magazine #34.
December 2024 - Drew the cast live at the Mildmay Club pantomime, Newington Green, London.
December 2024 - I was invited to draw live on a Nick Knight photo shoot for Showstudio, as part of their Advent calendar.
October 2024 - I produced 4 beauty illustrations for the Studio Boddy article for the Pantone Connect platform.
October 2024 - Drew live at the Vidi Blak Studio sip and shop sample sale, Hackney Wick , London.
October 2024 - Showed 2 works as part of the London College of Fashion group show ‘Unseen Fashion Faces and Figures’.
September 2024 - Drew live at London Fashion Week with Fida Worldwide and Drawing Cabaret Couture, at shows including Buerlangma, and Jayne Pierson.
July 2024 - Several works featured in the Fida Worldwide fourth annual book of Fashion Illustration - The Fible.
March 2024 - I created 2 illustrations for the Studio Boddy colour forecasting story ‘Hugging’ for the Pantoneview Colourplanner #53.
February 2024 - Collaborated with TMagazine China to illustrate their coverage of Paris Fashion Week A/W24.
December 2023 - Contributor to the Showstudio Exhibition “Flowers”.
November 2023 - Created 2 illustrations for Jane Monington Boddy’s Colour Forecasting Story ‘Hugging’ featured in the 2024 Pantone Colour book.
September 2023 - Showstudio contributor. Illustrated the Milan Fashion Week SS24 Womenswear Shows for Showstudio.
September 2023 - Artist in Residence at Fashion Scout with Fida Worldwide, London Fashion Week.
July 2023 - Published in the Fible, edition 3.
July 2023 - Shortlisted in the Fida x Jeetinder Sandhu Project
June 2023 - Fida x Chapal Project
May 2023 - Taught an Online Fashion Illustration Class for Fida Worldwide
May 2023 - Private Portrait Commission
May 2023 - Submitted work was Commended in the 7th Fida Worldwide Fashion Illustration Awards
May 2023 - Work published in Lazin Magazine
February 2023 - Artist in Residence at Fashion Scout with Fida Worldwide, London Fashion Week.
November 2022 - Selected to show work in Miami for the Fida X Tiffany collaboration with the Halston Foundation as part of Miami Fashion Week.
September 2022 - Live Event Illustration for a secret high end Bond Street client.
September 2022 - Artist in Residence at Fashion Scout with Fida Worldwide, London fashion Week
May 2022 - Won the Artistic Award at the 5th Fida Worldwide Fashion Illustration Awards.
Events, press and Social Media
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Inky Faces Ilustration Workshop April 2025
Taught an Inky Faces Illustration Workshop at this lifestyle store in Islington, London.
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Nick Knight Photo Shoot December 2024
Illustrated Live on a Nick Knight photo Shoot for the Showstudio Advent Calendar
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TMagazine China
Illustrated T Magazine China's Paris Fashion Week Coverage Feb/March 2024
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Winner of Live Event Artist of the Year 2023 at the 8th Fida Awards
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Showstudio Contributor. Milan Womenswear Shows
Illustrated the Milan Womenswear Shows for Showstudio September 2023.
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Contributed to the Showstudio Group Exhibition "Flowers" December 23 to Feb 24
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Published in the Fible III
Published in the Fashion Illustration Bible - The Fible III, 2023
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In Store Live Drawing
In store live drawing event for a secret Bond Street client.
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Live Sketching at London Fashion Week
One of the illustrators in residence with Fashion Scout/Fida at London Fashion Week September 22 and again at London Fashion Week February 23.
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Fida Exhibition
My artwork was used for the Fida Art in Fashion Summer Exhibition 2022 promotion
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Fida x FashionScout
Catwalk sketches used in the Fida xFashionScout e-magazine 2022
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The Fible
Listed in The Fible - Fida Worldwide’s definitive book of contemporary fashion illustrators 2022.
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Fida Art in Fashion
Artwork used for the Fida art in Fashion 2022 promotion and e-book
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Schiaparelli Instagram
My image for the DrawaDot X Schiaparelli Open Call was featured on the Schiaparelli Instagram page, August 2022.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChUyb8ttB5M/?img_index=9
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Fida x Miami Exhibition
Work selected for the Fida x Miami Ultramarine virtual exhibition as part of Miami Fashion Week 2021
