Founded in 2007, Smith-Stewart specializes in finding and cultivating new talent while producing a dynamic roster of exhibitions that spans mediums, expands aesthetic convention, and reaches across generations.

In addition to the gallery, Amy Smith-Stewart is an independent curator. She has organized more than two-dozen exhibitions in museums and galleries. She was Curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/The Museum of Modern Art, New York from January 2002-December 2005 where she mounted solo exhibitions including Adrian Paci, Ernesto Caivano, Katharina Sieverding, Aleksandra Mir, Mika Rottenberg, Phoebe Washburn, Christian Holstad, among others. She was also one of six curators of Greater New York 2005. In 2006, Smith-Stewart was a Curatorial Advisor for the Mary Boone Gallery, where she organized three group exhibitions and a solo exhibition of Aleksandra Mir. Presently, she is the 2007-2008 Guest Curator for the Peter Norton Collection and a faculty member of the School of Visual Arts, MFA program.