Dean Smith's drawings, thought form #11, 2005 and untitled (a2), 2007 were recently acquired by the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco respectively.

The project Dean Smith / MATRIX 201b (black hole sun #3 - x-ray vision) is featured in the recent publication, MATRIX/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art, edited by Elizabeth Thomas, with contributions by Bill Arning, Jens Hoffmann, Michael Auping, Jordan Kantor, Constance Lewallen, and Lawrence Rinder.

Smith's latest video, three video mandalas, 2007-2009 premiered in the program, TRANS l Optic: an exploration of abstraction in experimental film spanning the 1920's to the present that featured German and Bay Area filmmakers at Meridian Gallery in San Francicso in December 2009.

Three of Smith's drawings were exhibited in the group show, PAPER! AWESOME! Curated by Brion Nuda Rosch at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions in San Francisco, CA February 20 - March 27, 2010.