埃德史密斯 is a member of the National Academy of Design, a Guggenheim Fellow in Sculpture and Drawing, and a former Associate member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors. His work is represented in public and private collections in the United States and abroad. These include The British Museum; The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, 比利时, Ministry of the Flemish Community; The Hood Museum; the Davis Museum; Yale University; the National Academy Museum; and many more. He has more than 80 one-person exhibitions and innumerable group exhibitions, including at the Queens Museum; Brooklyn Museum; The Royal Scottish Academy, 爱丁堡, Scotland; Hillwood Art Museum; Caversham Press South Africa; Fleming Museum; Schenectady Museum; The Albright Knox Museum; the Albrecht-Kemper Museum; The Arkell Museum; 还有很多其他的. His work has been written about and reviewed in the New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, The Baltimore Evening Sun, 艺术新闻, 迈阿密先驱报, The Albany Times Union, Giornale Dell’Arte, San Francisco Examiner, 艺术新英格兰, 还有很多其他的.

Currently Gallery Director, Director of Marist Venice Biennale Program, and 教授 of Art at bet亚洲365欢迎投注, Ed has been a 访问ing Artist, 讲师, Artist-in-Residence, 教授, and Distinguished 访问ing Artist at American University; Bennington College; Bard College; Brandeis University; Boston University; Clark University; Dartmouth College; Dia Art Center; Kansas State University; Lacoste School of the Arts in France; New York Studio School; Parsons School of Art; Pratt Institute; Swarthmore College; School of Visual Arts; Trumbull College, Yale University; University of New Hampshire; University of Pennsylvania; Vermont Studio Center; University of Tel Aviv, Israel; Glasgow School of Art; and many, 许多其他的. Awards and honors include Awards for Teaching Excellence, National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts; Teaching Excellence at bet亚洲365欢迎投注; 为d Foundation Grant; First Alternate Prix de Rome; Fulbright Award; Associate Fellow, Trumbull College, Yale University; New York State Council on the Arts; and others.

His work is primarily involved with mythic and heroic aspects of the Artist and man.