Bob and Roberta Smith è nato nel 1964 a Londra, dove vive e lavora.
Nel 1993 ha completato il MA Fine Art al Goldsmith College.
Tra le sue mostre personali recenti: 2005, The Beautiful Poetry of Bob and Roberta Smith, Hales Gallery, Londra. 2004, Help Build The Ruins of Democracy, The Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Londra. 2002, Its not easy being a famous Artist, Galerie Praz Delavallade, Parigi; The New York Art Amnesty, Pierogi 2000, New York. 2001, Make Me a Sandwich, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, USA; Suburbs Are the New Center - Create Your Own Reality, Carbone.to, Torino. Unfortunate, Bob Smith hosts the search for the worst artwork in Britian, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Londra. 2000, 26 Instructions, Turnaround at the Hayward, Hayward Gallery, Londra; Statements, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery London @ ART31 Basel, Basilea.
Tra le collettive recenti: 2005, Only a minute to live, Temporary Contemporary, Londra; Summer Daze, South London Gallery, Londra. 2004, Master Blaster, Ode to Anti Social Aethetics, BARD College, New York; Voodoo Shit, Hales Gallery, London, UK. 2003, The Breman Conference, GAK, Brema. Independence, South London Art Gallery, Londra. 2002, Sidewinder, CIMA Gallery, Calcutta; The Music In Me, GAK, Brema; Art after Art, Neues Museum Weserburg, Brema. 2001, Artists World, CCAC, San Francisco; 12 Internet Projects, commisioned by the BBC, The Lux Center, Londra; Big Blue at Century City, Tate Modern, Londra; 2000, Intelligence - New British Art 2000, Tate Gallery, Millbank, Londra.