Kiki Smith
Kiki Smith (born 1954) has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing and textiles.
The artist has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions worldwide including over 25 museum exhibitions. Her work has been featured at five Venice Biennales, including the 2017 edition. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2017 was awarded the title of Honorary Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Previously, Smith was recognized in 2006 by TIME Magazine as one of the “TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World.”
Other awards include the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture in 2000; the 2009 Edward MacDowell Medal; the 2010 Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, Purchase College School of the Arts; the 2013 U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts, conferred by Hillary Clinton; and the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center, among others. She is an adjunct professor at NYU and Columbia University.
related works
- In our sister gallery, form & concept, feminist artist Thais Mather creates charred sculptures and figurative prints inspired by the roles of women in culture. View her work.
- Native artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith draws from Indigenous history and storytelling to create animated figurative works that contemplate contemporary culture. View her work.
- In our sister gallery, form & concept, Susan Aaron-Taylor sculpts surreal animals metamorphosing from felt and found objects. View her work.
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Women in Print
25 Sep - 23 Dec 2020Women in Print tells the often-overlooked story of female-founded print workshops, which kickstarted an American printmaking renaissance in the 1960s in 1970s that continues today. Prior to the 1960s, printmaking...Read more -
MATCH
Zane Bennett Contemporary | form & concept 26 Jun - 10 Oct 2020Collections collide in this summer display incorporating work from both form & concept and Zane Bennett Contemporary Art. For the first time ever, artworks by the represented artists of form...Read more -
Love of Prints
16 May - 20 Jun 2020Zane Bennett Contemporary Art takes a look at what makes a dynamic duo in The Love of Prints , our new online exhibition. As some couples in quarantine are getting...Read more
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Kiki Smith at the Walker Art Center
725 Vineland Pl, Minneapolis, MN July 30, 2020The Walker Art Center partners with the Feminist Art Coalition (FAC) to shine a spotlight on the works and practices of women artists spanning 50...Read more -
Storm King Reopens
1 Museum Rd, New Windsor, NY July 9, 2020The expansive and poetic outdoor sculpture park at Storm King Art Center has reopened its doors, inviting the public to enjoy a walk among Kiki...Read more -
Kiki Smith at Monnaie de Paris
11, Quai de Conti, Paris, France October 18, 2019Monnaie de Paris is proud to present the first solo show of the American artist Kiki Smith (born 1954, living in New York) by a...Read more -
Kiki Smith at Modern Art Oxford
30 Pembroke Street, Oxford, UK September 28, 2019This retrospective exhibition, organised in close collaboration with the artist, focusses on three distinctive areas of Smith’s practice: small sculptures created from the mid-1980s to...Read more
