Allison S M I T H : B I O G R A P H Y


	B I O G R A P H Y

	Stockpile

	Pitcher Collection

	ARTS & SKILLS Service

	Smiths

	Piece Work

	Fancy Work

	Needle Work

	The Donkey, The Jackass, and The Mule

	By the by and by and by

	Hobby Horse

	Notion Nanny

	The Muster 2005

	The Muster 2004

	Armory

	Victory Hall

	Crockery

	Coverlets

	Public Address

	Stilleven, evenStill

	Mom-n-Pop

	Edisto

	C V

	N E W S

	S T U D I O

	C O N T A C T

	S E A R C H

Biography

Allison Smith was born in Manassas, Virginia in 1972. She received a BA in psychology from the New School for Social Research, a BFA in sculpture from Parsons School of Design, and an MFA from the Yale University School of Art. She also participated in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Smith has produced solo exhibitions and artist-led projects for Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, and Indianapolis Museum of Art. She has contributed her work to major museum surveys at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Andy Warhol Museum, P.S.1 MoMA, Palais de Tokyo, The Mattress Factory, and many others.

Smith has received generous support from United States Artists, Public Art Fund, Arts Council England, Creative Work Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Artadia, and New York Foundation for the Arts. Museum acquisitions include the Whitney Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Saatchi Gallery London, to name a few.

Smith lived in New York City from 1990 until 2008 when she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area to join the faculty of California College of the Arts, where she is now Chair of the Sculpture Program.

Photo credit Vincent Dillio