ALLISON SMITH
CURRICULUM VITAE
www.allisonsmithstudio.com
Born 1972, Manassas, VA
EDUCATION
1999-2000 Participant, Studio Program, Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1999 MFA cum laude, Sculpture Department, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
1995 BFA cum laude, Fine Arts Department: Sculpture, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1995 BA cum laude, Psychology Concentration, Eugene Lang College, New York, NY
1993 Certificate of Training, Art Therapy, Vera List Center, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2008-13 Assistant Professor, Tenure-track, Sculpture Program and Graduate Program in Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, Oakland/ San Francisco, CA
2010 Teaching Artist-in-Residence, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2008 Teaching Artist-in-Residence, Sculpture Department, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
2007-08 Adjunct Faculty, Fiber Department, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002-07 Adjunct Faculty, Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
2007 Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture Department, New York University Steinhardt School, New York, NY
2006 Visiting Faculty, Studio Arts MFA Program, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2003-04 Interim Full-time Faculty, Center for Art & Culture, Maryland Institute College of Art/ Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
2000-03 Adjunct Faculty, Visual Arts Division, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
2000-03 Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts Department, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California College of the Arts, San Francisco/ Oakland, CA
Undergraduate: “Sculpture 1,” “Sculpture 2,” “Sculpture Workshop: ‘Arts and Crafts’,” “Extreme Sculpture,” “Social Sculpture;” Portfolio Reviews, First Year Reviews, Junior Reviews
Graduate: “Dialogues & Practices 1,” “Dialogues & Practices 2,” “Material Practice Project Seminar,” “Craft Lab,” “Finding Sculpture,” “Contemporary Art History & Theory,” “Studio Research Lab: Reenactment;” Portfolio Reviews, Admissions Committee, Studio Practice Units, Candidacy Reviews, Advancement Reviews, Thesis Reviews
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate: “Fabric of Conscience”
Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
Undergraduate: “Advanced Drawing,” “Interdisciplinary Seminar,” Studio Visits, Advising
Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
Undergraduate: “Renaissance to Modern Art,” “Modern Art”
New York University Steinhardt School, New York, NY
Undergraduate: “Fundamentals of Sculpture”
Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
Undergraduate: “Sculpture Fundamentals,” “Senior Project” (co-taught with Kara Walker)
Graduate: Admissions Committee, Critiques, and Thesis Reviews
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Undergraduate: “Senior Thesis,” “Sophomore Drawing”
Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT (Teaching Assistant)
Undergraduate: “Intermediate Sculpture”
Graduate: “Digital Video Synthesis;” Admissions Committee
Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY (Two-Year Internship)
Facilitated an art program for teens living in temporary housing
Hetrick-Martin Institute, New York, NY (Summer Internship)
Initiated and facilitated an art program for homeless teens and squatter youth
INVITED ARTIST TALKS
2013 University of Buffalo, Department of Visual Studies, Buffalo, NY*
2013 Craft and Folk Art Museum/ California State University, Department of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Sculpture Center, Vera List Center for Art & Politics, New York, NY
2013 University of California, Davis, MFA Program, CA*
2013 University of California, Berkeley, Department of Art Practice, CA*
2012 Sonoma State University, Department of Art and Art History, Rohnert Park, CA
2012 California College of the Arts, “Interdisciplinary Critique” course, San Francisco, CA**
2012 California College of the Arts, “Introduction to Modern Art” course, Oakland, CA
2012 Temple Contemporary/ Tyler School of Art, Foundations Program, Philadelphia, PA
2012 International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY**
2012 California College of the Arts, “New York Studio” course, Brooklyn, NY**
2012 Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA
2011 California College of the Arts, “Interdisciplinary Critique” course, Oakland, CA**
2011 California College of the Arts, “Introduction to Modern Art” course, Oakland, CA
2011 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fiber & Material Studies Department, Chicago, IL
2011 California College of the Arts, SPACE Program, Oakland, CA
2011 Mills College, MFA Program, Oakland, CA
2010 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA**
2010 California College of the Arts Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, Small Talk, “Huckleberry Finn” San Francisco, CA
2010 California College of the Arts, “Craft Theory” course, Oakland, CA
2010 California College of the Arts, Sculpture Program, Oakland, CA
2010 Pop-Up Magazine, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA
2010 Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO*
2009 California College of the Arts, Visual & Critical Studies Forum, San Francisco, CA
2009 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, “75 Reasons to Live,” San Francisco, CA
2009 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT*
2009 Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA*
2009 California College of the Arts, “Interdisciplinary Critique” course, Oakland, CA**
2009 California College of the Arts, “Sculpture Histories” course, Oakland, CA**
2009 California College of the Arts, “Sculpture Histories” course, Oakland, CA**
2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD Theory, History, and Criticism Program, Cambridge, MA
2009 Massachusetts College of Art, MFA Program, Boston, MA*
2009 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Glass Department, Providence, RI*
2009 University of California, Berkeley, MFA Program, CA*
2009 Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University, MFA Program, St. Louis, MO*
2008 Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, MFA Art Department, Minneapolis, MN*
2008 California College of the Arts, First Year “Bridge” Program, Oakland, CA
2008 California College of the Arts, Sculpture Program, Oakland, CA
2008 Museum of Modern Art, Internship Department, New York, NY**
2008 Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA*
2008 School of Visual Arts, BFA Fine Arts Department, New York, NY*
2008 California College of the Arts, MFA Social Practice Program, San Francisco, CA
2008 Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN* **
2007 School of Visual Arts, MFA Program, New York, NY*
2007 Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, MFA Program, New Brunswick, NJ*
2007 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA*
2007 Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Sculpture Department, Bloomfield Hills, MI*
2007 University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts, MFA Program, Los Angeles, CA*
2007 Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Kiki Smith’s Printmaking Class, New York, NY*
2007 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL**
2007 The New Museum of Contemporary Art, City-As-School, New York, NY
2006 Keynote Speaker, University of the Arts, College of Art & Design, MFA Program, Philadelphia, PA*
2006 Florida International University, Miami, FL
2006 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2006 Maryland Institute College of Art, Fiber Department/Sculptural Studies, Baltimore, MD
2006 Tisch School of the Arts, Performance Studies Department, New York University, New York, NY
2006 Oriel Davies Gallery, The Park, Newtown, Powys, Wales, UK
2006 Maine College of Art, MFA Program, Portland, ME*
2006 Yale School of Art, Sculpture Department, New Haven, CT*
2006 Parsons School of Design, MFA Fine Arts Department, New York, NY
2006 Bennington College, VT**
2006 Rhode Island School of Design, Textiles Department, Providence, RI*
2005 Spencer Museum of Art/ University of Kansas, Art Department, Lawrence, KS
2005 Goldsmiths College, University of London, Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles, UK
2005 Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, England, UK*
2005 New York University, MFA Department, New York, NY*
2005 Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Graduate Thesis Committee, New York, NY*
2005 Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI*
2005 Rhode Island School of Design, Textiles Department, Providence, RI
2005 Yale University School of Art, Sculpture Department, New Haven, CT*
2004 Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Graduate Thesis Committee, New York, NY*
2004 Barnard College, Fine Arts Department, New York, NY*
2004 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Printmaking Department, Providence, RI*
2002 New York University School of the Arts, Fine Arts Department, New York, NY*
2002 Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI
2002 Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France*
2001 Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI*
2001 Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France*
2000 The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Sculpture Department, Washington, DC*
2000 Andrew Mellon Visiting Artist Lecturer, Pratt Institute, Visual Arts Program, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France*
1999 Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI*
1999 Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France*
1999 Parsons School of Design, Fine Arts Department, New York, NY*
* indicates that I also gave studio visits and critiques to students
** indicates that I hosted students in my own studio
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2003-04 Interim Director, Center for Art & Culture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France
1999-2000 Curator/ Coordinator, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Yale University Digital Media Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT
1998-99 Coordinator/ Student Liaison, Visiting Artist Program, Yale School of Art Graduate Sculpture Department, New Haven, CT
1995-97 Museum Educator/ Coordinator, Adult and School Programs, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
1993-95 Development Associate, Grant Writing and Membership Campaign, Exit Art/ The First World, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/ INSTALLATIONS/ PERFORMANCES
2013 “Rudiments of Fife and Drum,” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2011 “Piece Work,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2010 “Pitcher Collection,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 “Needle Work,” Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2010 “Fancy Work” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art “75 Years of Looking Forward,” CA
2007 “Notion Nanny,” University of California, Berkeley Art Museum MATRIX series, CA
2007 “Banner Valance,” Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2007 “Allison Smith: Recent Work,” Dinaburg Arts, New York, NY
2006 “Hobby Horse,” Artpace San Antonio, TX
2006 “Notion Nanny,” Qube Gallery, Oswestry Community Action, Shropshire, UK
2005 “Notion Nanny,” Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2005 “Victory Hall,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2005 “Armory,” The Armory Show: International Fair of New Art, Bellwether, New York, NY
2005 “Public Address,” Foxy Production, New York, NY
2002 “Stilleven, evenStill,” Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
2001 “Consuming Nostalgia,” Eldridge Street Project, Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York, NY
2000 “Mom-n-Pop Market Tent,” Artists Space, Meat Market Art Fair, New York, NY
2000 “Mom-n-Pop Deep Storage Unit,” Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY
1999 “Mom-n-Pop,” Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
1999 “Since ’72,” Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
ARTIST-LED PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS/ LIVE ART EVENTS
2010-12 “Arts & Skills Service,” War Memorial Veterans Building, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, FOR-SITE Foundation Pavilion, Fort Point, Presidio, San Francisco, CA (artist-led participatory project, series of private workshops, public lectures and conversations with civilian artists, art students, art therapists, and military service members/ female veterans, three annual one-day live art events open to the public with tabletop demonstrations led by participants, live music, two large-scale sculptural installations “Fancy Work” and “Fort Point Bunting” which drew thousands of spectators, small-scale exhibitions, multiples, textile works, website, facebook page, and printed ephemera).
2011 “Cries of San Francisco,” Old Mint Plaza, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (artist-led participatory project, approx. 75 participants and hundreds of spectators, gallery installation, series of events, talks, music and performances, webpage, photographic portraits, audio recorded cries, printed ephemera, and catalog).
2011 “Sheep to Shawl,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO (artist-led participatory project, one-day live art event with teams of people shearing sheep, carding wool, spinning and weaving shawls in the museum, along with a series of lectures, participatory sculptures and communal making activities).
2008-12 “SMITHS,” Downtown Oakland, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (artist-led participatory project, series of workshops, demonstrations, public conversations, screenings, book launches, and communal meals in artist’s storefront studio).
2008 “The Donkey, The Jackass, and The Mule,” Herron School of Art and Design, Freetown Village Living History Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Downtown Indianapolis, IN (artist-led collaborative performance with approx. 25 historical reenactors and other costumed participants, lead project in one-day citywide art parade, museum installation, three large-scale performative sculptures, protest placards, costumes, photographic portraits, and printed ephemera).
2005-07 “Notion Nanny,” Grizedale Arts, Wordsworth Trust: Center for British Romanticism, Grasmere Sports Day, Cumbria, UK; Studio Voltaire, London, UK; Qube Gallery, Oswestry Community Action, Shropshire, UK; Dinaburg Arts, New York, NY; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA; University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA (artist-led participatory project, approx. 350 participants, 50-75 individual artisan interviews and short-term apprenticeships, traveling cumulative exhibition/ installation, sculptures, multiples, and watercolors, series of events, performances, and other exchanges, three one-day live art events open to the public with market stall demonstrations, exhibited archive, symposium, website, travel blog, and printed ephemera).
2004-06 “The Muster,” Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA; Governors Island, Public Art Fund, New York Harbor, NY; Maine College of Art, Fort Gorges, Portland, ME (artist-led participatory project, approx. 250 participants, over 2000 spectators, three one-day live art events open to the public with up to one-week encampments of participants, large-scale, site-specific, outdoor sculptural installations, series of events and performances, uniforms and campsites, website, catalog, photographic portraits, and printed ephemera).
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 “Labor and Wait,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 “Social Fabric,” Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2013 “Home Front,” Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
2012 “Mildred’s Lane & the Mildred Complex(ity),” MoMA Studio: Common Senses, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2012 “Untitled,” Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2012 “Faculty Exhibition,” Oliver Arts Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2012 “We the People,” Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2012 “Piece Offering,” John and June Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2012 “Cultural Transference,” Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, New York, NY
2012 “International Orange,” FOR-SITE Foundation, Fort Point, San Francisco, CA
2012 “San Antonio Collects: Contemporary,” San Antonio Museum of Art, TX
2011 “The Air We Breathe,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
2011 “Drift of Summer,” RM Gallery and Projects, Auckland, New Zealand
2011 “Bay Area Now 6,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2011 “Paper Quilt Project: Collaborations in Contemporary Craft,” Berkeley Art Center, CA
2011 “Embodying,” Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA
2011 “Printer’s Proof,” Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2010 “Huckleberry Finn,” CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2010 “Mind-bending with the Mundane,” Institute for Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2010 “Summer Open House,” Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2010 “Open Score Variations,” Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2010 “Stephanie Syjuco: Shadowshop,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
2009 “The Old, Weird America,” Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2009 “No Bees, No Blueberries,” Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
2009 “The Old, Weird America,” DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2009 “Permanent Collection,” Anna S. and James P. White Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2009 “Disorganized,” Museum 52, New York, NY
2009 “ArtEsteem: Reflections of Me and My World,” Oliver Arts Center, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2008 “Democracy in America,” Seventh Regiment Armory, Creative Time, New York, NY
2008 “The Future Must Be Sweet,” International Print Center, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2008 “Mildred’s Lane,” Alexander Gray Associates, New York, NY
2008 “The Old, Weird America,” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
2008 “On Procession,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2008 “Inner and Outer Space,” Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 “Ethnographies of the Future,” BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 “Public Displays of Affection/ Affliction,” Tandem Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2008 “Gestures of Resistance: Craft, Performance and the Politics of Slowness,” Gray Matters Gallery, College Art Association, Dallas, TX
2008 “Parsons Fine Arts Alumni Show,” Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2007 “Sonotube® Forms: Contemporary Art and Transport,” Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA
2007 “Poe and Twain Projects: Simon Leung/ Allison Smith/ Amy Yoes,” Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, NY
2007 “The Line of Time and the Plane of Now,” Harris Lieberman Gallery/ Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
2007 “New History,” Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
2007 “Come One Come All,” 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
2007 “Grow Your Own,” Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2007 “Peter Simensky: Neutral Capital Collection,” Cerca Series, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2007 “Funny Shadows,” Clifford Chance, New York, NY
2006 “Now Again the Past: Rewind Replay Resound,” Carnegie Arts Center, Tonawanda, NY
2006 “Was Wäre Wenn #4: Hands-On History,” JET, Berlin, Germany
2006 “Art in America,” Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea
2006 “Don’t Know Much About History,” Artspace, New Haven, CT
2006 “Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History,” Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
2006 “The ‘F’ Word,” Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 “Interstate: The American Road Trip,” High Desert Test Sites/ Socrates Sculpture Park, Joshua Tree, CA/ Long Island City, NY
2006 “An Ex-Ode to the Corporeal Conversation,” Mildred’s Lane, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA
2005 “You are Here,” Ballroom, Marfa, TX
2005 “Fall Vernissage,” Dinaburg Arts, New York, NY
2005 “We Could Have Invited Everyone,” Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2005 “Greater New York,” P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/ Museum of Modern Art, Long Island City, NY
2005 “Log Cabin,” Artists Space, New York, NY
2005 “Arts Unwrapped: London Artists’ Open Studios,” Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2005 “Volta Show,” Bellwether, Basel, Switzerland
2005 “Armory Show,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2004 “Explosion LTTR,” Art in General, New York, NY
2004 “Armory Show,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2004 “Recent Work,” Atelier Buffile, Aix-en-Provence, France
2004 “Hello Chelsea,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2003 “Man, I Feel Like a Woman,” Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2003 “Formed to Function?” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2003 “Brand New Letchworth,” The Place, Letchworth Arts Centre, Hertfordshire, UK
2003 “Armory Show,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2003 “Faking Real,” Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2003 “Appropriation c. 1976,” 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 “Sculptural Prints,” The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2002 “End of the Rainbow,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2002 “J. Morgan Puett: Cottage Industry,” Evoking History: Memory of Water, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC
2002 “Special Editions Launch,” Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2002 “The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine,” Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
2002 “The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine,” Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2002 “The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine,” Temple University, Rome, Italy
2002 “The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine,” Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 “LTTR Launch,” Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
2002 “End of the Rainbow,” Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
2002 “Press,” Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX
2002 “New Prints 2002/Autumn,” International Print Center, New York, NY
2001 “BROOKLYN!” Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
2001 “Sharon Core, Simone Dilaura, Allison Smith,” Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
2001 “FFWD Contemporary Art Fair,” Bellwether, Miami, FL
2001 “Faculty Exhibition,” Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
2000 “Open Studios,” Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY
2000 “Flat File,” Bellwether, New York, NY
2000 “Two Friends and so on,” Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2000 “In the Shadow of the Flag,” Tippy Stern Fine Art, Charleston, SC
1999 “The Wight Biennial,” The New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1999 “The Searchers,” Artists Space, New York, NY
1998 “New Directions ‘98,” Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
1997 “Fearful Symmetry: Katherine Dimma & Allison Smith,” Clementine Gallery, New York, NY
1997 “Lessons for Looking at Women,” Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
1997 “Among Ourselves: A Virtual Exhibition,” www.sevenseven.com
1996 “Instant Visions: Polaroid Photographs by Women in New York,” New York Women’s Foundation, NY
1996 “Imaginary Beings,” Exit Art/ The First World, New York, NY
1996 “Sweat,” Exit Art/ The First World, New York, NY
1995 “Re/ Defining Lesbians: Power/ Transition,” Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, College Art Association, San Antonio, TX
1995 “Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition,” Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: PUBLISHED WRITING/ INTERVIEWS
2013 Smith, Allison. “Expanded Battle Fields: Craft as a Different Sort of Reenactment.” Collaboration Through Craft. London: Berg, 2013.
2013 Smith, Allison. “To Market! To Market!” Allison Smith: The Cries of San Francisco. San Francisco: Southern Exposure, 2012.
2011 Tedesco, Margaret. “Dj Margaret chats with SFMOMA's curator Apsara DiQuinzio, and artists D-L Alvarez and Allison Smith.” Roll Call Bay Area Arts and Culture. San Francisco: KUSF Radio, 17 Dec. 2011.
2010 Maloney, Patricia. “Interview with Allison Smith.” The Year in Conversation, Art Practical 2.8, 2010.
2010 Smith, Allison and Lauren Adams. “Conversation.” Allison Smith: Needle Work. St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, 2010.
2010 Neidich, Jane. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Allison Smith: Needle Work. St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, 2010.
2010 Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “The Politics of Craft.” The Craft Reader. London: Berg, 2010.
2010 Gangsei, Erica. “Interview with Allison Smith.” SFMOMA Artcasts, June 2010.
2010 Maloney, Patricia. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Art Practical 1.6, 2010.
2010 Bryan, Megan. “Five Questions: Allison Smith.” SFMOMA Open Space blog, 26 Apr. 2010.
2009 Smith, Allison and Doug Ashford. “Conversation.” MATRIX/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009.
2009 Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “The Politics of Craft.” Choosing Craft. University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
2009 Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “The Politics of Craft.” Modern Painters Feb. 2008: 78+.
2009 Smith, Allison. “Parasol.” Home for Lost Ideas. London: archive books, 2009.
2008 Heraldseth, Geir. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Acne Paper [Paris] 7 Autumn 2008: 50-51.
2008 Uchill, Rebecca. “Interview with Allison Smith.” On Procession: Art on Parade. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2008.
2007 Smith, Allison. “Ruskin Lace Today.” Knitknit [New York] 7 (2007): 2-3.
2007 Smith, Allison. “Call to Arms” and “A Tour Through the Encampment.” Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007: 46-82.
2007 McGregor, Jennifer. “Interview with Allison Smith.” Poe and Twain Projects: Simon Leung/ Allison Smith/ Amy Yoes. Bronx, NY: Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, 2007.
2007 Hull, Timothy Marvel. “Entrenched with Allison Smith.” Swingset 8 (2007): cover, 32-36.
2006 Ashford, Doug, ed. “Conversation 2: Beauty and Its Discontents.” Who Cares. New York: Creative Time, 2006.
2006 Smith, Allison. “Public Address.” Was Wäre Wenn #4: Hands-On History. Berlin: JET, 2006.
2006 Carrington, Sarah and Allison Smith. “Notion Nanny: Tinker, Tailor, Merchant and Maker.” Knitknit [New York] 6 (2006): 20-21.
2006 Stefan, Shelley. “Interview with Allison Smith.” MFA Thesis, Portland, ME: Maine College of Art, 2006.
2006 Smith, Allison. “Address.” Now Again the Past: Rewind Replay Resound. Tonawanda, NY: Carnegie Art Center, 2006: 20-23.
2006 Smith, Allison. “Every Thing.” Frozen Tears [London] 3, 2006: 773-778.
2006 Smith, Allison. “Public Address.” Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History. North Adams, MA: MASS MoCA, 2006.
2005 Smith, Allison. “The Muster” Broadside. New York: Public Art Fund, 2005.
2005 Benjamin, Alison. ”Q&A: Allison Smith.” The Guardian [London], 24 Aug. 2005.
2005 Stillman, Nick. “Interview with Allison Smith.” NYFA Interactive, June 2005.
2005 Wolf, Matt, and Allison Smith. “Reenacting Stonewall, Jackson that is.” Journal of Aesthetics & Protest [Los Angeles] 1.4 (2005): 222-33.
2004 Smith, Allison. “Notes on Trench Art.” LTTR [New York] 3, 2004.
2004 Smith, Allison and Daphne Fitzpatrick. “Conversation.” North Drive Press [New York] 1 (2004).
2004 Smith, Allison. “Notes on Trench Art, or The Promiscuity of Meaning that Characterizes a Heretofore Invisible Class of Objects.” Frozen Tears [London] 2 (2004): 578-584.
2002 Smith, Allison. (artist multiple) LTTR [New York] 1, 2002.
2001 Gober, Robert, Daphne Fitzpatrick and Allison Smith. “Bob Gober Talks with Daphne Fitzpatrick and Allison Smith.” Interview June 2001: 88+.
1999 Smith, Allison. (artist pages) New Observations 122: Of Hermes and History, 1999.
1996 Smith, Allison. (artist pages) X-X-X Fruit 3: Diaries, June 1996.
PERSONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: CATALOG ESSAYS/ SCHOLARSHIP
2012 Chen, Mel Y. (scholarly essay) “Masked States and the ‘Screen’ Between Security and Disability.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 40:1 & 2 Spring/ Summer 2012.
2011 Jeffries, Janis. (scholarly essay) “Loving Attention: An Outburst of Craft in Contemporary Art.” Extra/ Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art. Duke University Press, 2011: 232-237.
2011 Roberts, Lacey Jane. (scholarly essay) “Put Your Thing Down, Flip It, and Reverse It: Reimagining Craft Identities Using Tactics of Queer Theory.” Extra/ Ordinary: Craft and Contemporary Art. Duke University Press, 2011: 252-253, 259.
2011 Myles, Eileen. (catalog essay) “My Gay Marriage.” The Air We Breathe: Artists and Poets Reflect on Marriage Equality. San Francisco: SFMOMA, 2011.
2011 Brown, Gerard. (book chapter, scholarly publication) “Reenactment and Relic: The Civil War in Contemporary Art.” Remixing the Civil War: Meditations on the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
2011 Helguera, Pablo. (textbook) Education for Socially Engaged Art. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2011.
2011 Schneider, Rebecca. (scholarly publication) Performing Remains: Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment. Routledge, 2011: 2, 12-13, 19, 27, 136-7, 169-73, 176, 186, back cover.
2011 Schneider, Rebecca. (public lecture) “Art and War in Times of Theatrical Reenactment.” Show & Tell, Stockholm, Sweden, 2011.
2011 Blankenship, Mirjana and Elyse Mallouk. (catalog essay, catalog entry) Huckleberry Finn. San Francisco: CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2011.
2011 Sirmans, Franklin. (catalog essay) “Good Business is the Best Art.” 41 Artists, 5 Cities, Artadia 08/09. New York: Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, 2011.
2010 Vogel, Wendy. (catalog essay) “Embodied Ma(s)king.” Allison Smith: Needle Work. St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2010.
2010 Mikulay, Jennifer Geigel. (scholarly essay) “Acts of Association: Allison Smith’s Craft as Civic Practice.” Journal of Modern Craft 2.2 (2010): 183-200.
2010 Menninga, Brad. (MFA thesis paper) “Crafting Solidarity: Using Social Craft to Create Democratic Space.” California College of the Arts, 2010.
2009 Dailey, Meghan. (catalog essay) “Introduction.” Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture. London: Saatchi Gallery, Rizzoli, 2009.
2009 Bryan-Wilson, Julia. (panel presentation) “Roundtable: Queering Craft.” College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, 2009.
2009 Bryan-Wilson, Julia. (scholarly essay) “Queerly Made: Harmony Hammond’s Floorpieces.” Journal of Modern Craft 2.1 (2009): 59-80.
2009 Thomas, Elizabeth. (catalog essay) MATRIX/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009.
2009 Eccles, Tom. (catalog essay) “Allison Smith.” 2006 Artpace Residencies & Exhibitions. San Antonio: Artpace San Antonio, 2009.
2008 Nyong’o, Tavia. (scholarly essay) “Period Rush: Affective Transfers in Recent Queer Art and Performance.” Theater History Studies 28, 2008.
2008 Thompson, Nato. (catalog essay) “Exhausted? It Might Be Democracy in America.” A Guide to Democracy in America. New York: Creative Time, 2008.
2008 Kamps, Toby. (catalog essay) The Old, Weird America. Houston, TX: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2008.
2008 Uchill, Rebecca. (catalog essay) “Carnivals of Confluence.” On Procession: Art on Parade. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2008.
2008 Uchill, Rebecca. (exhibition brochure) On Procession: Art on Parade. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2008.
2008 Mikulay, Jennifer Geigel. (scholarly essay) “Performing Publicness: ‘Making Do’ with Public Art.” Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference, New York University, New York, NY 24 May 2008.
2008 Meyers-Kingsley, Dara. (exhibition brochure) Inner and Outer Space. Pittsburgh, PA: Mattress Factory, 2008.
2008 Kushner, Marilyn S. (catalog essay) The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years. New York: Lower East Side Printshop, 2008.
2007 Eccles, Tom. (catalog essay) Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007.
2007 Trainor, James. (catalog essay) Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007.
2007 Wehr, Anne. (catalog essay) Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007.
2007 Thomas, Elizabeth. (exhibition brochure) “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny.” Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2007.
2007 Thomas, Elizabeth. (museum periodical) “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny.” Art & Film Notes. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, May/June 2007.
2007 Adler, Tracy L. (catalog essay) New History. New York: Hunter College Art Galleries, 2007.
2007 McGregor, Jennifer. (catalog essay) Poe and Twain Projects: Simon Leung/ Allison Smith/ Amy Yoes. Bronx, NY: Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, 2007.
2006 Markonish, Denise. (catalog essay) Don’t Know Much About History. New Haven: Artspace, 2006.
2006 Thomas, Elizabeth. (exhibition zine essay) “Allison Smith.” The F-Word 1. Pittsburgh, PA: Andy Warhol Museum, 2006: 4.
2006 Thompson, Nato. (catalog essay) “Ahistoric Essay.” Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History. North Adams, MA: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006.
2006 Tollmann, Vera. (catalog essay) “Hands-on History.” Was Wäre Wenn #4: Hands-On History. Berlin: JET, 2006.
2006 Lee, Soomin. (catalog essay) “Art in America: YBA, YGA, and YAA” Art in America. Cheonan, South Korea: Arario Gallery, 2006.
2006 Green, Kate. (exhibition brochure) “New Works: 06:3 Allison Smith.” San Antonio, TX: Artpace, 2006.
2006 Raczynska, Joanna. (catalog essay) Now Again the Past: Rewind Replay Resound. Tonawanda, NY: Carnegie Art Center, 2006: 3-5.
2005 Biesenbach, Klaus, Alanna Heiss, Glenn Lowry, Bob Nickas, Amy Smith-Stewart, and Ann Temkin, eds. (catalog essay) Greater New York 2005. New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, 2005.
2005 Lewis, Sarah. “Greater New York 2005: Allison Smith.” (catalog entry) Greater New York 2005. New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, 2005.
2003 Carlson, Kristin. (scholarly essay) “Allison Smith: Civil War Re-enactments as Critical Memorial Forms.” Columbia University, 2003.
2002 Viveros-Fauné, Christian. (catalog essay) Special Editions Fellowships 2001. New York: Lower East Side Printshop, 2002.
2001 Rush, Michael. (exhibition brochure) “Brooklyn!: I Sing the Borough Electric.” BROOKLYN! Lake Worth, FL: Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, 2001.
2001 Steinberg, Michael. Up & Coming: Inside Guide to the Emerging Art Scene in NY. Vilo International Press, 2001.
2000 Stern Brickman, Tippy. (catalog essay) In the Shadow of the Flag. Charleston, SC: Tippy Stern Fine Art, 2000.
1999 Longo, Robert. (exhibition brochure) The Searchers. New York: Artists Space, 1999.
1999 Kersulis, Nicholas. (catalog essay) Wight Biennial. Los Angeles: University of California New Wight Gallery, 1999.
1997 Ockman, Carol. (exhibition brochure) Lessons for Looking at Women. Williamstown: Williams College Museum of Art, 1997.
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PARTICIPATION IN PANELS/ SYMPOSIA
2012 Interviewee, “Allison Smith & Jennifer DeVere Brody: Precarious Performance,” U.C. Berkeley History of Art Department/ Theater Dance and Performance Studies Department, Berkeley, CA 4 Oct. 2012.
2012 Presenter, Panelist, and Moderator, “ReMODEL: Sculpture Education Now” Symposium: Dewey Ambrosino, Terry Berlier, Dana Duff, Linda Fleming, M.A. Greenstein, Jacci Den Hartog, Dee Hibbert-Jones, Martin Kersels, Rachel Lachowicz, Charles Long, Chris Miles, Jennifer Pastor, Hirsch Perlman, Lucy Puls, Brody Reiman, John Roloff, Allison Smith, Kim Yasuda, & Mario Ybarra Jr., organized by Terri Friedman and Shirley Tse, hosted by California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 14 Apr. 2012.
2012 Presenter and Panelist, “New Approaches to Presenting American Art” Symposium, “Material Culture as Cultural Material” Panel: Josiah McElheny, Roy McMakin, & Allison Smith, moderated by Glenn Adamson, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 7 May 2012.
2011 Presenter, Discussant, “The Air We Breathe” Program for Principals of San Francisco Unified School District: Kevin Killian & Allison Smith, moderated by Dominic Willsdon, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA 8 Dec. 2011.
2011 Presenter and Panelist, “Situated: Time-based Art and Neighborhood Ecologies” Symposium, “Expanding Craft/Expanding Objects” Panel: Allison Smith & Theaster Gates, organized by Shannon Jackson, University of California, Berkeley, CA 10 Oct. 2011.
2011 Presenter, Gallery Walk-through, “Bay Area Now 6” Exhibition, California College of the Arts Alumni Event, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 18 Aug. 2011.
2011 Presenter, Panelist, and Workshop Leader, “Feminism & Co.: Art, Sex, Politics at the MCA” Series, “Craftvism” Panel: Frau Fiber, Ladies Fancywork Society, & Allison Smith, moderated by Elissa Auther, 19 Apr. 2011, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO 29 Apr. 2011.
2011 Presenter “Introductory Remarks” and Moderator, “Craft Forward” Symposium, “Mass Craft” Panel: Theaster Gates & Mimi Robinson, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1-3 Apr. 2011.
2011 Presenter and Interviewee, “An Instinct Toward Life & Piece Work: Dario Robleto & Allison Smith” Panel, moderated by Nora Burnett Abrams, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO 29 Mar. 2011.
2011 Presenter and Discussant, “Public Art” Roundtable, Visual and Critical Studies Forum, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2 Mar. 2010.
2010 Presenter and Panelist, “Town & Country: Josiah McElheny & Allison Smith” Public Dialogue, Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, PA 24 July 2010.
2010 Presenter and Interviewee, “Allison Smith & Frank Smigiel” Public Dialogue, Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA), Berkeley, CA 25 Apr. 2010.
2010 Presenter, Gallery Walk-Through, “American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life” Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA 24 Apr. 2010.
2010 Presenter and Panelist, “YES Symposium: The Persistence of Optimism” Symposium: Hope Ginsburg, Paula Hayes, Oliver Herring, Ben Kinmont, Tod Lippy, Pedro Reyes, Tim Rollins, & Allison Smith, organized by Ian Berry, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 20-22 Mar. 2010.
2010 Presenter and Panelist, “Unruly Work: Queer Art and Activism” Panel: Julia Bryan-Wilson, Juana Maria Rodriguez, & Allison Smith, moderated by Julian Carter, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 1 Mar. 2010.
2009 Presenter and Panelist, “Becoming Commons” Event: J. Morgan Puett, Brian Conley, Erin Elder & Allison Smith, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA 24 Sept. 2009.
2008 Presenter and Interviewer, “Crockery: Allison Smith & Dr. Fuzzy Randolph” Public Dialogue, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA 28 Sept. 2008.
2008 Roundtable Discussant, “Post-Studio Lessons: Teaching Art in the 21st Century” Think Tank: Ute Meta Bower, Carol Becker, Olivia Gude, Patricia Phillips, Kitty Scott, Howard Singerman, & Allison Smith, organized by Pablo Helguera, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 15 May 2008.
2008 Presenter, Gallery Walk-through, “The Old, Weird America” Exhibition: Eric Beltz, Matthew Day Jackson, Brad Kahlhamer, Aaron Morse, Cynthia Norton, Greta Pratt, & Allison Smith, organized by Toby Kamps, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX 11 Apr. 2008.
2008 Presenter and Panelist, “Crafting Protest” Panel: Liz Collins, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Cat Mazza, & Allison Smith, moderated by Julia Bryan-Wilson, Vera List Center for Art & Politics, New York, NY 26 Jan. 2008.
2007 Presenter and Interviewee, “Allison Smith & Nato Thompson: Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.)” Public Dialogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2007 Presenter and Panelist, “Ahistoric Occasion: The Uses of History in Contemporary Art”
Symposium, “Exploring the Rise of Reenactment as a Form of Public Memory” Panel: Jeremy Deller, Peggy Diggs & Allison Smith, in conversation with Carrie Lambert-Beatty, moderated by Nato Thompson, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art/ The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, North Adams and Williamstown, MA 23-24 Feb. 2007.
2006 Presenter and Interviewee, “Artists Speak: Conversations on Contemporary Art with Glenn D. Lowry: Allison Smith & An-My Lê” Public Dialogue, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 17 Oct. 2006.
2005 Roundtable Discussant, “Who Cares: Beauty & Its Discontents” Conversation: Julie Ault, Paul Chan, Peter Eleey, Coco Fusco, Byron Kim, Marlene McCarty, Anne Pasternak, Heather Peterson, Paul Pfeiffer, Michael Rakowitz, Amy Sillman, Allison Smith, & Kiki Smith, moderated by Doug Ashford, Creative Time Inc., New York, NY 5 Dec. 2005.
2005 Presenter and Interviewee, “Allison Smith & Jeffrey Uslip: Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.)” Public Dialogue, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2005 Presenter and Panelist, “Log Cabin” Symposium: Christian Rattemeyer, Richard Meyer, Allison Smith, Matt Keegan, & Scott Stuart, moderated by Jeffrey Uslip, Vera List Center for Art & Politics/ Artists Space, New York, NY 26 Feb. 2005.
CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
1996-2013 Member of College Art Association and Regular Attendee, College Art Association Conference
2011 Attendee, The Creative Time Summit “Living as Form”, New York University Skirball Center, NewYork, NY
2011 Attendee, International Museum Education Institute “Focus Brazil – Pedagogy/ Art/ Participation Symposium, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2010 Attendee, “Open Engagement” Art & Social Practice Conference, Portland State University, Portland, ME
AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS
2010 United States Artists Fellowship
2010 Creative Work Fund Grant
2009 Southern Exposure Alternative Exposure Grant
2009 Artadia Award
2008 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award
2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
2005 Arts Council England Grant, UK
2005 Jerwood Charitable Foundation Grant, UK
1999 Leopold Schepp Foundation Fellowship
1999 Yale University School of Art Susan H. Whedon Award 1995 Eugene Lang College David Woods Award
ARTIST RESIDENCIES/ SPECIAL PROJECT EDITIONS
2012 Headlands Center for the Arts Invitational Residency, Sausalito, CA
2012 Artadia Artist Residency, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Southern Exposure Benefit Print Edition, Paulson Bott Press, Berkeley, CA
2011 Alula Editions, San Francisco, CA
2010 Headlands Center for the Arts Residency, Sausalito, CA
2010 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Residency, CA
2010 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Special Project Edition, Lapis Press, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Washington University Freund Residency, St. Louis, MO
2009 Washington University Island Press Residency, St. Louis, MO
2007 Whitney Museum of American Art, Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.) Edition
2006 Artpace San Antonio Residency, TX
2005 Craftspace Touring Residency, UK
2005 Qube Gallery: Oswestry Community Action Residency, UK
2005 Studio Voltaire Residency, London, UK
2005 Grizedale Arts/ The Wordsworth Trust Residency, Cumbria, UK
2005 University of Kansas Printmaking Department Residency, Lawrence, KS
2001 Lower East Side Printshop Special Editions Fellowship, New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea Birmingham Art Museum, AL
Allison Smith Page 20 12/3/12
356 24th Street Oakland, CA 94612
Clifford Chance, New York, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
West Collection, Oaks, PA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
(Works held in private collections in the United States, United Kingdom, and Korea.)
ARCHIVES
Living as Form Archive of Socially Engaged Practices, Creative Time, New York, NY Landfill Archive of Socially Engaged Artworks, thelandfill.org
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2010-13 Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000-07 Bellwether, New York, NY
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Engagement with a wide range of materials and processes from traditional craft to digital technology, as well as forms of installation, performance, and social practice
Extensive experience working with traditional artisans, from blacksmiths to lace makers, and with fabricators, using various methods from industrial fabrication to computer-aided design, as well as collaborating with project participants and working within institutions
Solid knowledge of fundamental basics and experience teaching the following: woodworking, joinery, relief carving, laminating, and use of various fillers, stains, paints, and varnishes; wire manipulation, welding, forging, metal fabrication, and armature construction; one- and two-part mold making and casting, including the use of plasters, concrete, waxes, clay slip, paper pulp, body casting materials, latex rubber, epoxy and polyester resins, thermoplastics, and polyurethane foams; ceramics, clay modeling and hand-building methods, slump and hump molds, self-hardening and polymer clay; assemblage techniques and use of found or recycled materials, various fasteners, grommets, adhesives and solvents; emphasis on shop safety and safety equipment, as well as archival methods and issues of sustainability
Expertise in hand sewing and use of both domestic and industrial sewing machines, various forms of needle work, printing of fabrics (silkscreen and digital inkjet), upholstery methods, and soft sculpture
Extensive experience using Mac computers, Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Photoshop; developing websites, blogs, social networks, mailing lists, and email campaigns; writing grants and applications, negotiating agreements, managing budgets and deadlines, conducting and synthesizing research, writing reports, managing publications
Extensive experience with lighting, photography, use of a copy stand and video and audio recording equipment to document artworks; studio archive methods, materials, and practical skills
Working knowledge of construction/building techniques, hanging of drywall, painting, lighting and other preparation for gallery installation and exhibition, as well as basic home maintenance and repair
