Allison  S M I T H

Arts & Skills Service  
SMITHS  
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  
B I O  
C V  
C O N T A C T  
S T U D I O  
N E W S  
  Born 1972 in Manassas, Virginia


EDUCATION
1999-2000 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York
1999 MFA Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
1995 BFA Parsons School of Design, New York
1995 BA Lang College/New School for Social Research, New York


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS
2010 Pitcher Collection, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California

2010 Arts & Skills Service, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California 

2010 Needle Work, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri 

2010 Fancy Work, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California 

2008 The Donkey, The Jackass, and The Mule, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

2007 Notion Nanny, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California

2007 Banner Valance, Schmidt Center Gallery Public Space, in conjunction with Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

2006 Hobby Horse, Artpace San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 

2005 Notion Nanny, Studio Voltaire, London, England

2005 Victory Hall, Bellwether, New York, New York

2005 The Muster, Public Art Fund, Governors Island, New York Harbor, New York

2005 Armory, The Armory Show: International Fair of New Art, New York, New York

2005 Public Address, Foxy Production, New York, New York

2004 The Muster, Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania

2002 Stilleven, evenStill, Bellwether, Brooklyn, New York


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Huckleberry Finn, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, California

2010 Mind-bending with the Mundane, Institute for Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland

2010 Open Score Variations, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

2009 The Old, Weird America, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington 

2009 No Bees, No Blueberries, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, New York

2009 The Old, Weird America, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts 

2009 Permanent Collection, Anna S. and James P. White Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana 

2008 Democracy in America: Convergence Center, Creative Time, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, New York

2008 Mildred's Lane, Alexander Gray Associates, New York, New York

2008 The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years, International Print Center, New York, New York

2008 The Old, Weird America, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas 

2008 On Procession, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana 

2008 Inner and Outer Space, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2008 Ethnographies of the Future, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2008 Gestures of Resistance: Craft, Performance, and the Politics of Slowness, Gray Matters Gallery, College Art Association, Dallas, Texas

2007 Poe and Twain Projects: Simon Leung/ Allison Smith/ Amy Yoes, Wave Hill Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, New York

2007 Sonotube® Forms: Contemporary Art and Transport, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, California

2007 The Line of Time and the Plane of Now, Harris Lieberman/ Wallspace, New York, New York

2007 Come One Come All, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, New York

2007 Grow Your Own, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

2006 Art in America, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea 

2006 Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts 

2006 The “F” Word, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2006 Interstate: The American Road Trip, High Desert Test Sites/ Socrates Sculpture Park, Joshua Tree, California and Long Island City, New York

2005 You are Here, Ballroom, Marfa, Texas

2005 We Could Have Invited Everyone, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, New York

2005 Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/ MoMA, Long Island City, New York 

2005 Log Cabin, Artists Space, New York, New York

2004 Explosion LTTR, Art in General, New York, New York

2003 Man, I Feel Like a Woman, Space 1026, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2003 Formed to Function?, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

2002 End of the Rainbow, Bellwether, New York, New York

2001 BROOKLYN!, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida

2001 Sharon Core, Simone Dilaura, Allison Smith, Bellwether, Brooklyn, New York

1999 The Wight Biennial, The New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, California

1999 The Searchers, Artists Space, New York, New York


SELECTED AWARDS/HONORS
2010 Creative Work Fund Grant
2010 Headlands Center for the Arts Residency
2010 Artist Editions, Special Projects, LA County Museum of Art
2009 Southern Exposure Alternative Exposure Grant
2009 Artadia Award
2009 Washington University Freund Residency
2009 Island Press Project Residency
2008 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award
2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
2006 Artpace San Antonio Residency
2005 Arts Council England Grant
2005 Jerwood Charity Grant
2005 Public Art Fund In the Public Realm Commission
2005 Grizedale Arts/The Wordsworth Trust Residency
2001 Lower East Side Printshop Special Editions Fellowship
1999 Leopold Schepp Foundation Fellowship
1999 Yale University School of Art Susan H. Whedon Award
1995 Eugene Lang College David Woods Award


SELECTED PANELS/SYMPOSIA
2010 Town & Country: Josiah McElheny & Allison Smith, Mildred's Lane, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania

2010 Allison Smith & Frank Smigiel, Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA), Berkeley, California

2010 Unruly Work: Queer Art and Activism, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California

2009 YES Symposium: The Persistence of Optimism, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York

2008 Crockery: Allison Smith & Dr. Fuzzy Randolph, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2008 Post-Studio Lessons: Teaching Art in the 21st Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

2008 The Old, Weird America, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas

2008 Crafting Protest, Vera List Center for Art & Politics, New York, New York

2007 Allison Smith & Nato Thompson: Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

2007 Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History, MASS MoCA/ The Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, North Adams and Williamstown, Massachusetts

2006 Allison Smith & An-My Lê, Artists Speak: Conversations on Contemporary Art with Glenn D. Lowry, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

2005 Who Cares: Beauty & Its Discontents, Creative Time Inc., New York, New York 

2005 Allison Smith & Jeffrey Uslip: Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

2005 Log Cabin, Vera List Center for Art & Politics/ Artists Space, New York, New York


VISITING ARTIST LECTURES/CRITIQUES
2010
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "American Stories" Exhibition
Pop-Up Magazine, Herbst Theater, San Francisco
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University, St. Louis

2009
California College of the Arts, Visual & Critical Studies Forum, San Francisco
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson
Mildred's Lane, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD Theory, History, and Criticism Program, Cambridge
Massachusetts College of Art, MFA Program, Boston
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Glass Department, Providence
University of California, Berkeley, MFA Program
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, MFA Program, Washington University, St. Louis

2008
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, MFA Art Department, Minneapolis
California College of the Arts, Sculpture Program, Oakland
Museum of Modern Art, Internship Department, New York
Mildred's Lane, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania
School of Visual Arts, BFA Fine Arts Department, New York
California College of the Arts, MFA Social Practice Program, San Francisco
Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana

2007
School of Visual Arts, MFA Program, New York
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, MFA Program, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Sculpture Department, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts, MFA Program, Los Angeles
Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Kiki Smith’s Printmaking Class, New York
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, City-As-School, New York

2006
Keynote Speaker, University of the Arts, College of Art & Design, MFA Ceramics, Painting, and Sculpture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Florida International University, Miami
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Maryland Institute College of Art, Fiber Department/Sculptural Studies, Baltimore
Tisch School of the Arts, Performance Studies Department, New York University, New York
Maine College of Art, MFA Program, Portland
Parsons School of Design, MFA Fine Arts Department, New York
Bennington College, Vermont
Rhode Island School of Design, Textiles Department, Providence
Yale University School of Art, Sculpture Department, New Haven, Connecticut

2005
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Art Department, Lawrence
Goldsmiths College, University of London, Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles, England
Manchester Metropolitan University, England
New York University, MFA Department, New York
Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Graduate Thesis Committee, New York
Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence
Rhode Island School of Design, Textiles Department, Providence
Yale University School of Art, Sculpture Department, New Haven, Connecticut

2004
Columbia University School of the Arts, Visual Arts Division, Graduate Thesis Committee, New York

2002
New York University School of the Arts, Fine Arts Department, New York
Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence
Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France

2001
Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence
Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France

2000
The Corcoran College of Art & Design, Sculpture Department, Washington, D.C.
Andrew Mellon Visiting Artist Lecturer, Pratt Institute, Visual Arts Program, Brooklyn, New York
Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France

1999
Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence
Maryland Institute College of Art, Center for Art & Culture, Aix-en-Provence, France
Parsons School of Design, Fine Arts Department, New York


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Smith, Allison. Allison Smith: Needle Work. St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, 2010.

Smith, Allison. "Parasol." Home for Lost Ideas. London: archive books, 2009.

Thomas, Elizabeth, ed. MATRIX/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009.

Eccles, Tom, Allison Smith, James Trainor, and Anne Wehr. Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You Fighting For?. New York: Public Art Fund, 2007.

Smith, Allison. “Ruskin Lace Today.” Knitknit [New York] 7 (2007): 2-3.

Carrington, Sarah, and Allison Smith. “Notion Nanny: Tinker, Tailor, Merchant and Maker.” Knitknit [New York] 6 (2006): 20-21.

Wolf, Matt, and Allison Smith. “Reenacting Stonewall, Jackson that is.” Journal of Aesthetics & Protest [Los Angeles] 1.4 (2005): 222-33.

Smith, Allison, and Daphne Fitzpatrick. “Conversation” North Drive Press [New York] 1 (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.


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vogel, Wendy. "Embodied Ma(s)king." Needle Work (exhibition catalogue). St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, 2010.

Baran, Jessica. "Allison Smith: Needle Work." riverfronttimes.com 16 Feb. 2010.

McCoy, Richard. "Examining Roles and Investigating Responses: A Conversation with Rebecca Uchill." art21.org 19 Jan. 2010.

Oliver, Scott. "Hooshing and the Nexus of Clothing: a Conversation with J. Morgan Puett." Art Practical 7 History Lessons Feb. 2010.

Sack, Daniel. "Meet Me at the Museum." American Theater 27:2 Feb. 2010.

Maloney, Patricia. "Interview with Allison Smith." Art Practical 6 Common Ground Jan. 2010.

Mikulay, Jennifer Geigel. "Acts of Association: Allison Smith's Craft as Civic Practice." Journal of Modern Craft 2.2 (2010): 183-200.

Dailey, Meghan. "Introduction." Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture. London: Saatchi Gallery, Rizzoli, 2009.

Eccles, Tom. "Allison Smith." 2006 Artpace Residencies & Exhibitions. San Antonio: Artpace San Antonio, 2009.

Linden, Christina. "Crafty." Provence R Autumn/Winter 2009: 30-32.

Graves, Jen. "Patriot Acts: Looking for Redemption in The Old, Weird America." The Stranger [Seattle, WA] 6 Oct. 2009.

Hackett, Regina. "Godforsaken Curios: The Old, Weird America." Arts Journal 5 Oct. 2009.

Bergeron, Chris. "'Old, Weird America' Offers Another Side of History." Lincoln Journal [Lincoln, MA] 23 July 2009.

Sommer, Danielle. "SMITHS: Composed of Tiny, Handmade Details." Visual Arts: KQED Public Media for Northern CA 19 July 2009.

Bergeron, Chris. "'Old, Weird America' Offers Another Side of History." Daily News Tribune [Waltham, MA] 5 July 2009.

Saccoccia, Susan. "American Heritage on Display at the DeCordova Museum." Bay State Banner 9 July 2009.

Smee, Sebastian. "Tweaking History at DeCordova." The Boston Globe 28 June 2009.

Beem, Edgar Allen. "Folk Art as Fine Art." Yankee 25 June 2009.

Handy, Delores. "An 'Old, Weird' History Lesson from Dylan's American Songbook." WBUR 8 June 2009.

Garza, Evan J. "Folk My Brains Out." Boston Phoenix 19 May 2009.

Adamson, Glenn. "Sleight of Hand: Directions and Displacements in Modern Craft." California College of the Arts Design & Craft lecture series 23 Feb. 2009; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, "From Trash to Spectacle: Materiality in Contemporary Art" lecture series 5 Mar. 2009.

Bryan-Wilson, Julia. "Queerly Made: Harmony Hammond's Floorpieces." Journal of Modern Craft 2.1 (2009): 59-80.

Heraldseth, Geir. "Allison Smith." Acne Paper 7 Autumn 2008: 50-51.

Uchill, Rebecca. "Carnivals of Confluence." On Procession: Art on Parade (exhibition catalogue). Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2008.

Nyong'o, Tavia. "Period Rush: Affective Transfers in Recent Queer Art and Performance." Theater History Studies 28, 2008.

Thompson, Nato, ed. A Guide to Democracy in America (exhibition catalogue). New York: Creative Time, 2008.

Kamps, Toby. The Old, Weird America (exhibition catalogue). Houston, TX: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2008.

Blumenkranz, Carla. "Radical Speak." New York Magazine 14 Sept. 2008.

Anasazi. "Allison Smith: Poe and Twain Projects." bryanhiott.com 14 Sept. 2008.

Kunitz, Daniel. "Artists Soldier for Democracy at the Park Avenue Armory." Village Voice 3 Sept. 2008.

Webel, Scott. "The Old, Weird America." fluent~collaborative 13 June 2008.

“First Contemporary Art Exhibition Exploring Parades and Street Pageantry To Open at IMA.” artdaily.org 25 June 2008.

"Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Presents New Art Exploring Folk Themes in the Old, Weird America." artdaily.org 5 June 2008.

Lark, Laura. "'The Old, Weird America' at CAMH." glasstire.com May 2008.

Sheinman, Pamela. "Crafting Protest at the New School." Fiber Arts 35:1 (2008): 10.

Janco, Marcel (Nicola Trezzi). “Fair-y Tales” UOVO 18 – open office / Basel 2008

Mikulay, Jennifer Geigel. "Performing Publicness: 'Making Do' with Public Art." Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference, New York University, New York, NY. 24 May 2008.

Shaw, Kurt. "Artists Make New Use of Mattress Factory." Pittsburgh Tribune Review 17 May 2008.

"Mattress Factory Exhibits Inner and Outer Space." artdaily.org 14 May 2008.

Grade, Susan Watt. "Indianapolis Museum of Art Event: Fountain Square." Nuvo 30 Apr. - 7 May 2008.

Marshall, Konrad. "Art in Motion: IMA Exhibit Looks at Parades and Why We Love Them." The Indianapolis Star, Indy Sunday supplement 27 Apr. 2008: 5-11.

Auslander, Philip. "On Procession." Artforum May 2008: 167.

"IMA Loves a Parade." Nuvo 22 Apr. 2008.

Bryan-Wilson, Julia. "The Politics of Craft." Modern Painters Feb. 2008: 78+.

Helfand, Glen. "Staying Power.“ San Francisco Bay Guardian Online 2 Jan. 2008.

Who Cares? (catalogue). New York: Creative Time Inc., 2007.

Thomas, Elizabeth. Allison Smith: Notion Nanny (exhibition brochure). Berkeley, CA: University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2007.

"Allison Smith's Mixed Media Art." The New York Times 21 Oct. 2007: 22.

Walleston, Aimee. “Allison Smith’s Semantic Battleground.” Tokion 2:1 (2007): 108-112.

"Garden's Series on Writers Examines Twain and Poe." The Riverdale Press [New York] 6 Sept. 2007: B3.

Porges, Maria. “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny at Berkeley Art Museum.” Shotgun Review 6 July 2007.

Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “Queerly Made: the Lesbian Handiwork of Harmony Hammond’s Floorpieces.” Craft at the Limits Conference, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA. 1 June 2007.

Molesworth, Helen. “Worlds Apart.” Artforum May 2007: 112-113.

Beghtol, L.D. “Fight Club: Allison Smith’s Project Inspires Protest,” Villagevoice.com 30 Mar. 2007.

Hull, Timothy Marvel. “Entrenched with Allison Smith.” Swingset 8 (2007): cover, 32-36.

Thomason, John. “Global Textile Artists Sew Through War.” West Boca Times [Boca Raton, FL] 14 Feb. 2007: 31-33.

Turner, Elisa. “Critic’s Pick.” Miami Herald 9 February 2007.

Nesbett, Peter “Who Cares.” Art on Paper Jan./Feb. 2007: 46-51.

Taubman, Lara. “HDTS 5 and Interstate: The American Road Trip.” Sculpture Jan./Feb. 2007: 67-68.

Thompson, Nato, ed. Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History (exhibition catalogue). North Adams, MA: MASS MoCA, 2006.

Tollmann, Vera, ed. Was Wäre Wenn #4: Hands-On History (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Jet, 2006.

Art in America (exhibition catalogue). Cheonan, South Korea: Arario Gallery, 2006.

Goddard, Dan R. “The Best of 2006.” San Antonio Express-News 31 Dec. 2006.

Hammel, Frank. “Gloves Off at Artpace.” San Antonio Current 13-19 Dec. 2006: 18.

Birke, Judy. “Artspace’s Provocative ‘History’ Goes Beyond Any Textbook.” New Haven Register 10 December 2006: E1+.

Goddard, Dan R. “Hobby Horse Show a Take On War.” San Antonio Express-News 10 Dec. 2006: J1.

Jannise, Justin. “Artspace Show Explores History.” Yale Daily News [New Haven, CT] 29 Nov. 2006.

Dong-shin, Seo. “Art in America Brings Piece of Wonderland.” The Korea Times 20 Oct. 2006.

Glueck, Grace. “A Carnival of Lost Souls & Masquerades.” The New York Times 30 July 2006.

McQuaid, Cate. “Blast From the Past.” Boston Globe 9 June 2006.

Mitchell, John E. “Ahistoric Occasion Walks a Thin Line in Time.” North Adams Transcript 8 June 2006.

Karni, Annie “Road Rage: Reinterpreting The American Road Trip at Socrates Sculpture Park.” Paper, 2 June 2006.

Jenison, Lauren. “The Muster.” Knitknit [New York] 6 (2006): 25.

Bonenti, Charles. “Artists Make History.” Berkshire Eagle [Pittsfield, MA] 26 May 2006.

Hopkins, Randi. “You’re History.” Boston Phoenix 19-25 May 2006.

Gardner, Karen. “One for the Books at MoCA.” North Adams Transcript 6-7 May 2006.

Holte, Michael Ned. “From California to the New York Island.” Artforum May 2006.

Pasquariello, Lisa. “Ahistoric Occasion: Artists Making History.” Artforum May 2006.

Plant, Adrian. “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny,” a-n Magazine May 2006: 6.

Sansone, Valentina. “B+B.” Flash Art Mar./Apr. 2006: 47.

Newhall, Edith. “American Gothic.” ARTnews Feb. 2006: 112-113.

Eleey, Peter. “Best of 2005: Emerging Artists.” frieze Jan./Feb. 2006: 122.

Biesenbach, Klaus, Alanna Heiss, Glenn Lowry, Bob Nickas, Amy Smith-Stewart, and Ann Temkin, eds. Greater New York 2005 (exhibition catalogue). New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, 2005.

Trainor, James. “The Muster.” frieze Sept. 2005: 39.

Stillman, Nick. “Allison Smith.” Flash Art July/Sept. 2005.

Benjamin, Alison. “Allison Smith: Q &A.” The Guardian [London] 24 Aug. 2005.

Pollack, Barbara. “Allison Smith, Victory Hall.” Time Out New York 16-22 June 2005.

Stillman, Nick. “Conversations with Allison Smith.” NYFA Interactive June 2005.

Ammirati, Domenick. “Scene & Herd: Role Call.” Artforum.com 18 May 2005.

Kennedy, Randy. “Desert Island Fantasy.” The New York Times 16 May 2005.

Pacetta, Christopher. “Ten-hut! New York Artists Invoke Civil War Imagery to Draw Attention to their Favorite Causes.” New York Daily News 14 May 2005: 29.

Schwendener, Martha. “Muster & Commander.” Time Out New York 12-18 May 2005: 78.

Budick, Ariella. “Enlisting in the Army of Art.” New York Newsday 12 May 2005.

Vogel, Carol. “War & Pieces by Artists.” The New York Times 6 May 2005: E35.

Cotter, Holland. “The Armory Show Busts Out, All Over.” The New York Times 11 Mar. 2005: E36.

Cotter, Holland. “Log Cabin.” The New York Times 28 Jan. 2005.

Cotter, Holland. “Explosion LTTR.” The New York Times 6 Aug. 2004.

Smith, Roberta. “Allison Smith, Ellen Altfest.” The New York Times 4 Oct. 2002: B33.

Forde, Kate. “Allison Smith & Ellen Altfest.” The Brooklyn Rail Autumn 2002: 20-21.

Rush, Michael, and Dominick Nahas. BROOKLYN! (exhibition brochure). Lake Worth, FL: Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, 2001.

Johnson, Ken. “Two Friends & So On.” The New York Times 21 July 2001.

Gober, Robert, Daphne Fitzpatrick, and Allison Smith. “Bob Gober Talks with Daphne Fitzpatrick and Allison Smith.” Interview June 2001: 88+.

Stern Brickman, Tippy. In the Shadow of the Flag (exhibition catalogue). Charleston, SC: Tippy Stern Fine Art, 2000.

Day, Jeffrey. “Spoleto 2000: The Flag as Art.” The State [Columbia, SC] 9 June 2000: E1-E2.

Burnham, Helen. “Allison Smith @ Bellwether.” NY Arts Apr. 2000: 94.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008-Present, Assistant Professor, Sculpture Program and Graduate Program in Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, Oakland/San Francisco

2008 Artist-in-Residence, Sculpture Department, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis

2007-08 Adjunct Faculty, "Fabric of Conscience." Fiber Department, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore

2002-07 Adjunct Faculty, "Renaissance to Modern Art" and "Modern Art." Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France

2007 Adjunct Faculty, "Fundamentals of Sculpture." Sculpture Department, New York University Steinhardt School, New York

2006 Visiting Faculty, Studio Arts MFA Program, Maine College of Art, Portland

2005 Artist-in-Residence, Printmaking Department, University of Kansas, Lawrence

2003-04 Interim Director, "Advanced Drawing" and "Interdisciplinary Seminar." Center for Art & Culture, Maryland Institute College of Art/ Institute for American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France

2000-03 Adjunct Faculty, "Sculpture Fundamentals." Visual Arts Division, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York

2003 Adjunct Faculty, "Sophomore Drawing." Fine Arts Department, Parsons School of Design, New York

2000-02 Adjunct Faculty, "Senior Thesis." Fine Arts Department, Parsons School of Design, New York

2001 Adjunct Faculty, "Senior Project." Visual Arts Division, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York. Co-taught with artist Kara Walker.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arario Gallery, South Korea
Clifford Chance, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Missouri
Saatchi Gallery, London
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas
West Collection, Pennsylvania
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York


WEBSITES
www.allisonsmithstudio.com
www.themuster.com
www.notionnanny.net