Kiki Smith

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Kiki Smith is an American multidisciplinary artist born on January 18, 1954, in Nuremberg, Germany, who has worked in printmaking, sculpture, drawing, textiles, film and installation. Kiki Smith is a contemporary artist renowned for her profound exploration of the human body, nature and gender issues. Her work, often described as feminist and organic, blurs the boundaries between the human, the animal and the vegetable. Kiki Smith is a versatile artist whose work explores the depths of human experience through an aesthetic that is both powerful and poetic. Solo exhibitions1990 : The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1996 : musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal. 1997 : Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. 1999 : St Louis Art Museum, Missouri. 2000 : Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf. 2002 : International Center for Photography, New York. 2003 : Galerie Lelong, Zurich. Galerie Lelong, Paris. 2005 : Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venise, Italie. 2006 : Contemporay Arts Museum, Houston. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 2007 : Galerie Lelong, Paris. Withney Museum of American Art, New York. 2009 : Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelone, Espagne. The New York Connection, galerie Fortlaan, Gent, Belgique. 2010 : Elizabeth A.Sackler Museum's Center, Brooklyn. Mortal, Galerie Lelong, Printshop, Paris. Galleria Lorcan O’Neill Rome, Italie. Lodestar, The Pace Gallery, New York. Color Still, Under Museum of Contemporary Art, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italie. 2011 : Rituals, High Museum of Art Atlanta. Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston. 2012 : Catching Shadows, galerie Lelong, Paris. Neuberger Museum of Art, New York. Behold, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Londres. Moments of Clarity, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. By the Stream, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italie. Gund Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. 2014 : Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italie. Wonder, Pace Gallery, New York, . Transformations, UNT on the Square, University of North Texas, Denton. 2013 : Invention, Pace Prints, New York. 2017 : Shelter, galerie Lelong, Paris. 2019 : " Kiki Smith", Monnaie de Paris, Paris. 2021 : "From Inside", Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris. Expositions collectives 2012 : Super Bodies: 3 rd Triennial for Contemporary Art, Fashion and Design, Hasselt, Belgique. Glasstress New York: New Art from the Venice Biennales, Museum of Arts and Design, New York. Do a Book, White Space Beijing, Chine. Art as Magic: Visionary Artists and Their Inner Supernatural World, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japon. Aus Passion, Zeitgenössiche Kunst aus der Sammlung Hanck, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Zoo, musée d’Art contemporain de Montréal. Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, Londres. Watch Your Step, Flag Art Foundation, New York. Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. Portfolio: Artists Work in Series, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa. Summer Group Show 2012, The Pace Gallery, 534 West 25th Street, New York. Streaming Spirits: New Prints by Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith, galerie Pfriem, Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste. It's Always Summer on the Inside, Anton Kern Gallery, New York. Festival international d'art de Toulouse : Artist Comes First, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse. Visual Conversations: Selections from the Collection, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, New York. The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphie. Group exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia. Auf Augenhöhe: Meisterwerke aus Mittelalter und Moderne, Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Allemagne, 5 mai 2012–6 janvier 2013. Gallery of Modern Art, Édimbourg. From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D.Daskalopoulos Collection, Scottish National. 2013 : Les Abattoirs, Toulouse. From Provincetown to Now: 100 Years of Women in Prints, Mary Ryam Gallery, New York. A family of artists, Kunsthalle Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, New Museum, New York. Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. The Moment for Ink, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco. Waiting Time: Selection from the Museum’s Collections, musée départemental d'Art contemporain de Rochechouart. Frauen. Liebe und Leben, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg. Streaming Spirits: New Prints by Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith, SCAD, Savannah campus. Les Papesses, Collection Lambert, Avignon. Beyond Belief: 100 Years of the Spiritual in Modern Art, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. It's New/ It's Now: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Prints and Drawings, Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Fiber Visions: Hangzhou Triennial 2013, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, Chine. 2014 : Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., États-Unis, 1er septembre 2013–5 janvier 2014. Trio : Jaume Plensa, Kiki Smith, Barthélémy Toguo, galerie Lelong, Paris, France, 11 septembre-11 octobre 2014. 2017 : Viva Arte Viva, 57e Biennale de Venise, Italie. 2019 : Bêtes de Scène, Fondation Villa Datris, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Expositions collectives 1990 : The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 1996 : musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal. 1997 : Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. 1999 : St Louis Art Museum, Missouri. 2000 : Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf. 2002 : International Center for Photography, New York. 2003 : Galerie Lelong, Zurich. Galerie Lelong, Paris. 2005 : Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venise, Italie. 2006 : Contemporay Arts Museum, Houston. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 2007 : Galerie Lelong, Paris. Withney Museum of American Art, New York. 2009 : Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelone, Espagne. The New York Connection, galerie Fortlaan, Gent, Belgique. 2010 : Elizabeth A.Sackler Museum's Center, Brooklyn. Mortal, Galerie Lelong, Printshop, Paris. Galleria Lorcan O’Neill Rome, Italie. Lodestar, The Pace Gallery, New York. Color Still, Under Museum of Contemporary Art, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italie. 2011 : Rituals, High Museum of Art Atlanta. Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston. 2012 : Catching Shadows, galerie Lelong, Paris. Neuberger Museum of Art, New York. Behold, Timothy Taylor Gallery, Londres. Moments of Clarity, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich. By the Stream, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italie. Gund Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. 2014 : Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italie. Wonder, Pace Gallery, New York, . Transformations, UNT on the Square, University of North Texas, Denton. 2013 : Invention, Pace Prints, New York. 2017 : Shelter, galerie Lelong, Paris. 2019 : " Kiki Smith", Monnaie de Paris, Paris. 2021 : "From Inside", Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris. 2024 : Invitation au Bienale de Dakar exposition Faire Lieu: l'Art En Espace.