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
BA Lang College/New School for Social Research, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS
2011
Cries of San Francisco, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
Piece Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado
2010
Pitcher Collection, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Arts & Skills Service, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Needle Work, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
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
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
Victory Hall, Bellwether, New York, New York
The Muster, Public Art Fund, Governors Island, New York Harbor, New York
Armory, The Armory Show: International Fair of New Art, New York, New York
Public Address, Foxy Production, New York, New York
2004
The Muster, Mildred’s Lane, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania
2002
Stilleven, evenStill, Bellwether, Brooklyn, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Bay Area Now 6, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
Embodying, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Georgia
2010
Huckleberry Finn, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Mind-bending with the Mundane, Institute for Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland
Open Score Variations, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
2009
The Old, Weird America, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
No Bees, No Blueberries, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, New York
The Old, Weird America, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts
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
Mildred's Lane, Alexander Gray Associates, New York, New York
The Future Must Be Sweet: Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years, International Print Center,
New York, New York
The Old, Weird America, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
On Procession, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Inner and Outer Space, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ethnographies of the Future, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
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
Sonotube® Forms: Contemporary Art and Transport, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, California
The Line of Time and the Plane of Now, Harris Lieberman/ Wallspace, New York, New York
Come One Come All, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, New York
Grow Your Own, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2006
Art in America, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea
Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts
The “F” Word, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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
We Could Have Invited Everyone, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, New York
Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/ MoMA, Long Island City, New York
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
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
Sharon Core, Simone Dilaura, Allison Smith, Bellwether, Brooklyn, New York
1999
The Wight Biennial, The New Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, California
The Searchers, Artists Space, New York, New York
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
“Crying in Public.” San Francisco Bay Guardian. 14 June 2011.
Nataraj, Nirmala. “‘The Cries of San Francisco’: marketplace as art.” San Francisco Chronicle, 2 June 2011.
Wright, Andy. “Artists Transform Downtown SF into Conceptual Marketplace for ‘Cries of San Francisco.’”
The Bay Citizen, 26 May 2011.
Helfand, Glen. “Fair Trade,” SFMOMA Open Space, 22 May 2011.
Davis, Gene. “Art during wartime: Allison Smith exhibit a great history lesson.” The Denver Daily News,
15 February 2011.
2010
Gilsdorf, Bean. “Pitcher Collection.” Art Practical, September 2010.
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.
2009
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.
2008
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
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
"Mattress Factory Exhibits Inner and Outer Space." artdaily.org
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
Bryan-Wilson, Julia. "The Politics of Craft." Modern Painters Feb. 2008: 78+.
Helfand, Glen. "Staying Power.“ San Francisco Bay Guardian Online 2 Jan. 2008.
2007
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
"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
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
Hull, Timothy Marvel. “Entrenched with Allison Smith.” Swingset
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
Nesbett, Peter “Who Cares.” Art on Paper
Taubman, Lara. “HDTS 5 and Interstate: The American Road Trip.” Sculpture
2006
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
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
McQuaid, Cate. “Blast From the Past.” Boston Globe
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]
Bonenti, Charles. “Artists Make History.” Berkshire Eagle [Pittsfield, MA] 26 May 2006.
Hopkins, Randi. “You’re History.” Boston Phoenix
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
Pasquariello, Lisa. “Ahistoric Occasion: Artists Making History.” Artforum
Plant, Adrian. “Allison Smith: Notion Nanny,” a-n Magazine
Sansone, Valentina. “B+B.” Flash Art
Newhall, Edith. “American Gothic.” ARTnews
2005
Eleey, Peter. “Best of 2005: Emerging Artists.” frieze
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
Stillman, Nick. “Allison Smith.” Flash Art July/Sept. 2005.
Benjamin, Alison. “Allison Smith: Q &A.” The Guardian [London]
Pollack, Barbara. “Allison Smith, Victory Hall.” Time Out New York 16-22 June 2005.
Stillman, Nick. “Conversations with Allison Smith.” NYFA Interactive
Ammirati, Domenick. “Scene & Herd: Role Call.” Artforum.com
Kennedy, Randy. “Desert Island Fantasy.” The New York Times
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
Vogel, Carol. “War & Pieces by Artists.” The New York Times
Cotter, Holland. “The Armory Show Busts Out, All Over.” The New York Times
Cotter, Holland. “Log Cabin.” The New York Times
2004
Cotter, Holland. “Explosion LTTR.” The New York Times
2002
Smith, Roberta. “Allison Smith, Ellen Altfest.” The New York Times
Forde, Kate. “Allison Smith & Ellen Altfest.” The Brooklyn Rail
2001
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
Gober, Robert, Daphne Fitzpatrick, and Allison Smith. “Bob Gober Talks with Daphne Fitzpatrick and Allison
Smith.” Interview June 2001: 88+.
2000
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.
PUBLICATIONS
2010
Smith, Allison. Allison Smith: Needle Work. St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington
University, 2010.
2009
Smith, Allison. "Parasol." Home for Lost Ideas. London: archive books, 2009.
Thomas, Elizabeth, ed. MATRIX/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009.
2007
Eccles, Tom, Allison Smith, James Trainor, and Anne Wehr. Allison Smith: The Muster: What Are You
Fighting For?
Smith, Allison. “Ruskin Lace Today.” Knitknit [New York]
2006
Carrington, Sarah, and Allison Smith. “Notion Nanny: Tinker, Tailor, Merchant and Maker.” Knitknit
[New York]
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, and Daphne Fitzpatrick. “Conversation” North Drive Press [New York]
Smith, Allison. “Notes on Trench Art, or The Promiscuity of Meaning that Characterizes a Heretofore Invisible
Class of Objects.” Frozen Tears [London]
SELECTED PANELS/SYMPOSIA
2010
Town & Country: Josiah McElheny & Allison Smith, Mildred's Lane, Beach Lake, PA
Allison Smith & Frank Smigiel, Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA), Berkeley, CA
Unruly Work: Queer Art and Activism, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2009
YES Symposium: The Persistence of Optimism, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College,
Saratoga Springs, NY
2008
Crockery: Allison Smith & Dr. Fuzzy Randolph, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
Post-Studio Lessons: Teaching Art in the 21st Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Old, Weird America, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas Crafting Protest, Vera List Center for
Art & Politics, New York, NY
2007
Allison Smith & Nato Thompson: Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.), Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York, NY
Ahistoric Occasion: On the Uses of History, MASS MoCA/ The Sterling & Francine
Clark Art Institute, North Adams and Williamstown, MA
2006
Allison Smith & An-My Lê, Artists Speak: Conversations on Contemporary Art with Glenn D. Lowry,
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2005
Who Cares: Beauty & Its Discontents, Creative Time Inc., New York, NY
Allison Smith & Jeffrey Uslip: Initial Public Offerings (I.P.O.), Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York, NY
Log Cabin, Vera List Center for Art & Politics/ Artists Space, New York, NY
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2012
Arts and Skills Service Workshop, SFMOMA
2010
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "American Stories" Exhibition
Pop-Up Magazine, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA
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
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.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010
USA Friends Fellow, CA, Visual Arts
Creative Work Fund Grant
Headlands Center for the Arts Residency
Artist Editions, Special Projects, LA County Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Residency
2009
Southern Exposure Alternative Exposure Grant
Artadia Award
Washington University Freund Residency
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
Jerwood Charity Grant
Public Art Fund In the Public Realm Commission
Grizedale Arts The Wordsworth Trust Residency
2001
Lower East Side Printshop Special Editions Fellowship
1999 Leopold Schepp Foundation Fellowship
Yale University School of Art Susan H. Whedon Award
1995
Eugene Lang College David Woods Award
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Clifford Chance, New York, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MI
Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
West Collection, Oaks, PA
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
WEBSITES
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