BIOGRAPHY
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| SHINIQUE SMITH | |
| 1971 | Born in Baltimore, MD |
| Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY | |
| Education | |
| 2003 | MFA, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| 2000 | MAT, Tufts University & The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
| 1992 | BFA, The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2017 | Shinique Smith: Secret Garden Laughing Place, Sugar Hill Museum, New York, NY |
| 2016 | Black Swan, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT |
| Spectrums, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL | |
| Project Atrium: Shinique Smith, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL | |
| 2015 | Shinique Smith: Wonder Rainbows, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN |
| Threaded, Center for the Arts in Virginia, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA | |
| 2014 | Shinique Smith: Bright Matters, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
| 2013 | Kaleidoscopic, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL |
| Bold As Love, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Shinique Smith: Firsthand, LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2011 | To the Ocean of Everyone Else, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT |
| Shinique Smith: The Urban Pastoral, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA | |
| Shinique Smith, Galerie Zidoun, Luxembourg, LX | |
| Shinique Smith: The Urban Pastoral, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Trois Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| Shinique Smith: Menagerie, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI | |
| 2010 | Shinique Smith, curated by Steven Matijcio, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC |
| Shinique Smith: Menagerie, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami, FL (continuing in 2011 at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI) | |
| Shinique Smith: No Words, Yvon Lambert, Paris, FR | |
| Shinique Smith: My Heart Is My Hand, Illinois State University Galleries, College of Fine Arts, Normal, IL | |
| 2009 | Ten Times Myself, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY |
| Shinique Smith: Like it Like that, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY | |
| 2008 | Good Knot, Yvon Lambert, London, UK |
| Shinique Smith: Torch Songs, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| 2007 | Shinique Smith: All Purpose, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY |
| Shinique Smith: Lost & Found, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Shinique Smith: Open Strings, Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2006 | Shinique Smith: No dust, no stain, Cuchifritos Gallery (a project of Artists Alliance Inc.), New York, NY |
| 2005 | Overstock, (essay by Greg Tate) The Proposition, New York, NY |
| FULL-ON!, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO | |
| 2002 | Crossroads, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD |
| manifestations, Scola dei Tiraoro e Battioro, Venice, IT | |
| Selected Projects | |
| 2009 | A collaborative project by Nic 1, Vizie, Joyce Pensato and Shinique Smith, Cooper Square Hotel Art Wall, Art Production Fund, New York, NY |
| Elsewhere, a multi-media group exhibition curated by Shinique Smith, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA | |
| Hope Blossoms – An Art Happening (benefit for The Sundari Foundation and its Lotus House initiative), The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL | |
| 2006 | cotton candy on a rainy day, curated by Shinique Smith, The Proposition, New York, NY |
| So, Fresh & So, Clean, art book created by Shinique Smith distributed to patrons of local Laundromats, Laundromat Project, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2018 | Out of Easy Reach, Rebuild Foundation, Chicago, IL |
| 2017 | No Commission, The Dean Collection, Miami, FL |
| American African American, Phillips, London, UK | |
| Magnetic Fields, curated by Melissa Messina, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC | |
| Solidary & Solitary: The Pamela J. Joyner & Alfred J. Giuffrida Collection, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA | |
| Magnetic Fields, curated by Melissa Messina, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO | |
| Power, curated by Todd Levin, Sprueth Magers , Los Angeles, CA | |
| Dialogues in Drawing, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2016 | IPERMANENCIA: Mutable Art in a Material Society, XIII Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, EC |
| Baltimore Rising, Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| Busan Biennale 2016, Busan, KR | |
| Decade by Decade: Art Acquired in Its Time, Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC | |
| Representin Rainbows, Gerald Peters Presents, New York, NY | |
| Blue Jean Baby, September, New York, NY | |
| Natural Pops!, Wave Hill - New York Public Garden and Cultural Center, New York, NY | |
| Mind Over Media: Shinique Smith, Derrick Adams and Cause Collettive, Mural Arts, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Life Eraser, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT | |
| Mal Maison, Maccarone, New York, NY | |
| Modern Heroics, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ | |
| 30 Americans, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH | |
| Half the World: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947-2016, curated by Paul Schimmel & Jenni Sorkin, Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2015 | NO MAN'S LAND, Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL |
| OPEN SOURCE, Philadelphia Mural Art Projects, Philadelphia, MA | |
| Young, Gifted and Black, curated by Hank Willis Thomas, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, ZA | |
| 30 Americans, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI | |
| Woman House, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY | |
| Showing Off: Recent Modern & Contemporary Acquisitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO | |
| 30 Americans, The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR | |
| Women and Abstraction, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Fl | |
| 2014 | Shooting the moon in the eye: Ten Contemporary Artists, Carl Solway Gallery, Columbus, OH |
| This is What Sculpture Looks Like, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Amerika, David Catillo Gallery, Miami, FL | |
| Warp & Woff, curated by Toby Clarke & Katy Grayson, THE HOLE, New York, NY | |
| The Body Metonymic, Oakland University Art Galleries, Rochester, MI | |
| Shakti, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT | |
| 2013 | Levity/Gravity, curated by Shamim M. Momim, IN/SITU at EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, IL |
| Then/Now, curated by Barry Nemmett, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY and Kunsthalle Beacon (KuBe), Beacon, NY | |
| Etched in Collective History, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL | |
| Spun: Adventures in Textiles, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO | |
| Prague Biennale 6, Prague, CZ | |
| Pivot Points: 15 Years and Counting, MOCA North Miami, Miami, FL | |
| MTA Arts for Transit, Public Art Commission, Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot, Harlem, NY | |
| 2012 | Dark Flow Lurking, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL |
| Stretching The Limits: Fibers in Contemporary Painting, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA | |
| OFF THE WALL: Established Contemporary, Contemporary Wing, Washington, DC | |
| Cultural Transference, Elizabeth Foundation for the Art (EFA) Project Space, New York, NY | |
| Everyday Abstract-Abstract Everyday, curated by Matthew Higgs, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 30 Americans, organized by the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA | |
| Flights from Wonder: Christopher Chiappa, Liz Craft, Martha Friedman, FriendsWithYou, Jon Pylypchuk, Carolyn Salas, Mindy Shapero, Shinique Smith and Phoebe Washburn, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Museum, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 2011 | The Bearden Project, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY |
| Don’t Get High On Your Own Supply, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL | |
| Trash, The New Children’s Museum, San Diego, CA | |
| 30 Americans, organized by the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | |
| Given a Miniscule Ledge, organized by Liz Parks, The Norwood Club, New York, NY | |
| Play Time, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY | |
| Wrong Place for the Right People, Bullet Space, New York, NY | |
| 30 Americans, organized by the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC | |
| The February Show, curated by Jun Lee and Heather Hart, Ogilvy Chocolate Factory, New York, NY | |
| Stargazers: Elizabeth Catlett in Conversation with 21 Contemporary Artists, curated by Isolde Brielmaier, Bronx Museum, New York, NY | |
| 2010 | THREADS: Textiles and Fiber in the Works of African American Artists, curated by Lowery Stokes Sims, EK Projects, Beijing, China |
| Art Is, The Dash Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Personal Freedom, curated by Johannes VanDerBeek, Portugal Arte 10, Lisbon, PT | |
| At Home / Not At Home: Works From The Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, curated by Matthew Higgs, Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | |
| Reflection, Nathan Bernstein Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2009 | Extended Family: Contemporary Connections, Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY |
| Embrace!, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO | |
| 30 Seconds off an Inch, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY | |
| Next Wave Art, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Your Gold Teeth II, curated by Todd Levin, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2008 | 30 Americans, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL |
| Belle Du Jour, curated by Chrissy Crawford, Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, curated by Derrick Adams Maryland Institute College of Art, Gateway Galleries, Baltimore, MD | |
| Freeway Balconies, curated by Collier Schorr, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, DE | |
| Ready Made, Yvon Lambert, Paris, FR | |
| Into The Trees, curated by Lilly Wei and Amy Lipton, The Fields Sculpture Park, Omi International Art Center, Ghent, NY | |
| The Stranger, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY | |
| Waste Not, Want Not, curated by Robyn Donohue with Alyson Baker and Marichris Ty, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City NY | |
| The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics, curated by Berin Golonu, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA | |
| RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture, curated by Brandon Brame Fortune and Frank H. Goodyear III with guest curator Jobyl A. Boone, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC | |
| Something from Nothing, curated by Dan Cameron, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA | |
| 2007 | Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century, curated by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman and Massimiliano Gioni, The New Museum, New York, NY |
| Body Politic: Casey Cook, Wangechi Mutu, Shinique Smith, Tory Wright, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC | |
| New York; Ready-Made, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY | |
| Shinique Smith & Mickalene Thomas: Prime Time, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY | |
| My Love is a ‘187 (Mark Bradford, Titus Kaphar, Shinique Smith & Mickalene Thomas), The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA | |
| Beyond the Pale, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Future Nomad, curated by Sara Reisman, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2006 | Altered, Stitched and Gathered, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY |
| Allegories ofDisplacement, curated by Michèle C. Cone, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT | |
| Stuff It!, Curated by Douglas Ferrari, Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ | |
| Material Abuse, Caren Golden Fine Arts, New York, NY | |
| Paper: First anniversary group exhibition, Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 25 Bold Moves, curated by Simon Watson and Craig Hensela, House of Campari, New York, NY | |
| I Feel You, curated by Dean Daderko, Roebling Hall, Williamsburg (Brooklyn), New York, NY | |
| Do You Think I’m Disco, curated by Edwin Ramoran, Longwood Art Gallery, Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY | |
| 2005 | Frequency, curated by Thelma Golden and Christine Y. Kim, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY |
| Neovernacular, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA | |
| d'Afrique, d'Asie, curated by Kóan Jeff Baysa, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY | |
| Two Continents and Beyond: Waterways, curated by Renee Vara and Asli Sümer, 9th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR | |
| Drawn Out, curated by Lorelei Stewart, Gallery 400, College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL | |
| Unveiling The Invisible: Contemporary Video Art (Desvelar Lo Invisible: Videocreacion Contemporanea), Comunidad De Madrid, El Consejeria De Cultura Y Deportes, Madrid, SP | |
| Recess: Images & Objects in Formation, curated by Derek Adams, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Kate MacKinnon & Shinique Smith: Selected Works, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD | |
| The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space, Chicago, IL | |
| African Queen, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY | |
| Tawkin’ New Yawk City Walls, Curated by John Fekner, Hillwood Art Museum, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY | |
| 2004 | Word, curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo, Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY |
| Re: Source, Art In General, New York, NY | |
| The Reality of Things, Triple Candie, New York, NY | |
| Veni Vidi Video II, curated by Christine Y. Kim, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY | |
| CONVERSIONS, curated by Melissa A. Calderón, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY | |
| Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA | |
| 2003 | Black Russians, curated by Joyce Scott, Galerie Françoise et ses Frères, Baltimore, MD |
| MFA Thesis Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| The Whole Gallery, Baltimore, MD | |
| 2002 | !Upwardly Mobile 2, a collaborative project by Norman Beierle, Valentina Ferrarese, Hester Keijser, initially produced for Manifesta, The Ludwig Museum for Contemporary Art, Budapest, HU |
| !Upwardly Mobile, a collaborative project by Norman Beierle, Valentina Ferrarese, Hester Keijser, initially produced for Manifesta 4, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main, DE | |
| Public Collections | |
| MOMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY | |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY | |
| The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY | |
| MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA | |
| The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Miami, FL | |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL | |
| Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC | |
| Ely and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | |
| Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC | |
| Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University, University Park, PA | |
| Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD | |
| The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL | |
| The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL | |
| Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY | |
| UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA | |
