b. 1945 in Nuremberg, Germany
lives and works in New York, USA
Awards
2019
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
2012
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2009
50th Edward MacDowell Medal, New Hampshire
2006
Medal Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
2005
Athena Award for Excellence in Printmaking
Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
2000
Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Selected exhibitions
2023
Kiki Smith: From my heart, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (solo)
It’s a material world, PULPO GALLERY, Munich, Germany
2019
Processions, Österreichische Galerie Belveder, Vienna, Austria (solo)
2011
Kiki Smith: Color Still, Under Museum of Contemporary Art, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy (solo)
2010
Kiki Smith: Sojourn, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA (solo)
2008-2010
Kiki Smith: Her Home, Museum Haus Esters, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany. Traveled to: Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany, as Kiki Smith: Her Memory, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA (solo)
2005
Kiki Smith: A Gathering, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA (solo)
2004
Prints, Books and Things, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (solo)
2000
My Nature: Works with Paper by Kiki Smith, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, USA (solo)
1997
Paradise Cage: Kiki Smith and Coop Himmmelb(l)au, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
1995
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK (solo)
1991
Projects 24: Kiki Smith, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (solo)
1982
Life Wants to Live, The Kitchen, New York, USA (solo)
1980
The Times Square Show, organized by the Colab, New York, USA
selected Public collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, USA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, USA
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu, USA
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA