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Kiki Smith Biography
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1954 |
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Born in Nuremberg, Germany
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1972 |
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Studied industrual banking, Manpower Training Act, Newark, NJ
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1985 |
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Certified as an Emergency Medical Technician, Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn Interfaith Hospital
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2000 |
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Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture
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Elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Recipient of the Athena Award for Excellence in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
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Lives and works in New York
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2007 - 2008
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Haus Esters Krefeld, 16 September 2007 - February 2008
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2006
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A Gathering, 1980-2005, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art travelling to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (solo)
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2006
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travelling to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA (solo)
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2006
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Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA (solo)
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2006
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Whitney Museum of American Art, USA (solo)
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2005 - 2006
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Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA, travelled to: The Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
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2005 - 2006
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Two by Two for AIDS and Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA
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2005
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Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, The American of Arts and Letters, New York, USA
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2005
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The Giving Person, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Palazzo Roccella, Italy
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2005
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The Forest: Politics, Poetics, and Practice, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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2005
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Homespun Tales, Storie di occupazione domestica, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy (solo)
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2005
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Bronze Relief and Drawings, Barbara Gross Galerie Munich, Germany (solo)
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2004 - 2005
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BIRDSPACE: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, USA. Travelled.
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2004 - 2005
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East Village USA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
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2004
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Noah’s Ark, National Gallery of Canada at La Cité de l’énergie, Shawinigan, Ontario, Canada
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2004
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Andata e ritorno, Artiste contemporanee tra Europa e USA, Palazzo Bonacossi, Ferrara, Italy
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2004
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Bodily Space: Works from the Permanent Collection Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, USA
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2004
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Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
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2004
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Otherworlds: The Art of Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith, Baltic The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
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2004
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Making the Body in Contemporary Sculpture, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA
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2004
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Carpe Diem Press, Oaxaca: James Brown, Dan McCleary, George Moore, Kiki Smith and Rob Wynne, Texas Gallery, Houston, USA
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2004
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East Village USA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
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2004
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Prints, Books & Things, The Museum of Modern Art, Queens, New York, USA (solo)
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2003
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Homework, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, USA (solo)
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2003
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Private Öffentlichkeit, Galerie im Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
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2003
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American Art Today: Faces and Figures, The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, USA
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2003
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Warum! Why! Image Refelection Self-Image! Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
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2003
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Kiki Smith: Works on Paper, Museum of Modern Art, Queens, New York, USA
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2002 - 2003
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Metamorphing: Transformation in Science, Art and Mythology, The Science Museum, London, Great Britain
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2002 - 2003
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The Nude in 20th Century Art, Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany
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2002 - 2003
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The Smiths: Tony, Kiki, Seton, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, USA
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2002 - 2003
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Der Akt in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
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2002
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Sammlung Goetz, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
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2002
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Whitney Biennial 2002 in Central Park, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
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2002
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Kiki Smith: Near, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France; Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
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2001 - 2002
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Kiki Smith, Rene Blouin Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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2001 - 2002
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Voici Cent Ans d´art Contemporain, Société des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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2001
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Telling Tales, International Center of Photography, New York,USA (solo)
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2001
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small sculptures and large drawings, Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Life Wants to Live, The Kitchen, New York, USA
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2001
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Concentrations 20, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
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2001
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Heart of Glass, Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows, New York, USA
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2001
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God is in the Details, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
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2000
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Realm: Recent Sculptures and Drawings, John Berggruen Gallery, SF, California
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2000
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Works with paper by Kiki Smith, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, USA (solo)
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2000
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Das Fünfte Element - Geld oder Kunst, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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2000
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Zeitwenden – Rückblick und Ausblick, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
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1999 - 2000
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Cosmos: From Romanticism to Avant-garde, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada; Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, Spain; Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
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1999 - 2000
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The American Century: Art and Culture 1950-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
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1999
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Schöpfung, Zeitgenössische Kunst an historischen Orten: Karmeliten-Kirche, Munich, Germany; Diözesianmuseum Freising, Germany
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1998
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Constellation, Barbara Gross Galerie Munich, Germany (solo)
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1998
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The Mattress Factory Pittsburgh, USA (solo)
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1998
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All Creatures Great and Small, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (solo)
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1998
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Concentrations 20, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA (solo)
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1998
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Invention/Intervention: Kiki Smith and The Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
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1998
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington D.C., USA
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1998
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Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, Germany
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1997 - 1998
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Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
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1997
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Terra Firma, Art Gallery at the University of Maryland
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1996 - 1997
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada (solo)
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1996
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Works 1988-1995, St. Petri Kuratorium, Lübeck, Germany (solo)
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1996
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Young Americans: New American Art in the Saatchi Collection, Part 2, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
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1995
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Galerie Rudolfinum, Prag, Czech Republic (solo)
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1995
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Kiki Smith, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
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1994
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Kiki Smith, The Israel Mseum, Jerusalem
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1994
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The Ossuary, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York
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1994
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Kiki Smith, Barbara Gross Galerie Munich
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1994
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, Denmark (solo)
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1994
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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (solo)
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1993
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Barbara Gross Galerie Munich, Germany (solo)
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1992
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: Silent Work, MAK-Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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1992
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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1992
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Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (solo)
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