Rosalyn drexel artist biography

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Preface

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Interview

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Kiki Smith (American, b. 1954, Nuremberg, Germany) has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary practice relating to the human condition and the natural world. She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing and textiles.

Smith has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions worldwide including over 25 museum exhibitions. Her work has been featured at five Venice Biennales, including the 2017 edition. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2017 was awarded the title of Honorary Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Previously, Smith was recognized in 2006 by TIME Magazine as one of the “TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World.”

Other awards include the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture in 2000; the 2009 Edward MacDowell Medal; the 2010 Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, Purchase College School of the Arts; the 2013 U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts, conferred by Hillary Clinton; and the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center, among others. She is an adjunct professor at NYU and Columbia University.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

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YearTitleDatesDepartmentAdditional Info1960Chapel of the Chauteau of Pagny1960  1960Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry CliffordSummer 1960  1960Sculpture at Penn Center / City Planning CommissionSummer 1960  1960The World of Prints: 1960March 2, 1960–May 31, 1960Prints, Drawings, and Photographs 1960Mary CassattApril 22, 1960–May 29, 1960Prints, Drawings, and Photographs 1960Korean Monuments of Architecture and Sculpture (color photographs)May 18, 1960–June 18, 1960  1960Carroll S. Tyson CollectionJune 1960–September 19, 1960European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection 1960Collection of Henry P. McIlhennyJune 1960–September 26, 1960European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection 1960Collection of the Reverend and Mrs. Theodore PitcairnJune 17, 1960–September 18, 1960  1960Recent AccessionsJune 17, 1960–August 28, 1960Prints, Drawings, and Photographs 1960Lithography: Senefelder to PicassoSeptember 8, 1960–October 30, 1960Prints, Drawings, and Photographs 1960Renaissance Prints: French and ItalianNove