geb. 1945 in Nürnberg, Deutschland 

lebt und arbeitet in New York, USA 

 

Awards 

2019 

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 

 

2012 

Mitglied der 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 

Gewähltes Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Letters 

 

2000 

Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 

 

Ausgewählte Ausstellungen 

2023 

Kiki Smith: From my heart, Pinakothek der Moderne, München, Deutschland (solo) 

It’s a material world, PULPO GALLERY, München, Deutschland 

 

2019 

Processions, Österreichische Galerie Belveder, Wien, Österreich (solo) 

 

2011 

Kiki Smith: Color Still, Under Museum of Contemporary Art, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italien (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, Deutschland. Traveled to: Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Deutschland, 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, Großbritannien (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, Deutschland 
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, München, Deutschland 
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA 
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Großbritannien 
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