Allison Smith (artist)

Allison Smith (born 1972) is an artist based in New York.

Smith was born in Manassas. Her art consists of interactive public events and more traditional object-based gallery shows. Well known projects are The Muster and Notion Nanny which engage the public in a dialogue about social activism, crafts and identity.

Smith received her BFA from Parsons School of Design and a BA in Psychology from New School for Social Research in 1995. She got her MFA from Yale School of Art in 1999.

Selected exhibitions

2007

Grow Your Own, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

Allison Smith/ Simon Leung/ Amy Yoes, Wave Hill, Bronx

2006

Was Wäre Wenn #4: Hands-On History, Jet, Berlin

Art in America, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea

Don’t Know Much About History… Artspace, New Haven

2005

Greater New York 2005, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

You are Here, The Ballroom, Marfa

Notion Nanny, Studio Voltaire, London

The Armory Show: International Fair of New Art, Bellwether, New York

2003

Brand New Letchworth, The Place Arts Centre, Hertfordshire

2002

Stilleven, evenStill, Bellwether, Brooklyn

2001

Consuming Nostalgia, Eldridge Street Project, New York

2000

Mom-n-Pop Market Stall, Artists Space, Meat Market Art Fair, New York

References

External links

Further information from Studio Voltaire