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.
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
Further information from Studio Voltaire