mickey smith

 

ABOUT

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Mickey Smith (b. 1972 Duluth, MN USA) received a BA in Photography from Minnesota State University, Moorhead in 1994. Images from her Volume series have exhibited in New York, China and Russia. Smith has received the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photography as well as grants from Forecast Public Art Affairs, CEC ArtsLink and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She is represented by Invisible-Exports, NY.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2010    Believe You Me Invisible-Exports [Upcoming]

             Collocations Georgia College State University [Upcoming]        

2008    You People Invisible-Exports 

              Volume Alvar Alto Library - Vyborg, Russia

             Contemporary Art in Traditional Museums PRO ARTE Institute

             New Collocations Center for Photography at Woodstock

2007    Forever Govern Ignorance Carleton College Gould Library

              New Works Kathy Dowell Art + Service - Kansas City, MO

2006    BIO Minnesota Center for Photography Projects Gallery 

2005    Volume Open Book Gallery

              In the Stacks Minnesota History Center

2004    Volume The Post Office + Public Library

 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS  

2010    Found + Altered Chapman Guggenheim Gallery [Upcoming]

             Method + Message Sonoma State University Art Gallery [Upcoming]

             Reader’s Delight McKenzie Fine Art 

             New Language Ogilvy & Mather

             PQ:100 Center for Photography at Woodstock

2009    I’ve been meaning to tell you… Marty Walker Gallery

             Summer Reading Jen Bekman Gallery

             Artists Who Use Texts to Say Nice Things Aaron Krach

             Circulation Gallery Knustler at Booksmart Studio

2008    Unabridged Traffic Zone Center for Visual Arts 

2007    Wellbound Ellen Curlee Gallery

             New Visual Language hpgrp gallery

             McKnight Fellows: New Photography MN Center  of Photography

             Hey Hot Shot! Jen Bekman Gallery

             Inscribire Chandra Cerrito Contemporary

             The Library Show Firehouse No.13

2006    WORD Deborah Colton Gallery

              Midwestern Views Pingyao International Photography Festival

              New Works Gallery Silver Eye Center for Photography

              Poster Offensive Frank Stone Gallery

2005    Correspondence Jon Oulman Gallery

              Photocentric Biennial Minnesota Center for Photography

              MN Biennial: 2D II Minnesota Museum of American Art

               Visible Fringe Minnesota Fringe Festival - Minneapolis, MN

2004     Accords Frank Stone Gallery - Minneapolis, MN

 
ARTFAIRS + AUCTIONS  

Aperture Foundation

Art Chicago
Artspace Projects

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Center for Photography at Woodstock

Frankfurt Book Fair

Magenta Foundation for the Arts

Minnesota Center for Photography

NADA

The New York Art Book Fair

North Dakota Museum of Art

SCOPE Miami

Silver Eye Center for Photography

VOLTA NY

 
COLLECTIONS  

Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY

Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN                                          

Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA                            

Fredrickson & Byron, Minneapolis, MN              

Miami-Dade Public Library, Miami, FL

Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul, MN                                         

Northland Collection, Saint Paul, MN

North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN

Various Private Collections

 
AWARDS + HONORS  

2010    Public Art Year in Review Project Winner 

2009    LMCC Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grantee

             Permanent Commission Recipient, University of Florida

2008    CEC Artslink Grantee             

              Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers [Nominee]

              Fulbright Research Fellowship [Finalist + Alternate]

2007     Photolucida Top 150 Critical Mass Photographer

              FORECAST Public Artworks Public Art Affairs Grantee

              Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward [Honorable Mention]

2006     McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowship for Photography

              Photolucida Top 150 Critical Mass Photographer

 
RESIDENCIES  

PV Studio, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 2010

Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China 2010

Contemporary Art in Traditional Museums, St. Petersburg, Russia 2008

Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO 2007
Oberholtzer Foundation, Mallard Island, MN 1994-2004 + 2007

 
BIBLIOGRAPHY  

The Last Magazine. October 2010. [Upcoming]

Abe’s Penny. Collaboration with Lamb, John. October 2010. [Upcoming]

THEME Magazine [Issue #23]. Dalton, Trinie. Schiller, Sara + Marc [Curators]. July 2010. [Upcoming]

Abe’s Penny NADA Special Edition. Brehm, Hannah. December 2009.                           

ESOPUS [Issue #13]. Artist Project. October 2009.

PRC Annual Juried Publication. September 2009.

Habertarts.com Text Messaging. Habler, John. April 2009.

Dallas Morning News. There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you... Granberry, Michael. March 2009.

Time Out St. Petersburg. Volume: Mickey Smith Project. Turkina, Olesia. December 2008.

Modern Art Obsession. Mickey Smith Photography at the New Invisible-Exports Gallery. Hoeh, Mike. November 2008.

New York Magazine. Photographer Mickey Smith Goes to the Library. Pearse, Emma. November 2008.

Artinfo.com. Editor’s Picks. Ayers, Robert. November 2008.

PDNedu [Vol. 7 Issue #1]. One To Watch. Gordon, Jessica. March 2008.

American Photography 23. Selected Photographer. November 2007.

MyArtSpace.com. Interview. Sherwin, Brian. October 2007.

Magenta Foundation for the Arts. Flash Forward 2007. October 2007.

mnartists.org. The Medium Itself. Riddle, Mason. September 2007.

Flak Photo. Weekend Series. September 2007.

Review Magazine. Project-in-Print. August 2007.

Flak Photo. Featured Artist. February 2007.

Photography Quarterly [Issue #95]. Cover Image. September 2006.

mnartists.org. Money, Money, Money. O’Sullivan, Thomas. August 2005.

 
EDUCATION  

B.A. Photography, Moorhead State University 1994

 

 
 

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