{"id":89552,"date":"2025-09-24T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/?p=89552"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:31:24","slug":"kiki-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/iea\/2025\/09\/24\/kiki-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiki Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image media=”89710″ media_width_percent=”79″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Kiki Smith<\/strong> can be considered the iea\u2019s first resident artist. She first came to Alfred in 1995 for a three-week residency, at a time the iea did not formally exist, and instead was hosted by the iea\u2019s predecessor; the Electronic Arts Initiative. She worked extensively on numerous photo-lithographs and etchings. A few of these were incomplete unfinished editions until she returned in 1999 as an iea resident artist. It was also at this time that she made her first fully digital prints. Kiki Smith again returned to the iea in April of 2013 and focused on generating digital images for prints that she planned to continue to work on at her studio in New York. The prints are made of images of her hands holding various natural objects, including mica, seashells, potatoes, and eggs.<\/p>\n

Smith’s work is about the human body, exploring themes of reproduction, mortality, and bodily change through processes such as aging or giving birth. Smith is a prolific printmaker, photographer, and sculptor. A major retrospective of Smith’s prints and multiples was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 2003 and at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis in 2005. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Tate Gallery.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_separator][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-164064″ type=”carousel” medias=”89614,89610,89612″ carousel_lg=”3″ carousel_md=”3″ carousel_sm=”1″ gutter_size=”3″ carousel_interval=”3000″ carousel_navspeed=”400″ stage_padding=”0″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″ items=”eyI4OTYxMF9pIjp7InNpbmdsZV9sYXlvdXRfbWVkaWFfaXRlbXMiOiJtZWRpYXxsaWdodGJveHxvcmlnaW5hbCxpY29uLGNhcHRpb24ifX0=”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Hand with Mica, <\/em>2013
\nArtist Proof – on Museum Etching, 24 x 16\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Hand with Potato, <\/em>2013
\nArtist Proof – on Museum Etching, 24 x 16\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Hand with Owl, <\/em>2013
\nArtist Proof – on Museum Etching, 24 x 16\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/1″][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-171435″ type=”carousel” medias=”89611,89613″ carousel_lg=”3″ carousel_md=”3″ carousel_sm=”1″ gutter_size=”3″ carousel_height=”equal” carousel_interval=”3000″ carousel_navspeed=”400″ stage_padding=”0″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Hand with Egg, <\/em>2013
\nArtist Proof – on Museum Etching, 24 x 16\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Hand with Shell, <\/em>2013
\nArtist Proof – on Museum Etching, 24 x 16\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_single_image media=”89701″ media_width_percent=”40″][vc_column_text]Pet<\/em>, 1999
\nDigital print on watercolor paper, 22×30\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

RESOURCES:<\/h6>\n

https:\/\/paceprints.com\/kiki-smith<\/p>\n

https:\/\/whitney.org\/artists\/3383<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Kiki-Smith[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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