Kaneem Smith
Means for Impetuous Recovery, 2014. Installation view at African American Museum in Dallas, TX. Fiberglass cloth, resin, and steel rod, 120 x 36 x 36 inches each
Contentment in Misinterpretation, 2014. Installation view at the Dallas Visual Art Center. Reclaimed burlap, jute thread, acrylic, and bungee cords, 120 x 144 x 122 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Buffalo, New York, 1976
Resides: Houston, Texas
Education: Syracuse University (M.F.A., 2001); Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1995)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014
“Substrate: Sculpture and Monoprints by Kaneem Smith,” Devin Borden Gallery, Houston.
2012
“Thebai – A Chapel for Saint Maurice,” Mönchskirche Museum, Salzwedel, Germany.
“Fruition: New Work by Kaneem Smith,” Devin Borden Gallery, Houston.
2010
“Out of Tribulation: Works by Kaneem Smith,” University Museum, Texas Southern University, Houston.
2005
“Installation: Contentment in Misinterpretation,” Project Row Houses, Houston.
2002
“Mix! Series: Sculpture by Kaneem Smith,” Dallas Center of Contemporary Art, Texas.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
“Tensile Strength,” SITE Gallery at the Silos, Houston.
“Friendly Fire,” Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston.
2015
“Disruption,” Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey.
AMoA Biennial 600: Sculpture, Amarillo Museum of Art, Texas.
2013
“Western Sequels,” Texas Art from the Lone Star, TC Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Artznetwerk 2012 Artists-in-Residence Exhibition, Mönchskirche Museum, Salzwedel, Germany.
2012
“Western Sequels,” Texas Art from the Lone Star, National Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2011
“Fourteen,” Art Car Museum, Houston.
“Every Day Use: The Origins of African American Quilt Making,” African American Library at the Gregory School, Houston, Texas.
2010
“Ni Una Mas: The Juarez Murders,” Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University,
Philadelphia.
2008
“Houston Collects: African American Art,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
2007
“Amistad: Texas Art in Peru,” Lima Art Museum, Peru.
“Camp Marfa,” Old Fort Russell Building 98, Marfa, Texas.
2006
“Frontera 450+,” Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston.
“Houston: Contemporary Works on Paper,” Brandywine Workshop Gallery, Philadelphia.
2005
“Conspicuous Production,” McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas.
2003
Ninth Annual International Artists Residencies Exhibition, Balatonfüred Art East Gallery,
Balatonfüred, Hungary.
“Essential Space, Part II: Francis Bagley, Linnea Glatt, and Kaneem Smith,” McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas.
Selected Bibliography
2017
Tatke, Sukhada. “In ‘How Do I Say Her Name?’ Women Artists of Color Grapple with Police Violence,” Texas Observer (March 30).
2012
Boyd, Robert. “Tchotchkes, Knickknacks and Scale Models at Devin Borden,” Thegreatgodpanisdead.com (April).
2011
Hansen, Mary Margaret. “Artful Interventions: Kaneem Smith Creates Sculpture from Coffee Bags,” Artfulinterventions1002washingtonaven.blogspot.com (April).
2007
Lash, Miranda. “Kaneem Smith,” Art Lies (Winter).
2006
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “Picking Icky: Kaneem Smith at Rudolph Projects/Artscan Gallery,” Houston Press (June 29).