BIOGRAPHY

Born: Chicago, Illinois, 1951
Resides: Austin, Texas, and Brooklyn, New York
Education: Colorado College (B.A., 1973); Whitney Museum Independent Study Program (1973, 1970)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008
“2008 Whitney Biennial” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

2007
“Mike’s World” (collaboration with Joshua White), Blanton Museum, Austin.
“Drawings and Videos (from storage),” Christine Burgin Gallery, New York.
Ellen de Bruijn Projects, Amsterdam.

2005
“Michael Smith: Take Off Your Pants!” (collaboration with Joshua White), Christine Burgin Gallery, New York. Traveled.

2004
“Fun at Home,” Magasin—Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, France.

2003
The Suburban, Oak Park, Illinois.
“Playground” (collaboration with Seth Price), Galleria Emi Fontana, Milan.

2002
“The QuinQuag Arts and Wellness Centre Touring Exhibition” (collaboration with Joshua White),
Christine Burgin Gallery, New York. Traveled.

2000
Magasin—Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, France. Catalogue.
“Video, Performance and other Stuff,” Jacob Fabricius, Copenhagen.

1999
“Open House” (collaboration with Joshua White), New Museum, New York.

1997
“Musco: 1969–1997” (collaboration with Joshua White), Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York.

1996
“Drawings, Video, Performance,” Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
“Everything,” Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas.
“Collective for Living Cinema,” Orchard Gallery, New York.
“Deep Comedy,” Ballroom, Marfa, Texas.

2005
“Burlesques Contemporains: le burlesque, le temps et l’action,” Jeu de Paume, Paris.
“Performa 05” (screening of videos at Anthology Film Archives), New York.

2001
“Tele(Visions),” Vienna Kunsthalle, Austria.

Selected Bibliography

.2007
Carlozzi, Annette, et al. Mike’s World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (and other collaborators). Austin: Blanton Museum of Art.

2006
Smith, Michael. Drawings: Simple, Obscure and Obtuse. New York: Regency Arts Press.

2004
Graham, Dan. “In Conversation: Dan Graham and Michael Smith,” Artforum (May).

2003
Rush, Michael, Video Art. Thames & Hudson.

2002
Fyfe, Joe. “The Art of Failure,” Art in America (November).

2001
Saltz, Jerry. “At Large in the Land of the Loser: Nailing Failing,” Village Voice (December).

1997
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Michael Smith and Joshua White at Lauren Wittels,” The New York Times (March 28).