LIZ SMITH
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Master of Fine Art
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO Bachelor of Fine Art
EXHIBITIONS
ONE PERSON:
Freeze Frame, Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, 2021 Now as Ever, Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, Kansas City, MO 2016
Flash in your pants, 8-Limbs, Echo Park, CA 2011-12
Vanilla Secrets, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL 2004
Chain Reaction, MFA Thesis Show, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI 2002
TWO PERSON:
Play, Kiosk gallery, Kansas City, MO 2015
New American Painters, Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2005
GROUP:
ArtHeals, InterUrban/ArtHouse, Overland Park, KS 2025 Kansas City Flatfile, H&R block Artspace, Kansas City, MO 2023 Casting Shadows: 2017 KCAI Biennial Exhibition, H&R block Artspace, Kansas City, MO 2017 Kansas City Flatfile, H&R block Artspace, Kansas City, MO 2016
WHAT RESONATES, 1522 St. Louis, Kansas City, MO 2013
Secrets, Plug Projects Kansas City at MDW Fair, Chicago, IL 2012
Kansas City Flatfile, H&R block Artspace, Kansas City, MO 2012
MAM after dark, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 2011
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2011
Sizeable, Fluxco Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2009
Made For More, Chime & Co, Los Angeles, CA 2009
Hey, What’s on your mind? (NYC) Parts and Labor Gallery, New York, NY, 2009
Shipped Shapes, Fakespace LA, Los Angeles, CA 2008
Hey, What’s on your mind? part 2, Fakespace LA, Los Angeles, CA 2008
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA 2006
Faculty Show, UW-LaCrosse Art Gallery, LaCrosse, WI 2006
Y Topia, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO 2005
Mary L. Nohl Fellowship Exhibition, INOVA, Milwaukee, WI 2004
XXXL, Luckystar Studio, Milwaukee, WI 2003
Hey, What’s on your mind? 7th floor Gallery, Madison, WI 2002
Group show, CititArts space, Madison, WI 2001
Catapult, VU Satellite Gallery, Bellinghan, WA 2001
Exchange Show, Penn State University, Pittsburgh, PA 2001
Multiples 4, NFA space, Chicago, IL 2000-01
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Art Educator, Notre Dame de Sion, Kansas City, MO 2019-present
Art Instructor, Kansas City Art Institute School for Continuing and Professional Studies, Kansas City, MO 2015-2019
Adjunct Professor, Art Department, Avila University, Kansas City, MO 2014, 2017-2019
Panel Guest Artist and Presenter, Kansas City Art Institute, 2011
Artist in Residence, Santa Fe Art Colony, Los Angeles, CA 2006-2010
Curator, Fakespace LA, Los Angeles, CA 2008-2010
Art Educator, St. Mary’s Academy, Inglewood, CA 2008-2010
Assistant Lecturer, The University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI 2005
Visiting Artist, Painting Dept. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2004
Art Instructor, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Studio Arts and Crafts Center, Milwaukee, WI 2003-2005
AWARDS
Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Fund recipient, 2004
Mary L. Nohl Fellowship, Emerging Artist recipient, 2003
KCAI Merit scholarship 1995-1999
PUBLICATIONS
Studio Visit Magazine, Summer 2010
Artillery Magazine November/December 2009
LA Weekly, August 2008
Studio Visit Magazine, First Edition, Spring 2008
The Kansas City Star, January 2005
New American Paintings, Midwest Edition, Fall 2004
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 2004
COLLECTIONS
Kansas City Art Institute Auction Purchase, 2011, 2017
K. Calvert-Jones, Los Angeles, CA 2007
A. Martinez, San Francisco, CA 2007
E. Michael Flanagan, Milwaukee, WI 2006
J. Piorier, Milwaukee, WI 2006
Fashion Ninja, Milwaukee, WI 2004/06
DST Corporation, Kansas City, MO 1999