Shavana Smiley
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
b. Tucson, AZ 1992
Exhibitions
2023
Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Back to School, See You Next Thursday, The Front Gallery, New York, NY
Spring Cleaning, Soft Serve, Ridgewood, NY
Forecast, Watercolor Society, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Sexy Sex, Gallery Perchee, (Virtual)
Talisman, Monica King Projects (Virtual)
Borderwalls IV, The Border Space, Brooklyn, NY
2020
Bushwick Open Studios 2020, (Virtual)
Nature, Virtual Online Show at yupinpramotepipop.com
Uniforms for the End of Time, Ideal Glass Studio, New York, NY
Dearly Disillusioned: In the Making, The McNichols Civic Center, Denver, CO
2019
Synthesis: Art and Nature in the Post-Digital Age, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA
2018
Border Walls, The Border Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2017
∞ = ø, Space 776, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Better Than Real, Miller Contemporary, New York, NY (Solo)
Work, Miller Contemporary, New York, NY
4 Hours Specific, Space 776, Brooklyn, NY
Art Expo New York, New York, NY
2015
The New New People, Big Irv’s Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hex Art, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
Cubicle The Musical, 537 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
Undergraduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Nippon 22, 900 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
2014
Design Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
The Walk, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
SAIC at 900, 900 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
2013
Five Gals, 20 North State Street, Chicago, IL
2012
Next Gallery, The Charlestowne Mall, Chicago, IL
Art Bash, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011
The Scholarship Collection, The Westin La Paloma, Tucson, AZ (Solo)
Where Desert Meets Water, Floating Stone, Tubac, AZ
Mujeres, Raices Taller 222, Tucson, AZ
Viviendo Verde, Raices Taller 222, Tucson, AZ
Education
2015 Bachelors of Fine Arts with Honors, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Honors & Awards
2015
Nippon Steel Presidential Award, Nippon Corporation, Chicago, IL,
2013
Dean's List for Outstanding Sophomores, SAIC
Goldman Sachs Scholarship Nominee, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2012
Odyssey Travel Grant, SAIC
Buonanno Scholarship Nominee, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011
ME Scholarship, Godaddy
Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Curation
2015 Cubicle The Musical, 537 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
2013 Five Gals, 20 North State Street, Chicago, IL
Bibliography
2014 The Walk 2014, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2013 Several Starry Nights, Friday’s Featured Artist: Shavana Smiley, severalstarrynights.com
2012 First Catalogue, School of the Art Institute of Chicago