Cauleen Smith Sojourner 2018 Digital video, color, sound 22:41 minutes Edition 1 of 5 and 4 APs
Cauleen Smith Sojourner 2018 Digital video, color, sound 22:41 minutes Edition 1 of 5 and 4 APs
Cauleen Smith Sojourner 2018 Digital video, color, sound 22:41 minutes Edition 1 of 5 and 4 APs
Cauleen Smith Pilgrim 2017 Digital video and 16 mm film transferred to digital video 7:41 minutes Edition of five and four Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It, Frye Art Museum, June 1 - September 1, 2019 Top: Black and Blue Over You (After Bas Jan Ader for Ishan), 2010, film transferred to video,9:40 minutes, edition of 5 and 2 APs;Middle: Strelitzia Satellite Meditation, 2012, HD digital video, 4:44 minutes, edition of 5 and 2 APs; Bottom: Cotton Plant 187?, 2018, HD digital video, 6:43 minutes, edition of 5 and 2 APs Photo credit: Jueqian Fang
Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It, Frye Art Museum, June 1 - September 1, 2019 Left: Give it or Leave It (Omokehinde), 2018, satin, poly-satin, quilted pleather, upholstery, wool, felt, wool velvet, poly filing, 60 x 48 inches; Right: Give it or Leave It (Taiwo), 2018, satin, poly-satin, quilted pleather, upholstery, wool, felt, wool velvet, poly filing, 60x48 inches Photo credit: Jueqian Fang
Cauleen Smith Space Station: Two Rebeccas 2018 A remix of sculpture: Wallpaper, disco balls, turntable, motor, fur, shag carpet, 2 projectors, DVD Dimensions vary
Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It, Frye Art Museum, June 1 - September 1, 2019 Left: Sojourner, 2018, digital video, color, sound, 22:41 minutes, edition of 5 and 2 APs;Right: Space Station: Two Rebeccas, 2018, a remix of sculpture: Wallpaper, disco balls, turntable, motor, fur, shag carpet, 2 projectors, DVD, dimensions vary Photo credit: Jueqian Fang
Cauleen Smith Epistrophy 2018 Multichannel video (color, sound), four CCTV cameras, four monitors, projection, custom wood table, taxidermy raven, wood figures, bronze figures, plastic figures, books, seashells, minerals, jar of starfish, Magic 8- Ball, maneki-neko, mirror, metal trays, plaster objects, wood objects, wire object, fabric, glass vase, plants Dimensions vary Installation view ICA Philadelphia
Cauleen Smith Sula 2019 gouache on paper 12 x 9 inches (paper size) 14 1/2 x 11 inches (frame size)
Cauleen Smith Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants 2019 gouache on paper 12 x 9 inches
Cauleen Smith Riot 2019 gouache on paper 12 x 9 inches
Cauleen Smith In the Wake: On Blackness and Being 2019 gouache on paper 12 x 9 inches
Cauleen Smith Sinners Keep On Trying: Madikizela 2019 glazed cassius basalt ceramic 12 x 11 x 7 inches
Cauleen Smith Sinners Keep On Trying: O.D.B. 2019 glazed cassius basalt ceramic 15 x 10 x 9 inches
Cauleen Smith Sinners Keep On Trying: Rick James 2019 glazed cassius basalt ceramic 17 x 8 x 11 inches
Cauleen Smith Light up My Life (For Sandra Bland) 2019 Neon, plexiglass, faceted hematite and aluminum chain 78 x 48 inches Edition 1 of 3 and 1AP
Installation view of Loitering is delightful, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery October 31, 2019 - January 12, 2020 Image courtesy of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Photograph by Jeff McLane
Cauleen Smith Orange Jumpsuit 2019 Film transferred to digital video, color, sound Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith I Appreciate You in Advance 2018 Fiberglass screen, woven metalic polyesters, woven two-tone silk 53 x 310 inches
Cauleen Smith Cotton Plant 187? 2018 HD digital video 6:43 minutes Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith SOJOURNERS 2018 six mylar and fabric banners Dimensions vary
Cauleen Smith We Were Never Meant To Survive 2017 satin, poly-satin, wool felt, upholstery, indigo-dyed silk-rayon velvet, metallic thread, embroidery floss,acrylic fabric paint, poly-silk tassels, and sequins 72 x 52 inches
Cauleen Smith Camera, Pen, or Gun? 2017 satin, poly-satin, silk-rayon velvet, indigo-dyed silk-rayon velvet, indigo- dyed silk satin, rayon-polyester ribbon, acrylic fabric paint, satin cord, poly-silk tassel, and sequins 73 x 47 inches
Cauleen Smith Pigeons Are Black Doves 2017 satin, poly-satin, indigo-dyed silk-rayon velvet, indigo-dyed silk satin, embroidery floss, acrylic fabric paint, satin cord, polyester fringe, poly-silk tassels, and sequins 70 x 49 1/2 inches
Cauleen Smith Three Songs about Liberation 2017 16 mm transferred to digital 9:27 minutes Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith Three Songs about Liberation 2017 16 mm transferred to digital 9:27 minutes Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith Chip’s Block 2016 four drawings, graphite, watercolor and/or acrylic on graph paper 8 1/2 x 11 1/5 inches each 14 1/2 x 11 x 1 inches each (framed)
Cauleen Smth, Contuct Your Blooming, 2015, installed at University Art Galleries, UC Irvine 2017.
Cauleen Smith Conduct your Blooming 2015 seven banners, sequin and satin fabric with felt, cotton, velvet and rayon letters Dimensions vary
Cauleen Smith Crow Requiem 2015 Digital Video 11:08 minutes Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith Egungun 2015 Archival pigment print on rag paper 12 x 9 inches; 21 x 18 x 1 1/2 inches (framed) Edition 2 of 8 & 2 APs
Cauleen Smith Lessons in Semaphore 2015 16 mm film transferred to digital file 1:40 minutes Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith H-E-L-L-O 2014 digital video 11:06 minutes Edition 1 of 5 and 2 APs
Cauleen Smith The Score 2012 ceramic 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Cauleen Smith Space Is the Place (A March for Sun Ra) 2011 HD video 10 minutes, 56 seconds edition of 5, 1 AP
Cauleen Smith Sine At The Canyon & Sine At The Sea, By Kelly Gabron 2010/2016 16 mm film transferred to digital video and found digital video 7:06 minutes Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #5 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #3 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #21 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #22 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 10 1/2 x 9 inches
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #11 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 9 1/2 x 8 inches
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #20 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 9 x 8 inches
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #14 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #17 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 10 1/2 x 9 inches
Cauleen Smith Ivory Anthropologie #16 2010 White Out, graphite and acrylic on magazine paper 13 x 7 3/4 inches
Cauleen Smith Black and Blue Over You (After Bas Jan Ader for Ishan) 2010 Film transferred to digital video, color, sound 9:40 minutes Edition 1 of 5 and 2 APs
Cauleen Smith Black and Blue Over You (After Bas Jan Ader for Ishan) 2010 Film transferred to digital video, color, sound 9:40 minutes Edition 4 of 5 and 2 APs
Cauleen Smith Remote Viewing 2009 digital video 14:00 minutes Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith Remote Viewing 2009 digital video 14:00 minutes Edition of five and two Artist’s Proofs
Cauleen Smith Camera Lucida 2015 graphite, watercolor and gouache on paper 12 x 8 1/2 inches
Cauleen Smith Women, Race & Class 2015 graphite and watercolor on paper 12 x 8 1/2 inches
Cauleen Smith Open Veins of Latin America 2016 graphite, watercolor, acrylic and gouache on paper 12 x 8 1/2 inches
Cauleen Smith This Bridge Called My Back 2015 graphite, watercolor and acrylic on paper 12 x 8 1/2 inches
Exhibitions:
Cosmic Meteorites & Other Burners (2020)
Cauleen Smith (2016)
Cauleen Smith: Ivory Anthropologie (2015)Curriculum Vitae:
Catalogs
News + Events:
Cauleen Smith’s Mutualities Featured in The New York Times(2020)
Cauleen Smith interviewed in Hyperallergic (2020)
Cauleen Smith interviewed in Art in America (2020)
Cauleen Smith interviewed in Hyperallergic (2019)
Cauleen Smith featured in Art Forum (2019)
Cauleen Smith in solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art VCU (2019)
Cauleen Smith reviewed in Art in America (2018)
Cauleen Smith screening Lessons in Semaphore at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2018)
Cauleen Smith Awarded United States Artists Fellowship (2018)
Cauleen Smith reviewed in Canadian Art (2017)
Cauleen Smith profiled in the Chicago Tribune (2017)
Cauleen Smith screening of Crow Requiem and discussion with Ian Curry and Krista Franklin at Gallery 400, Chicago (2015)
Cauleen Smith selected by Paul Chan for screenings at the Schaulager (2014)
Scar, Left Cheek at Art Cologne 2013Related Records:
Cauleen Smith: Black Utopia - Rehearsal Tapes & Lectures Selected From The Alton Abraham/Sun Ra Audio Archives (Collector's edition)
Cauleen Smith: Black Utopia - Rehearsal Tapes & Lectures Selected From The Alton Abraham/Sun Ra Audio Archives (Fan edition)
BIO
b. 1967
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Cauleen Smith (born Riverside, California, 1967) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work reflects upon the everyday possibilities of the imagination. Operating in multiple materials and arenas, Smith roots her work firmly within the discourse of mid-twentieth-century experimental film. Drawing from structuralism, third world cinema, and science fiction, she makes things that deploy the tactics of these disciplines while offering a phenomenological experience for spectators and participants.
Her films, objects, and installations have been featured in group exhibitions including the Whitney Biennial (2017), Prospect 4, New Orleans (2017), Studio Museum Harlem; the Contemporary Art Museum Houston; the New Museum, New York; and BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK. She has had solo exhibitions at MASS MoCA; the Art Institute of Chicago; Institute for Contemporary Art Pennsylvania; the Museum of Contemporary, Chicago and upcoming at Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston and a two person exhibition with Theaster Gates at the San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art.
Smith is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the inaugural Ellsworth Kelly Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Art in 2016, the 2016 Herb Alpert Award for Film/Video, Rockefeller Media Arts Award, Creative Capital Film /Video, Chicago 3Arts Grant, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Artadia, a Rauschenberg Residency in 2015 and most recently in 2019 Smith was an artist in residence at Artpace. Smith was born in Riverside, California and grew up in Sacramento. Smith earned a B.A in Cinema from San Francisco State University in 1991 and an M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1998. Smith studied with Trinh T. Minh Ha, Angela Davis, and Lynn Hershman-Gleeson at San Francisco State University. She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. Smith lives in Los Angeles and is a Professor at CalArts School of Art.