Yvette Kaiser-Smith
Born: Prague, Czechoslovakia

Education
1994 MFA, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1990 BFA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Yale Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT


Selected Solo Shows
2008 Yvette Kaiser-Smith: DIGITS, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 March 20 – April 28, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2006 Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
2005 Illinois Institute of Art, 180 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL
2005 Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
2004 Community Structures, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2004 Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2003 Sculptural Flesh, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2003 Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, OH
2003 Cloaked Modifiers, CIU Art Lounge, University of Illinois at Chicago
2002 Dimensional Exchanges, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
2002 Groupings, Cook County Bldg., main lobby, sponsored by Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2001 Nonlinear Feedback, Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2000 New Work, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2000 Pattern Generation, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1999 Holding Pattern, Peter Miller Gallery, project space, Chicago, IL
1999 Translucent Innuendoes, ACME Art Gallery, Columbus, OH
1999 Domains of Intimacy, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren, OH
1998 Metaphors, E. L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1998 Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Curators Choice, Chicago, IL
1998 InsideArt Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Beyond Sculpture, Kishwaukee Art Gallery, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL


Selected Two-person Shows
2005 With Carrie Natori, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany
2005 Narratives of Biology and Identity, with Beverly Kedzior , Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL
2005 Parallel Utterances, with Gisela Insuaste, The Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2004 Progression of Patterns, with Mark Literski, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2001 Patterns of Construction, with Nancy Rosen, The Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
1997 Sculptures and Photographs, with Alice Hargrave, Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
1997 Penetralia, with Ulrike Johannsen, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Shows
2008 From Concept to Collection, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL
2006 Rockford Midwestern Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2006 Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2006 Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
2005 Graffiti Stories, Hyunnart Studio, Rome, Italy
2005 NOVA Young Art Fair, Courtesy New Context Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 The Feminine Eye, Bradley University Art Galleries, Peoria, IL
2003 Chicago Sculpture 2003: Artists on the Map, Lake and Morgan, Chicago, IL
2003 Pins and Needles, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2003 Material Presence, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
2003 ISC@GFS, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2003 The Summer Show, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
2003 6th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Not of Iron, Illinois State Museum, Thompson Center, Chicago, IL (traveling exhibition)
2002 Pilsen Artists’ Open House, Courtesy S.O.B.S., Chicago, IL
2002 U. S. Embassy, Ankara, Turkey (2 year loan)
2002 Midwestern Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2002 Spaso House, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, Russia (4 year loan)
2002 Organic Forms/Synthetic Materials, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2002 North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
2001 Mapping Cultures, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2001 External Form, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
2001 41st Annual Invitational Exhibit, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2001 Crochet Ancient Craft: Contemporary Art, The Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
2000 Blurred Boundaries, The Arts Center of the Capitol Region, Troy, NY
2000 Departure/Return, Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, TX
2000 Amazon Rising: A River of Art, Shedd Aquarium sponsored outdoor installation at 215 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
2000 Three by Three, O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, TX
2000 Chain Reaction, Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2000 Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Elements 2000, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
2000 Midwest Fiber – 3 D, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
1999 Fetish, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
1999 The Object Of Sculpture, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1998 JennJoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
1998 Janina Started All Of This, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1998 Surface Tension, Indiana University Purdue University at Ft. Wayne, IN
1998 S.O.F.A. International Expo, courtesy Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Sculpture: The-3D Process, Charles Sumner School Museum, Washington, DC
1997 ARC Regional, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Women in Abstraction, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 1997 Figurative Abstraction, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Heat, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 Transfigurations, Gallery 7000, Chicago, IL
1997 The Body, Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY


Selected Grants and Awards
2005 Governor’s International Arts Exchange Program Grant, an Illinois Arts Council Program
2005 Finalist for the New Indianapolis Airport Arts and Culture Program
2003 CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council Access Program
2002 Connoisseurs Award, The North American Sculpture Exhibition, Golden, CO
2000 Best of Show Award, Midwestern Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1998 CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council Access Program
1996 CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) Grant, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council Access Program
1995 H. R. Meininger Co. Award, The North American Sculpture Exhibition, Golden, CO


Bibliography
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Commissions and Collections
2005 Englewood Senior Satellite Center, Chicago, IL
Deloitte, Chicago, IL
US Embassy, Abuja, Nigeria
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL
City of Port Royal, Beaufort County, SC
UIC Hospital, Nutrition and Wellness Clinic, Chicago, IL