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Yvette Kaiser-Smith
©2006 Theresa Bertocci		 Yvette Kaiser-Smith
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1958
Education: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, MFA, 1994
Yale Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT, 1990
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, BFA, 1990
Lives in Chicago, IL


The synthetic beauty of Yvette Kaiser-Smith’s life-size crocheted fiberglass and polyester resin sculptures speak to identity shaped by human biology and social behavior. Stretched and twisted into gravity-defying hollows and bulbous curves, her works fuse formal metaphors for the female body and cellular patterns with the hand-labor traditionally associated with women’s domestic roles. Her glistening membranes derive their tension from  multiple contradictions — strength/weakness, protection/vulnerability, beauty/ugliness— that deftly articulate both feminist and human concerns.

upcoming exhibitions

  • Alfedena Gallery, Digits, solo show in galleries 1 and 2, sculpture, March 14-May 17, 2008
    Opening Reception: Friday, March 14, 2008, 5:00 - 8:00pm
  • From Concept to Collection, rotational exhibition highlighting selections from the EAM Collection
    Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, August 18, 2007 - July 18, 2008
  • New permanent installation, 3 works in the main lobbies of the Old Orchard Towers, Skokie, IL (on view now)
  • Extended stairwell installation, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN (currently on view)

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    Yvette Kaiser-Smith: DIGITS Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, 2008

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    Identity Sequence e 4 2007, (full and detail view), crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, 121 x 117 x 8 inches, $35,000

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    Identity Sequence RW Pi 2007/08, (full and detail view), crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, 86 x 112 x 6 inches, $25,000

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    Identity Sequence e Black 2007, (full and detail view), crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, 72 x 92 x 32 inches, $18,000

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    Pascal's Triangle Red 2007, (full and detail view), crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, 76 x 204 x 8 inches, $18,000

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    Pascal's Triangle Green 2008, (full and detail view), crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, 86 x 220 x 5 inches, $18,000

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    Etude 3.1415 2008, (full and detail view), crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, 37 x 33 x 14 inches, $5,000

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    Etude 3.14 2008, (full and detail view), crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, 20 x 58 x 8 inches, $5,000

    installation phototgrahy of the exhibition, "DIGITS" by James Prinz, 2008



    Other available works in gallery inventory

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    Natural Selection 2004-05, crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, enamel, 91 x 175 x 19 inches


    Quiet Assimilation 2002, crocheted fiberglass, polyester resin, enamel, 91 x 107 19 inches