MICKEY SMITH (b. 1972, Duluth, MN, USA) received a B.A. in Photography from Minnesota State
University Moorhead in 1994. Images from herVolume series have exhibited in New York,
China and Russia. Smith has received the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photography as well
as grants from Forecast Public Art Affairs and CEC ArtsLink.
ONE + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Invisible-Exports, New York, NY 2008
Alvar Alto Library, Vyborg, Russia 2008
PRO ARTE Institute, Pushkin House, St. Petersburg, Russia 2008
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY 2008
Ellen Curlee Gallery, Saint Louis, MO 2007
Carleton College Gould Library, Northfield, MN 2007
Kathy Dowell Art + Service, Kansas City, MO 2007
Projects Gallery, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN 2006
Open Book Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2005
Minnesota History Center, Saint Paul , MN 2005
The Post Office + Public Library, Cooperstown, ND 2004
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Circulation. Gallery Kunstler 2008
Unabridged. Traffic Zone Center for Visual Arts 2008
New Visual Language. hpgrp gallery New York 2007
McKnight Fellows 06/07. Minnesota Center for Photography 2007
Inscribire. Chandra Cerrito Contemporary 2007
WORD. Deborah Colton Gallery 2006
Midwestern Views. Pingyao International Photography Festival 2006
Poster Offensive. Frank Stone Gallery 2004 + 2006
Correspondence. Jon Oulman Gallery 2005
Accords. Frank Stone Gallery 2004
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Hey Hot Shot! Jen Bekman Gallery 200
New Works Gallery. Silver Eye Center for Photography 2006
Photocentric Biennial. Minnesota Center for Photography 2005
Juried by Joan Rothfuss, Curator, Walker Art Center
MN Biennial: 2D II. Minnesota Museum of American Art 2005
Juried by Elizabeth Dunbar, Curator, Kemper Contemporary
Visible Fringe. Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MN 2005
ARTFAIRS + AUCTIONS
Art Chicago, Artspace Projects, Magenta Foundation for the Arts, Minnesota Center for Photography,
North Dakota Museum of Art, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Woodstock Center for Photography
COLLECTIONS
Center for Photography at Woodstock
Deborah Colton Collection
Dorsey + Whitney
Fidelity Corporate Art Collection
Fredrickson + Byron
Minnesota Historical Society
North Dakota Museum of Art
Northland Collection
Weisman Art Museum
Private Collections Nationally
AWARDS + HONORS
CEC Artslink Grantee 2008
Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers (Nominee) 2008
Fulbright Research Fellowship (Finalist + Alternate) 2007/2008
FORECAST Public Art Affairs Grantee 2007
Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward (Honorable Mention) 2007
McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowship for Photography 2006/2007
Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist 2006 + 2007
RESIDENCIES
Contemporary Art in Traditional Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 2008
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO 2007
Oberholtzer Foundation, Mallard Island, MN 1994-2004 + 2007
BIBLIOGRAPHY
One to Watch, by Jessica Gordon. PDNedu. March 2008
Interview, by Brian Sherwin. MyArtSpace.com. October 2007
Featured Artist. American Photography 23. November 2007
Featured Artist. Flash Forward 2007. Magenta Foundation. October 2007
The Medium Itself, by Mason Riddle. mnartists.org. September 2007
Featured Artist. Weekend Series. Flak Photo. September 2007
Project-in-Print + Cover Image . Review Magazine. August 2007
Featured Artist. Flak Photo. February 2007
Cover Image. Photography Quarterly #95. September 2006
Money, Money, Money, by Thomas O’Sullivan. mnartists.org. August 2005