Michael Peter Smith

           

American, Born in Hemet, CA, 1971

           

Lives in New York

 

EDUCATION

2000

MFA in Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1997

BFA in Sculpture, Minor in Mathematics
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

 

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006 Solo Exhibition, Ambrosino Gallery Miami, FL
2005 ...and other stories, Body Builder & Sportsman Gallery
Chicago, IL, Solo Exhibition
2004 Queens International 2004, Queens Museum of Art
Queens, NY, Group Exhibition
  Face Off, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts
New York, NY, Group Exhibition
  Some Exhaust, Lehmann Maupin Gallery
New York, NY, Group Exhibition
  Constructed Realities, Southeastern Louisiana University- Center for Contemporary Art
Hammond, LA, Group Exhibition
  Cakewalk, Ambrosino Gallery
Miami, FL, Group Exhibition
  Terrorvision, Exit Art
New York, NY, Group Exhibition
  AIM 24, The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, NY, Group Exhibition
  Plane and Elevation, Art in General
New York, NY, Group Exhibition
  John in the Desert, Jeff Bailey Gallery
New York, NY, Solo Exhibition
2003 Doing Business <Dysfunctional Corporate Culture>, Contemporary Art Galleries- University of Connecticut
Storrs &Stamford, CT, Traveling Group Exhibition
  Plastic Fantastic, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space
Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition
  Art Work, Chela Gallery
Baltimore, MD, Group Exhibition
  American Dream, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts
New York, NY, Group Exhibition
Bad Star, Body Builder & Sportman Gallery
Chicago, IL, Solo Exhibition
2002 The Storefront, Weather Records
Brooklyn, NY, Group Exhibition

2001
  

Escape, Standard Gallery Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition
  Models and Materials, Body Builder & Sportman
Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition
 

The Summer Show, Gallery 312
Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition

 

Multiples, NFA Space with Body Builder & Sportsman
Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition

2000

Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition

 

Fantastic Voyage, 6100 S. Blackstone, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition
New Talent 2, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition
Electraslip Knife, 2153 W. Division, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition

 

The MFA Graduate Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition

1999

The Multiples Show, Body Builder & Sportsman, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition

 

Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition

1998

The Multiples Show, Body Builder & Sportsman, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition

 

Mixed Media & Works on Paper, Union Pacific Depot Building

 

Salt Lake City, UT, Group Exhibition

1997

Finch Lane

 

Salt Lake City, UT, Exhibition with two other Artists

1996

Springville Annual Art Exhibition, Springville Art Gallery

 

Springville, UT, Group Exhibition

 

Specific Objects, The University of Utah Union Gallery

 

Salt Lake City, UT, Solo Exhibition

 

 

 

 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2006 Mike Peter Smith, Sculpture Magazine, Polly Ullrich, May , pp. 70-71
2005 Nauman's fountains are not just freewheeling fun,
The Chicago Tribune, Alan G. Artner, October 14

2004

The New York Times, Grace Glueck, Friday, October 1

 

Shortlist, 'Some Exhaust,' The Village Voice, Kim Levin, September 8-14

  Escape From The Ordinary, NY Arts, Danielle Augusta Cannon, July/August
  Multimedia celebration of the tart and quirky
The Miami Herald, Elisa Turner, June 29
  Batter Up, Miami New Times, Michelle Weinberg, June 10
2003

Biting the Hand That Feeds Them, The New York Times, Benjamin Genocchio, December 7

 

Handle With Care, The Baltimore City Paper, Blake de Pastino, April 23

2001

A Meticulous Dane, The Chicago Tribune, Alan G. Artner, August 17