www.michaelbillsmith.com
b. Fort Knox, KY 1966. Based in Ogden Dunes, IN.
EDUCATION
2011 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA
1989 University of Kentucky, Bachelor of Architecture
2000 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Certificate In Drawing
2000-02 University of Illinois at Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Art Program
EXHIBITIONS
2012
Live Free and Die, Parade Ground Gallery, New York, NY
25th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Art Prize, The Spot, Grand Rapids, MI
KY.7 Biennial, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2011
Biennial 26, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Text Messages, The Lubeznik Center for The Arts, Michigan City, IN
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2010
Custom Cartouche, (Solo) S.A.I.C.’s Sharp Bldg.-Main Lobby Exhibition Area, Chicago, IL
2009
Opportunity Shop, Home Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Arranged Marriage, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Summer Salon, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
Homocular, (Solo) GBU Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paintings, The Club House Gallery, Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL
2001
Untitled, GBU Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paintings, Lee Tracy Studio, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
2011
Juror’s Award for Biennial 26, (Betsy Carpenter, Curator, Visual Arts / Permanent Collection Walker Art Center), South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
George and Ann Siegel Fellowship Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
2002
Visual Art Scholarship Competition Award, Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL.
2001
Koppe Family Memorial Scholarship for Studio Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago.
1987
Pella Products Scholarship, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
1986
Award for Excellence in Design, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studio Press, 450 Harrison Avenue #47, Boston, MA 02118, Winter Edition 2012.
Barbara Stodola, “Text Messages at the Lubeznik Center: A Sobering Reality,” The Beacher, Volume 27, No. 33, August 25, 2011: 4.
PROFESSIONAL
2012 Michael B. Smith, Architecture and Interior Design
