- Michael Smith (performance artist)
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For other people named Michael Smith, see Michael Smith (disambiguation).
Michael Smith Born March 8, 1951
Chicago, IllinoisNationality American Field video installation performance Training Colorado College; Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Awards Guggenheim Fellowship (1985); four National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowships (1978, '82, '88, '91) Michael Smith is an American artist born in Chicago, in 1951. He is an influential figure in performance art, video art, and installation art. In the 1980s, he was perceived as "the quirky Ed Sullivan" of the time.[1]
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Mike
He is best known for his performance persona named Mike, the central figure in an ongoing series of narrative projects. Mike, an innocent character who continually falls victim to trends and fashions and his own naive ambitions, allows Smith to comment on discrepancies and absurdities in American culture while creating an unsettling and poignant mixture of humor and pathos.
Education
Michael Smith received his Bachelor of Arts from Colorado College and attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program. He has taught in the Master of Fine Arts programs at Yale, the Cranbrook Academy of Art, UCLA, Art Center College of Design, Columbia University, CalArts and Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has received numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship (1985), and four National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowships (1978, '82, '88, '91).
Exhibitions
Smith has shown his work extensively around the US, Canada and Europe at a variety of venues including museums, galleries, universities, festivals, night clubs, on television and on the street. In New York City he has had solo shows and screenings at the Whitney Museum, The New Museum, the Leo Castelli Gallery, and the Museum of Modern Art.
References
- ^ "Enter Laughing". New York Magazine. Sep 21, 1987. http://books.google.com/books?id=l-UCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA128&dq=Mike+%22Michael+Smith%22+video&hl=en&ei=83sfTcmTNIqAOs-mmOsI&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
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Categories:- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- Colorado College alumni
- Yale University faculty
- Cranbrook Academy of Art faculty
- University of California, Los Angeles faculty
- Columbia University faculty
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
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