biography
1955
Born New Jersey, US
1960
Attended public school South Orange, NJ
1971
Alternative high school, Changes Inc., Maplewood, NJ
1973
Sarah Lawrence, summer program Florence
1974
Bennington College, VT moved to Boston, enrolled in studio classes
and art history with Sam Edgerton at Boston University
1975
Traveled in Tuscany for three months,
returned to Boston, B.U. independent study
1976
Museum School, Boston, Independent Study in Photography
1977
Designed sporting goods shop, Allston, MA
1978
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, studied photography, art theory
1979
Moved to New York
1983
Designed Patricia Field shop NYC
1984
Parevents, group exhibition chez Jule Werner,
co-curated by Paul Andriesse, Kerpen, Germany
1985
Moved to Paris
1988
Jule Kewenig Gallery, solo exhibition, Frechen-Bachem, Germany
Atelier, group exhibition, Musee D'art Moderne de la Ville du Paris
Tom Cugliani Gallery, solo exhibition, New York
1990
Urbi & Orbi-Gilles Dusein, solo exhibition Paris
1991
Escales, temporary site-specific projects curated by Jerome Sans, Bretange
1992
Commission Permanent, project parking garage, Reims
Sites et Paysage, Parc naturel regional de la montagne de Reims, Conference
Nature et Artifice, Universite Europeenne D'Ete Carre Des Science
Association Descartes-Science Technique Societe, Conference, Paris
1993
Echelles du Paysage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Musee de Rennes, Conference
1994
Musee des Beaux Arts du Nantes, projects room, curated by Jonas Storsve
1995
Seton Smith, published by Electa in conjunction with exhibition at Le Capitou,
10 year retrospective, curated by Jean Michel Foray, Frejus
1998
Without Warning, published by Actes Sud, in collaboration with the
Foundation du France and Credit Commercial du France
Pale Guide to Transparent Things, project curated by Adam Weinberg,
The Whitney of American Art, New York
2001
City People, published by Coromandel with texts by Lydia Davis, Paris
2002
Smiths: Tony, Kiki, Seton, curated by Gilbert Brownstone,
Palm Beach ICA, Lake Worth FL
Questions de Rencontre, Conference with Moshe Ninio, Hotel Rivet,
Ecole des Beaux Art de Nimes, visiting teacher
Breakfast with the Arts, TV Interview with Kiki Smith by M. Kimmelman
Smith's Palm Beach Hilton, exhibition ICA Lake Worth, FL. Conference
2004
Returned to New York
Museum of Folk Art studied History of American Furniture
2005
Journee Patrmoine & Creation Contemporaine, Centre des Arts,
Enghien les Bains, Conference
New School studied History of Urbanism in US, Sociology in Urbanism,
Cooper Union studied History of Gardens
2006
New School, studied History of Suburbs, Layers and Spaces in
Urbanism, American History I, Green Buildings
Talk, University of Seoul, Korea
2007
New School studied American History ll, Theories of Modernity
Selected Public and Corporate Collections
  Centre George Pompidou, Paris
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Los Angeles County Museum, L.A.
Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Mamco, Geneve
West Collection at SEI, PA, Paris
Readers Digest, New York
Lhoist Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Refco Group Limited, New York
Linc Corporation, Chicago, San Francisco
Flieisher, Fried, Frank, Harris, Jacobson, New York