Artist CV
Chelsea Smith
Email: smith.chelsea.elizabeth@gmail.com
Work Experience
President of the Board of Directors, January 2024-present PLUG gallery, Kansas City, MO
Virtual Studio Faciltator, April 2020-present Creative Writing Facilitator, February 2019-present
Ceramics Facilitator, September 2017-March 2020
Substitute Visual Arts Facilitator, December 2014-August 2017 NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
Ceramics Instructor, June 2021-present Johnson Country Arts and Heritage Center, Overland Park, KS
Visual Arts Instructor, March 2016-August 2019 Kala Art Institute Berkeley, CA
Substitute Visual Arts Instructor, March 2013-October 2018 Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Pre-school and Elementary English Teacher, November 2011-November 2012 SLP English Academy Seongnam, South Korea
Ceramics Workshop Teacher & Artist's Studio Assistant, July-September 2010, July- September 2011 Hanne Mi Sauge, ceramic artist. Zakynthos, Greece
Artist's Studio Assistant, November 2010-June 2011 James Simon, sculptor. Pittsburgh, PA
Artist's Installation Assistant, March 2010 Anna Maria Maiolino, artist. Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
Artist's Studio Assistant, November 2009 Klara Kristalova, artist. Norrtälje, Sweden
Education
University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Art
Ceramics Bachelor of Arts, Honors, 2007-2010 London, United Kingdom
Selected Group Exhibitions
Belger Arts, Kansas City, MO. Brimming: A Goblet Invitational, July 2024
PLUG gallery, Kansas City, MO. Board Meeting, an exhibition of works by the PLUG board of directors, March 2024
Bunker Center for the Arts, Kansas City, MO. Disconcerting present… or was that a dream? curated by SK Reed, August-September 2023
Kansas City Central Library Branch, Kansas City, MO. In Other Words, curated by Craig Deppen Auge, June-September 2023
Interurban Art House, Overland Park, KS. Her Art/Their Art, March 2023
Johnson County Arts and Heritage Center, Overland Park, KS. Teaching Artists, curated by Ryan Bell, October 2022
Plug Gallery, Kansas City, MO. Run, Run, Quiet, October 2021
Beco Gallery, Kansas City, MO. Temporalis Rite, curated by Elise Gagliardi, April 2021
The Lodger, Kansas City, MO. The Uninvited Guest, November 2020
Dream Farm Commons, Oakland, CA. Mail Art, April 2020
NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA. Through My Eyes, February 2020
Open Windows Cooperative, San Francisco, CA. The Rim of Morning, January 2020
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA. Artists Annual, December 2019
NCECA (National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts), Pittsburgh, PA. Gist Street Exhibition, March 2018
MOCHA, Oakland, CA. Summer Group Exhibition, October 2016
Old School Art House, Hrísey, Iceland. Artists in residence, June 2014
Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India. Artists in Residence, December 2012
Solo Exhibitions
Artist Television Access Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Anonymous Bosch, June 2019
Octopus Literary Salon and Gallery, Oakland, CA. Chelsea Smith New Works, June 2018
E.M. Wolfman, Oakland, CA. Floe, February 2017
Selected Curatorial Projects
Troost Gardens Gallery, Kansas City, MO. Fortune’s Moving, May 2023
Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Not Quite Fatal, June-August 2022
Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO. Not Quite Fatal, January-February 2022
Imagine That Gallery, Kansas City, MO. The Smallest Great Unknown, January 2021
Open Windows Cooperative, San Francisco, CA. The Rim of Morning, January 2020
Awards and Residencies
NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA. Teaching Artist Sabbatical, July-October 2023
Gracia, Antigua, Guatemala. Artist in residence, 2023
Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Curatorial residency, 2022
Mother’s Milk, Newton, KS. Artist in residence, 2022
Charlotte St Foundation, Kansas City, MO. Rocket Relief grant recipient, 2021
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA. Artists Now grant recipient, 2020
Maker’s Circle, Marshall, NC. Artist in residence, 2019
Azule Artist Residency, Hot Springs, NC. Artist in residence, 2018
Tiapapata Art Centre, Apia, Samoa. Artist in residence, 2017
Old School Art House, Hrísey, Iceland. Artist in residence, 2014
Sanskriti-Kendra, New Delhi, India. Artist in residence, 2012