Kim Smith Claudel

Portland OR

kimsmithclaudel@gmail.com


Education

SM Media Arts and Sciences — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge MA, 2017

MFA Fine Art — School of Visual Arts, New York NY, 2012

BFA Fine Art — Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, 2005

Solo Exhibitions

2025

The Vestibule, Seattle, WA

Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR

Playgound , The Painting Center, New York, NY

Tender to the Touch , Mt Hood Visual Arts Gallery, Gresham, OR

2024

Ghosts in the Void , Building 5, Portland, OR

In Present Space , Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR

2023

A New Science for Every Object (solo exhibition), KyotoBA, Kyoto Japan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

No Vacancy Window Gallery, Portland, OR

Decomposition, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA

2023

Going Steady, Carnation Contemporary, Portland OR

Friend of a Friend, Carnation Contemporary, Portland OR


2022

Smart Objects / Flattened Images, Well Well Projects, Portland OR


2020

Spaces Between Edges, SOWA, Boston MA

ROX/SE, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA

Sizzle, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA


2019

WET, Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA


2017

SOWA Open Studios, Boston MA


2015

Uninhibited, Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge MA

SOWA Open Studios, Boston MA

Gathering Gestures, Cambridge MA


2014

Emrupt, Leigh Wen Gallery, New York NY


2013

How Was It?, Brooklyn Works, Brooklyn NY

Bay Ridge SAW, Brooklyn NY

Boundaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, Cambridge MA

289 Days, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York NY 


2012 

Boundaries, Skissernas Museum, Lund Sweden

School of Visual Arts MFA Spring Open Studios, New York NY 

Pulse: Post, Post, Post Modern, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn NY 

Every Once Sometimes Now, Visual Arts Gallery, New York NY 


2011 

Portals, The Arts Center, Corvallis OR 

Works In Progress, curated by Vic Muniz, Brooklyn NY 

Everything Falls Apart, curated by Asya Geisberg, Visual Arts Gallery, New York NY 

School of Visual Arts MFA Spring Open Studios, New York NY 


2010 

The Other Side, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 

Affiliations + Honors

2023-present Carnation Contemporary Gallery, member, Portland OR

2024 Building 5 Residency, Portland OR

2022-present WAVE Contemporary, member, Portland OR

2018 Boston Center for the Arts, Visual Arts Resident, Boston MA

2017 MIT 100K Semi-Finalist, MIT, Cambridge MA

2016 Learning Innovation Fellow, MIT Media Lab Learning Initiative, Cambridge MA

2012 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, New York NY