UPCOMING
The Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis OR | March 19 - May 10, 2026
End Cycle, The Vestibule, Seattle | October 25 - December 7, 2025
photo by Mario Gallucci
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
End Cycle, The Vestibule | Seattle, WA
Paper Prototype, Carnation Contemporary | Portland, OR
Starlight, No Vacancy Window Gallery | Portland, OR
Playground , 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, KyotoBA | Kyoto Japan
2020
Spaces Between Edges, SOWA | Boston MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Horizon, PICA TBA Festival | Portland, OR
Lightness of Being, Create! Magazine (online)
2024
Decomposition, SOIL Gallery | Seattle, WA
En Motion, Well Well Projects | Portland, OR
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
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
2025 Career Opportunity Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission + Ford Family Foundaiton
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
2016 Learning Innovation Fellow, MIT Media Lab Learning Initiative, Cambridge MA
2012 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, New York NY