Shavana Smiley
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
born Tucson, AZ 1992
shavana@shavanasmiley.com
www.shavanasmiley.com
Exhibitions
2021 Sexy Sex, Gallery Perchee, (Virtual)
Talisman, Monica King Projects (Virtual)
2020 Bushwick Open Studios 2020, (Virtual)
Nature, Virtual Online Show at yupinpramotepipop.com
Dearly Disillusioned: In the Making, The McNichols Civic Center, Denver, CO
2019 Synthesis: Art and Nature in the Post-Digital Age, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA
2018 Border Walls, The Border Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2017 ∞ = ø, Space 776, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Better Than Real, Miller Contemporary, New York, NY (Solo)
Work, Miller Contemporary, New York, NY
4 Hours Specific, Space 776, Brooklyn, NY
Art Expo New York, New York, NY
2015 The New New People, Big Irv’s Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hex Art, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
Cubicle The Musical, 537 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
Undergraduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Nippon 22, 900 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
2014 Design Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
The Walk, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
SAIC at 900, 900 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
2013 Five Gals, 20 North State Street, Chicago, IL
Underwater, Johrei Fellowship, Tucson, AZ (Solo)
2012 Next Gallery, The Charlestowne Mall, Chicago, IL
Art Bash, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 The Scholarship Collection, The Westin La Paloma, Tucson, AZ (Solo)
Where Desert Meets Water, Floating Stone, Tubac, AZ
Mujeres, Raices Taller 222, Tucson, AZ
Viviendo Verde, Raices Taller 222, Tucson, AZ
2010 Small Wonders, The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ
2008 Milagros Gallery, La Encantada, Tucson, AZ
Education
2015 Bachelors of Fine Arts with Honors, School of the Art Institute of Chicago