1976 Born in Newport Beach, CA
Lives and works in Long Beach, CA

EDUCATION
2003 MFA in Drawing and Painting, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1998 BS in Studio Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1996-1997 Skidmore College, Academic Year in Paris, France

HONORS AND AWARDS
2008 Professional Artist Fellowship, City of Long Beach
2006 Artist's Residency at Stichting Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005 Painting's Edge Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA
2003 Marilyn Werby Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship recipient, California State University, Long Beach

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Freight+Volume, New York, NY
2008 We Find Ways, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA,
2007 Project Room: Ali Smith, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
DNA Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
2005 She Fell and Missed the Ground, painting installation, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier
College, Whittier, CA
2004 Jump, said the Hole, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Ali Smith and Kelli Vance, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Phenomenon: New Perspectives in Painting, Al-Sabah Art, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
2008 Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, New York, NY
Darren Foote + Ali Smith, RHYS Gallery, Boston, MA
Accident Blackspot 2, Freight and Volume, New York, NY
Luscious Abstraction, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Scope New York, Rhys Gallery
icandy: Current Abstraction in Southern California, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
Petri Dishes, White Box, NY
2007 Mark Moore Gallery Presents, Galerie Brunnhofer, Linz, Austria
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery Booth, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Mark Moore Gallery Booth, IL
Pulse Miami, Mark Moore Gallery
Aqua Miami, Rhys Gallery
Berliner Liste Are Fair, Rhys Gallery
Orange County Museum of Art Auction 2007, Newport Beach, CA
2006 Scapes, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
Ultrasonic International, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, Miami, FL
Urban Impression/ism, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2005 Painting’s Edge, Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA
Drawing Conclusions, Concrete Walls, Los Angeles, CA
CAGED, collaborative sculpture installation with Noah Thomas, The Armory,
Pasadena, CA
Saratoga Semblance, collaborative drawing project with Megan Bogonovich, The Office, Huntington Beach, CA
2004 Inverse, SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA,
LA Driveby #1, Ginza Kyubidou Gallery, Tokyo, JPN
Unscenery, Raid Projects Gallery, collaborative installation with Noah Thomas, Los Angeles, CA
Network, Gallery De Parel, Amsterdam, NL
2003 Vanitas, Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Imaginary Spaces, Real Places, collaborative installation with Noah Thomas, Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA
The Pond and 1/2 Quarter, Raid Projects at Standard Gallery, Standard Gallery,Chicago, IL
Brush, The Office, Huntington Beach, CA
Dog Days, curated by Christopher Miles, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Insights, California State University, Long Beach Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Unnatural, Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 The GAS Station, Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA

COLLECTIONS
Chaney Collection, TX
Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Progressive Insurance Collection, OH
Nina Jun, Los Angeles, CA
Chris and Caron Miles, Los Angeles, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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