Résumé
Education
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M.F.A. Studio Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 2001 |
M.A. Studio Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 1997 |
B.F.A. Studio Art, area of specialization: Art Metals Cum Laude, Presidential Scholar, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
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More Than Adornment - Work by Anika Smulovitz Appalachian Center for Crafts, Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, TN |
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New Work by Anika Smulovitz Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI |
| 2005 |
Lips: Anika Smulovitz East Central College Gallery, East Central College, Union, MO |
| 2004 |
Anika Smulovitz - metals Olive DeLuce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO |
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Selected Two to Six Person Exhibitions
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Winter Group Exhibition (five-person exhibition) Taboo Studio – Contemporary Art Jewelry, San Diego, CA |
| 2006 |
The Progressives (six-person exhibition) Faceré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2004 |
Visiting Artist Exhibition: Heather Elliott-Famularo & Murray McKay , Anika Smulovitz , Edie Tsong (four-person exhibition) Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI |
| 2003 |
Fetish & Ritual (three-person exhibition) Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA |
Selected Invitational Exhibitions
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The Edges of Grace: Provocative, Uncommon Craft (catalogue) Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA Curator: Gail M. Brown, Independent Curator of Contemporary Crafts |
| 2005 |
Interpreting The Chanukah Menorah Gotthelf Art Gallery, San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, La Jolla, CA Curators: Randy Savarese, Gotthelf Art Gallery Curator |
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Metals Instructors Summer 2005 Exhibition Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Curators: Kathryn Gremley, Penland Gallery Exhibits Manager |
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.925 + Ingenuity = Art Jewelry The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA Curators: Diane W. Abbott, SAC Exhibit Manager, and Beth Ann Gerstein, SAC Exec. Director |
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Hanging in Balance: Forty-two Contemporary Necklaces (traveling exhibition; 14 international artists; catalogue) Visual Arts Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA Curators: Kate Bonansinga, UTEP Gallery Director, and Rachelle Thiewes, Prof. UTEP |
| 2003 |
Evocative Objects (catalogue) Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI Curators: Sondra Sherman, Bannister Gallery Director |
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Exhibition in Motion III (exhibition/fashion show) 2003 SNAG Conference Academy of Art College Church, San Francisco, CA Curators: Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt, owners of Velvet da Vinci Gallery, CA |
| 2002 |
Wearable Glass Art Chappell Gallery, Boston, MA Curators: Alice Chappell, owner of Chappell Gallery |
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Outside the Box Objects of Desire Gallery, Louisville, KY Curators: Julia Comer, Objects of Desire Gallery Owner |
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A Tradition of Craft: Wisconsin Metalsmiths Artspace, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI Curators: Graeme Reid, Kohler Arts Center Assistant Curator of Exhibitions |
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Judaica Metals Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY Curators: Erika Rosenbaum, Aaron Faber Gallery Director |
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Selected Juried Exhibitions
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2007 Idaho Triennial (regional juried exhibition) Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID Juror: Amy Pence-Brown, Associate Curator of Art, Boise Art Museum (75 pieces by 25 artists selected out of 1326 entries submitted by 249 artists) |
| 2006 |
The Art of Craft (national juried exhibition) b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, NY Juror: Lois Moran, Editor-in-Chief of American Craft Magazine (48 pieces selected out of over 300) |
| 2005 |
Table Top Metal (national juried exhibition) Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO Jurors: Boris Bally, metalsmith, curator, and juror |
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Crafts USA '05, National Craft Triennial (national juried; catalogue) Silvermine Galleries, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT Juror: Gail M. Brown, Independent Curator of Contemporary Craft (150 pieces accepted out of 850) |
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Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2005 (international juried exhibition; catalogue) Honorable Mention Cheongju Art Center, National Cheongju Museum, Cheongju City, Korea Jurors: Ock Soo Lim, Prof. Of Jeonju Univ, Korea, and Won Gyo Choo, Prof. Of Hanyang Univ, Korea (21 Korean and 27 Foreign pieces were selected from 81 Korean and 113 Foreign entries) |
| 2004 |
Hammer & Hand (national juried exhibition) Center Art Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI Juror: Anna Fariello, independent curator and research specialist in American craft |
| 2003 |
bigLITTLE: Jewelers and Sculptors Making it in Metal (national juried exhibition) Oakland Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA Juror: DiAnne Love, Gallery Coordinator, Office of the Mayor, Oakland Craft and Cultural Arts Dept., Rachel Osajima, Independent Curator, and Donna Briskin, collector (103 entries chosen out of 360) |
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25th Annual Contemporary Crafts (national juried exhibition; catalogue) Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ Juror: Harold Nelson, Director Long Beach Museum of Art (43 entries chosen out of 720) |
| 2002 |
New American Crafts (national juried exhibition), Award of Merit Concord Art Association, Concord, MA Juror: Alice Chappell, owner Chappell Gallery |
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Innovative Tools for Personal Use (national juried exhibition; catalogue) sponsored by 3M and The Society for North American Goldsmiths The Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO Juror: Charles Crowley, silversmith, Kiff Slemmons, jeweler, and Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Montgomery Prof. of American Decorative Arts, Yale Univ. |
| 2001 |
Metal Departures (national juried exhibition; catalogue) sponsored by The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths Emerson and Rose Galleries, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO Juror: Pat Flynn, artist/jeweler (84 entries chosen out of 300) |
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Transformation: Contemporary Works in Small Metals and Jewelry, the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize Exhibition (national juried traveling exhibition; catalogue) Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH The National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN Juror: David Revere McFadden, Chief Curator American Craft Museum NY, Bruce Metcalf, metalsmith/art critic, Alexandra Raphael, enamellist, London, Catherine Raphael, metalsmith, Margaret Raphael, filmmaker, and Janet L. McCall, SCC Executive Director (36 finalists chosen out of 167) |
Selected Grants and Awards
| 2006 |
Saul Bell Design Award Finalist, Rio Grande |
| 2005 |
U.S. Design Patent No. D507,074 for "LIP LINER", USA |
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Selected Bibliography
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Marthe Le Van, editor, The Art of Jewelry: Paper Jewelry, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2006, 25, 89. ISBN# 1-57990-814-4 |
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Marthe Le Van, editor, 500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2006, 33, 184, 293. ISBN# 1-57990-701-6 |
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Joanna Gollberg, The Art & Craft of Making Jewelry: A Complete Guide to Essential Techniques, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2006, 34,42. ISBN# 1-57990-570-6 |
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Susan Mowery Kieffer, editor, 500 Baskets: A Celebration of the Basketmaker’s Art, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2006, 372. ISBN# 1-57990-731-8 |
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"Anika Smulovitz", Metalsmith, Juried Exhibition in Print 2006: Breaking the Code, vol. 26, no.4, 42. |
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Elizabeth Goring, "Jewelry and Communication: Breaking the Code", Metalsmith, Juried Exhibition in Print 2006: Breaking the Code, vol. 26, no.4, 9. |
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Diane Falkenhagen, "REVIEWS: Hanging in Balance: 42 Contemporary Necklaces", Metalsmith, Spring 2006, vol. 26, no. 1, 49. |
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Chris Bivins, "With This Ring", Artisan Northwest, Winter 2006, vol. 3, no.1, 8, 20 - 23. |
| 2005 |
Marthe Le Van, Fabulous Jewelry from Found Objects: Creative Projects, Simple Techniques, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2005, 37. ISBN# 1-57990-562-5 |
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"PORTFOLIO: ANIKA SMULOVITZ", American Craft, vol. 65 no. 3, June/July 2005, 57. |
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"New Math", Lapidary Journal, vol. 59 no. 1, April 2005, 18. |
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Kim Roedi, "Necklace Art: Adornment on Display, Hang Time: UTEP necklace exhibit breaks out of the loop", El Paso Times, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005, 1F, 7F. |
| 2004 |
Marthe Le Van, editor, 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments for the Hand, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2004, 45. ISBN# 1-57990-508-0 |
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Hanging in Balance: 42 contemporary necklaces, Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, 2004, 9, 25, 58-59, 63. ISBN# 0-9760154-2-0 |
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Bruce Metcalf, "Is There a Jewelry Avant-garde?", Metalsmith, summer 2004, vol. 24, no. 3, 15. |
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Katherine Ingraham, "REVIEWS: Evocative Objects: Studio Metalsmithing and Jewelry, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, Oct. 30 — Nov. 26, 2003", Metalsmith, Spring 2004, vol. 24, no. 2, 52. |
| 2003 |
Dona Z. Meilach, Art Jewelry Today, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2003, 119. ISBN# 0-7643-1766-0 |
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