Kim Smith Claudel
Portland OR
kimsmithclaudel@gmail.com
Experience
Visual Design, freelance, 2017 - present
Learning Beautiful, Founder, 2017 - present
MIT Media Lab, Research Artist, Cambridge MA 2012-2017
Adobe Creative Technologies Lab, San Francisco CA, 2016
US Peace Corps, Zambian Ministry of Health, Zambia, 2007-2009
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
Affiliations + Honors
2023-present Carnation Contemporary Gallery, member, 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
2005 Outstanding Senior Award, Department of Art, Oregon State University
2005 College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Senior Award, Oregon State University
2005 College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Purchase Award, Oregon State University
2001 Plinkiewisch Award, Oregon State University
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Going Steady, Carnation Contemporary, Portland OR
A New Science for Every Object (solo exhibition), Kyotoba, Kyoto Japan
Friends of Friends, 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