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RESUME
I am an artist and poet born in Blacksburg VA., 1993. I moved 11 times before turning 18, some of which was spent in Upstate New York, Miami, and New Orleans. I studied art and landscape studies at Smith College. I moved back to New Orleans after graduating and worked at the Contemporary Arts Center as a grant writer until my mother was diagnosed with cancer. I left my position to help care for her, and began committing time to my artistic practice again. I was included in the first significant shows of my career the same month she died, August 2018, one opening the night of her death.
Education:
B.A., Studio Art and Landscape Studies, Smith College, May 2015
Solo Exhibitions & Installations:
• Did your boyfriends ever come over and try to use your dads dental equipment to do balance beam stuff, The Front, New Orleans, LA. March-April 2021.
• Where I go, The Front, New Orleans, LA. November-December 2020.
• Men in Agony, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, LA. January 2020.
• Six Simple Machines, Aquarium Gallery, New Orleans, LA. November 2019 .
• Mother’s Hands (in blue), Lucky Art Fair, New Orleans, LA. June 2019.
• Orifice, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, LA. May 2019.
• Orifice, Springboard Arts, Fergus Falls, MN, May 2019.
• My Mother’s Last Garden, Art Klub, New Orleans, LA. March-April 2019.
• AS WE MOVE FURTHER FROM EACH OTHER ACROSS TIME/SPACE DIMENSIONS I FEEL YOUR ANGER INSIDE ME AND AM GRATEFUL FOR THE PROXIMITY, Southern Heat Exchange, New Orleans, LA. February-March 2019.
• Buttered, The Freezer, Skagastrond, Iceland. Performance Series. Summer 2014.
• Perception//Interception, Nolen Art Lounge, Northampton, MA. Solo Exhibition. Spring 2014.
Group Exhibitions:
• Louisiana Contemporary, curated by Hallie Ringle of the Birmingham Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, August 2021
• Far and Wide, curated by Nicelle Beauchene and Franklin Parrasch of Parts & Labor Beacon, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, June 2021
• Watching the Palms Swirl a Sickening Pattern Past the Glass, Curated by Rosalie Smith, The Front, May 2021.
• Make America What America Must Become, curated by George Scheer, Katrinne Neumann, and Toccarra A.H. Thomas, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, August 2020-April 2021
• New Member Show, The Front, New Orleans, Louisiana. January 2020.
• Visions of Venus, St. Petersburg Women’s Collective, St. Petersburg, FL. May-June 2019.
• Farewell Show, Brand New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. September-October 2018.
• Ephemeral Voice, Book Club Gallery, New Orleans, LA. October 2018.
• Fabricated, Brand New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. August-September 2018.
• Constructing the Break, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. August-October 2018.
• Greater Times, Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro ME. Solo Exhibition. August 2017.
• Still Life Show, 5 Press Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition. September 2016.
• Photography Show, Alice Galleries, Islesboro, ME. Group Exhibition. August 2015.
• Best of Summer, Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro, ME. Group Exhibition. August 2015.
• Island Landscapes, Alice Galleries, Islesboro, ME. Group Exhibition. July 2015.
• Mixed Messages.5 , Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition. Summer 2015.
• Social Bodies, Janotta Gallery, Northampton, MA. Group Exhibition, Spring 2015.
• Groundhog Day, Jannotta Gallery, Northampton, MA. Group Exhibition. Winter 2014.
Curatorial:
Gas Station Projects, curator, founder, & facilitator, April 2021-present. A roving art exhibition series popping up in disused spaces in New Orleans.
Watching the Palms Swirl a Sickening Pattern Past the Glass, group exhibition featuring Rosalie Smith, Lee Deigaard, Malcolm Peacock, Keysha Rivera, Howie Alison, and Bruce Q. Williams, The Front, May 2021
Grants, Workshops, & Residencies:
• Burnaway, Art Writing Intensive, Summer 2021.
• Southern Heat Exchange, Digital Residency. September 2020.
• Prospect Satelite Grant, Awarded in January 2020, for the second year of Lucky Art Fair, upcoming in 2021.
• Hinge Arts at the Kirkbridge, Career Development Residency, Fergus Falls, MN. April-May 2019.
• Art Klub, Visual Artist Residency, New Orleans, LA, December 2018-June 2019.
• Snow Farm Craft School, Monotype Printing Workshop, Williamsburg, MA, October 2018, funded by the Teaching Artist Scholarship.
• Nes Artist Residency, Skargastrond, Iceland, July 2014-August 2014.
Professional Experience:
• Founder & Creative Director, Lucky Art Fair, New Orleans, LA, December 2018-present
Conceptualized, founded, co-directed this experimental art fair, which had a socialist financial and curatorial model, ensuring that all artists had equal opportunity to be represented and paid by the fair, regardless of the marketability of their work. Provided microgrants to local BIPOC creatives in need in Fall 2020.
• Institutional Giving Manager, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, March 2016-July 2017, Grant Writer, Event Planning, Social Media, Development. Wrote an average of 85 grants per year with a 65-70% success rate.
Press:
•https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/rosalie-smith-collective-grief-cac-new-orleans-1234590324/, ONE WORK: ROSALIE SMITH’S “MY MOTHER’S LAST GARDEN,” By Lauren Stroh, April 20, 2021
• https://burnaway.org/daily/a-portrait-of-time-collapsing-at-the-front-new-orleans/
• WWNO/Via Nola Vie, “In search of radical equity: In conversation with Lucky Art Fair’s Rosalie Smith and Regina Parkinson,” David Bennedetto, AUG 29, 2019
• Here Magazine, “Meet the New Orleans Artists Lifting Community Spirits,” Ally Betker https://www.heremagazine.com/articles/new-orleans-artists
• Here Magazine, “The Survival of New Orleans's Arts Community After Katrina,” Ally Betker https://www.heremagazine.com/articles/new-orleans-artists-katrina
• The Advocate, “Want to get lucky? More than 35 artists take over a Mid-City locale for all-is-equal art installation,” Sue Strachan https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/article_862f4ce0-83d6-11e9-8382-87f6ccd64afe.html
• Fergus Falls Journal, “Exploring grief, death, and life: Rosalie Smith Explores the ephemeral through her Art,” Johanna Armstrong https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/2019/04/exploring-grief-death-and-life-rosalie-smith-explores-the-ephemeral-through-her-art/?fbclid=IwAR3G3wH4gfShni2OZ3hbY-qTlRcvN1thuOhsNDGEtbCFbgmMfgLkVi4AnnM
• The Piece with Madame Kelso: Rosalie Smith & "Evoking the Father" by Sharon Hoffman https://www.buzzsprout.com/247991/1044346
• Critics’ Picks: “Constructing the Break” at the Contemporary Arts Center, Nic Brierre Aziz , John D’addario, Taylor Murrow, September 18, 2018