Sunny A. Smith

Sunny A. Smith (born 1972 in Manassas, Virginia) is an American artist who is based in Oakland, California.[1] Smith's work draws from American history to create artworks which combine social practice, performance, and craft-based sculpture.[2]

Smith has exhibited their work professionally since 1995 in the United States and internationally. They have produced over twenty-five solo exhibitions, installations, performances, and artist-led participatory projects for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Public Art Fund, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,[3] Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, The Arts Club of Chicago, and Indianapolis Museum of Art.

In a 2008 group interview with art historian Julia Bryan-Wilson in Modern Painters, Smith states "We are conceptual artists whose subject is craft," indicating Smith's theoretical framework and the personal theory behind much of Smith's work.[4]

  1. ^ "Allison Smith: Material Girl". artnews.com. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ^ Mikulay, Jennifer Geigel (1 July 2009). "Acts of Association: Allison Smith's Craft as Civic Practice". The Journal of Modern Craft. 2 (2): 183–200. doi:10.2752/174967809X463105. ISSN 1749-6772. S2CID 55321351.
  3. ^ Fifes and Drums as Performance Art – A Review of ‘Allison Smith: Rudiments of Fife and Drum,’ at the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield NYTimes Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ^ Halper, Vicki; Douglas, Diane (2009). Choosing Craft: The Artist's Viewpoint. University of North Carolina Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-8078-3119-9.