Education
Master of Fine Arts
in Drawing and Painting, California State University, Long Beach,
Spring 2003
Graduate Courses in
French Literature, California State University, Long Beach,
2003-2004
B.S. in Studio Art, minors in French and Art History, Skidmore
College, Saratoga Springs, New York, Spring 1998
Skidmore College, Academic Year in Paris, 1996-97, Paris, France,
all courses conducted in French
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Ali Smith, Mark
Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Rhys Gallery, Boston, Mass
2007
Ali Smith,Mark
Moore Gallery, Project Room, Santa Monica, CA
Ali Smith, Finesilver
Gallery,i Houston, Texas
2005
She Fell and Missed
the Ground, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier,
CA
Saratoga Semblance,
collaborative drawing project with Megan Bogonovich,
The Office, Huntington Beach, CA
2003
"Jump," said the
Hole - University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
"Jump," said the Hole - Master of Fine Arts Thesis Show,
Gatov Galleries
Selected Group Shows
2008
ICandy: Recent Abstraction
in Los Angeles, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Accidental Blackspot, Markus
Winter Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2007
Pulse Miami,
Mark Moore Gallery
Aqua Miami, Rhys Gallery
Berliner Liste, Rhys Gallery
Mark Moore
Gallery Group Show, Galerie Brunnhofer, Linz, Austria
Pulse New York, Mark Moore Gallery
2006
Pulse Miami, Mark Moore Gallery
Ultrasonic International 1, Mark Moore
Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Impression/Ism:Contemporary Urban Impressions,
at City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2005
Painting's Edge, Riverside Art
Museum, Riverside, CA
Drawing Conclusions, Concrete
Walls, Los Angeles, CA
CAGED, collaborative sculpture installation
with Noah Thomas, The Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA
2004
LA Driveby #1
, Ginza Kyubidou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Inverse, SCA
Gallery, Pomona, CA
Unscenery,
Raid Projects Gallery, collaborative installation with Noah
Thomas, Los Angeles, CA
Network, Gallery
De Parel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
Vanitas,
Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Raid Projects at Standard Gallery, Standard Gallery,
The Pond and 1/2 Quarter, Chicago, Il
Brush, The Office, Huntington Beach, CA
Dog Days, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Chinatown, CA, curated
by Christopher Miles
Insights, University Museum, California State University,
Long Beach, CA
Unnatural, Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Reviews
and Publications
Cline, Elizabeth.
Ultrasonic International 1, NY Arts, November/December
2006, www.nyartsmagazine.com
DiMichele, David.
Unnatural at Raid Projects , Art Week, April 2003
Knight, Christopher.
45 Painters under 45. The Los Angeles Times, December
2, 2007
Markle, Leslie. Ben
Weiner/ Ali Smith at Mark Moore Gallery, artUS Winter 2007
New American Paintings,
Pacific Coast Edition # 73, 2007, Alma Ruiz, Juror
Ollman, Leah, International
art with a youthful edge , from “Around the Galleries,”
The Los Angeles Times, July
28, 2006
Schoenkopf, Rebecca.
The (Not So) Odd Couple, OC Weekly, March 11, 2005,
www.ocweekly.com
Professional Experience
Gallery Director,
Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, current
Instructor, Painting,
California State University, Long Beach, Spring 2006
Instructor, Painting,
Whittier College, Whittier, CA, January Term 2006, 2007
Instructor, 2-D Design,
Goldenwest College, Fall 2005
Instructor, Freshman
Writing Seminar; Sunshine & Noir and Disneytopia: Art and
Culture in Los Angeles, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, Fall
2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2006
Instructor, Beginning
French 101A, California State University, Long Beach, Fall 2003,
Spring 2004
Instructor, Two-Dimensional Design, California State University,
Long Beach, Spring 2003, Fall 2006
French Teacher, grades 5-8, Harbor Day School, Corona del Mar,
California, 2000-2002
Honors and Awards
City of Long Beach Artist
Grant
Artist's Residency
at Stichting Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June
2006
Painting's Edge Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA, 2005
Marilyn Werby Memorial
Fine Arts Scholarship recipient, California State University,
Long Beach, Spring 2003
