We have an honor to proudly announce that the Laureate of the Grand Prix d’Honnour of the International Print Triennial 2024 in Krakow is Kiki Smith.
The Executive Board of the International Print Triennial Society in Krakow decided to award the illustrious American-based artist for her great impact on printmaking and graphic arts as wells her extraordinary activity in many other artistic fields, both in terms of creation and organisation.
Kiki Smith’s solo exhibition will be held in the International Centre forGraphic Arts in Krakow in May and June 2023 within the frame of the Main Program of the International Print Triennial 2024 in Krakow.
Kiki Smith has been known since the 1980s for her multidisciplinary work that explores embodiment and the natural world.
She uses a broad variety of materials to continuously expand and evolve a body of work that includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and textiles.
Smith has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions worldwide including over 25 museum exhibitions. Her work has been featured at five Venice Biennales, including the 2017 edition. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2017 was awarded the title of Honorary Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, London. Previously, Smith was recognized in 2006 by TIME Magazine as one of the “TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World.” Other awards include the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture in 2000; the 2009 Edward MacDowell Medal; the 2010 Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, Purchase College School of the Arts; the 2013 U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts, conferred by Hillary Clinton; and the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center, among others. She is an adjunct professor at NYU and Columbia University.
