nyugen smith :: selected resume
education
B.A, Fine Art Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
Drawing and Painting Studio Art Center International Florence, Italy
lectures/panel discussions
Studio Museum Harlem
Cooper Union
Pratt Institute
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Seton Hall University
Caldwell College
Jersey City Museum
solo exhibitions
2013 Thy Kingdom Come, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
2012 Distinct Ethnic Magical Tales, 40owls New York, NY
2011 To the Kapitol (everybody come), Solo(s) Project House, Newark, NJ
2011 Sophisticating the Negro, Paul Vincent Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2010 Nyug’ Nuts: Seeing Voices, Hearing Faces, Kedar Studio of Art, Newark, NJ
2010 Bundle House Worldwide: Soon Come, A Condos, Jersey City, NJ
2008 1 X 1 Series Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
2008 Bundle House, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2006 Bundle House Crisis Center at Residue Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2005 The Brunswick Window, Jersey City, NJ
2004 Penvern presents: Nyugen Smith, Penvern, New York, NY
2004 Creative Clash solo exhibition, Chelsea Market, New York, NY
1997 Silent Wars, Seton Hall University, So. Orange, NJ
1997 Bell Atlantic, Newark, NJ
forthcoming:
2013 REACH a multi-city exhibition of contemporary practitioners, Wistariahurst Museum: Holyoke, MA
group shows
2012 Blessed Ar the Artists, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
2012 FLUX, Nuit Blanche, Washington, DC
2012 Fountain Art Fair, Miami, FL
2012 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, RUSH Arts, New York, NY
2012 SITE, Long Island University Brooklyn, NY
2012 Get it on the Record, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
2012 Figure Fragments, Bushwick Open Studios 2012
2012 Implications of Nature: Performance Art:Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn NY
2012 Lonestar Performance Explosion: Performance Art Biennial, Houston, TX
2011 Dandy Lion, Reginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD Curated by Shantrelle P. Lewis
2011 Art Basel, Miami: Fountain Art Fair, Miami, FL
2011 ‘Til Judgement Day: performance: Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Dandy Lion, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, Curated by Shantrelle P. Lewis
2011 Letting Go, Newark Open Doors 2011, Curated by Rogue Video and Performance
2011 Annual October Group Show, 58 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2011 Habeas Corpus – SITE Festival/Arts in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
2010 Planet of Slums, Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Curated by LaToya Ruby-Frazier and Omar Lopez-Chahoud
2010 Sanctioned Array jury-selected videos, WHITE BOX gallery, New York, NY
2010 The Golden Door Mini-Golf Course (Hole #9-The Glass Ceiling) Hamilton Sq. Jersey City, NJ
2010 This Incredible Life, Clyde Stacks gallery, Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA
2009 \ ‘flo \ : art, text, new media, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2008 Elemental, EsOro Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2008 Red Badge of Courage, Newark Arts Council, Newark, NJ
2008 SPRAWL, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
2007 The Modified History of Downtown Newark, New Jersey School of Architecture, NJ Institute of Technology
2007 Book as Body, Body as Book, 13th Annual Book Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
2007 Fire and Ash, Ben Shahn Center Galleries, William Paterson University, Paterson, NJ
2007 Detritus, Walsh Gallery-Seton Hall University, So.Orange, NJ
2007 Black Rock, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2006 I Rock Many Styles, 58 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2006 Telling the Story: Artists’ Books, The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2006 Bras For A Cause, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Off the Rack: Art Made from, On or About Clothing, The Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ
2006 Monumental, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
2005 C.O.D., Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ
2005 Columns, Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City, NJ
2005 Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2005 B. Beamsderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ
2005 Palmer Museum, Springfield, NJ
2005 Johnson Free Public Library, Hakensack, NJ
2005 FRESH, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
2004 23rd Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
2004 Jersey City Artists’ Studio Tour
2004 Greed, Kaufman Arcade (A taste of Art Gallery), New York, NY
2004 Creative Clash, Rare, New York, NY
2004 Heraldic Pomp, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Jersey City Artists’ Studio Tour
2003 Fuel, NYC
2000 Jersey City Artist Studio Tour
1999 18th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ