PRESENTATION OF A SERIES OF ARTWORK Title of the series of artwork: pi x 5s Series Short description of series idea: I create wall-based geometric abstractions by utilizing grids and simple geometric shapes as tools in inventing systems for visualizing numerical values of sequences derived from the numbers pi and e. In 2016, I began […]
Yvette Kaiser Smith at her studio . 01_YvetteKaiserSmith June, 2020. Taken in our home, in a small room I keep clean for drawing and weaving, with samples of frame look weaving which I am exploring to eventually combine with the acrylic. . . 02_YvetteKaiserSmith May, 2020. Taken in a studio space I rent for storing […]
Yvette Kaiser Smith – laser-cut art From crocheted fiberglass to laser-cut acrylic sheet. In November 2015, I began planning repairs on the front wall of my studio. One problem led to another and I was unable to use the space where all the fiberglass work happens for a full year and a half. Mid 2016, […]
Yvette Kaiser Smith – Crocheted fiberglass and math structures How did your signature process of crocheting fiberglass begin? Yvette Kaiser Smith: In 1992, first quarter of MFA school, I started making sculpture that dealt with abstracting narratives of identity, constantly trying new materials, never committing to one. Sheet metals, wood, wire, rawhide, beeswax. In 1994, […]
From laser-cut acrylic assemblage to mixed media on acrylic sheet. Majority of my past works are indoor, wall-based, crocheted fiberglass constructions. In 2016, I was introduced to a laser cutter and have since focused on developing a body of wall-based works, using laser-cut acrylic sheets separated by vinyl spacers. . The crocheted fiberglass work utilizes […]
yvette@kaisersmith.com Currently a resident of Chicago, Yvette Kaiser Smith was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1958, and immigrated with family to Dallas, Texas in 1969. Her 1990 BFA from Southern Methodist University focused on sculpture and photography. Since receiving an MFA in Sculpture from University of Chicago in 1994, Yvette has exhibited extensively at regional […]
