Education

M.F.A. in Drawing and Painting, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2003

B.S. in Studio Art, minors in French and Art History, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1998

Skidmore College, Academic Year in Paris, 1996-97, Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA

2011
Freight and Volume, NY, NY

2009
Freight and Volume, NY, NY
McClain Gallery, Houston, TX

2008
We Find Ways, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2007
Ali Smith, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Finesilver Gallery, Houston, Texas

2005
She Fell and Missed the Ground, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA

2004
“Jump,” said the Hole., University of Montana, Missoula, Montana

Group Exhibitions

2011
Open, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
About Paint, Carl Berg Projects, Los Angeles,CA

2010
The OScene, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
Pulse Miami, Freight and Volume Gallery
Elements of Nature: Selections from the R. Weisman Foundation, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA

2009
Zoom, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Elements of Nature: Selections from the R. Weisman Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Pulse New York, Freight and Volume Gallery

2008    
Accident Blackspot 2, Freight and Volume, NY, NY
Luscious Abstraction, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Darren Foote and Ali Smith, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA 
Scope New York, Rhys Gallery
Pulse New York, Mark Moore Gallery
icandy: Current Abstraction in Southern California, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
Accident Blackspot, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Curated by Rob Nadeau and Jim Lee
Petri Dishes, White Box, NY, NY

2007
Pulse Miami, Mark Moore Gallery
Aqua Miami, Rhys Gallery
Berliner Liste Art Fair, Rhys Gallery
Orange County Museum of Art Auction 2007, Newport Beach, CA
Mark Moore Gallery Group Show, Galerie Brunnhofer, Linz, Austria
Art Chicago, Mark Moore Gallery
Pulse New York, Mark Moore Gallery
2006
Pulse Miami, Mark Moore Gallery

Ultrasonic International 1, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Scapes, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
Urban Impression/ism, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2005
Painting’s Edge, Riverside Museum, Riverside, CA
CAGED, The Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA
Saratoga Semblance, with Megan Bogonovich, The Office, Huntington Beach, CA
2004
Inverse, SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA
LA Driveby #1, Ginza Kyubidou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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, Illinois
Brush, The Office, Huntington Beach, CA
Dog Days, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Chinatown, CA, curated by Christopher Miles
Unnatural, Raid Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Bibliography

Anderson Kempe, Elizabeth, Ali Smith at Mark Moore Gallery, Artillery Magzine, September/October 2008

Barnes, Friere, Fifteen Young Masters of Oil, Bon Magazine International, Winter 2007

Cline, Elizabeth. Ultrasonic International 1, NY Arts, November/December 2006

Chu, Ingrid. Accident Blackspot at Freight and Volume, Time Out New York/ Issue 673, August 20-25, 2006

DiMichele, David. Unnatural at Raid Projects, Art Week, April 2003

Knight, Christopher. 45 Painters under 45: Painting gets a broader brush, The Los Angeles Times, December  2, 2007

Lee, Sasha. Profile: Ali Smith at Mark Moore Gallery, Beautiful Decay, July 2008

Markle, Leslie, Ben Weiner/Ali Smith at Mark Moore Gallery, art US, October, 2007

Ollman, Leah, International art with a youthful edge, from “Around the Galleries,” The Los Angeles Times, July 28, 2006

Ruiz, Alma, New American Paintings No. 73, Pacific Coast Edition, 2007

Schoenkopf, Rebecca. The (Not So) Odd Couple, OC Weekly, March 11, 2005

Taft, Catherine, Round-Up of the Best Shows in L.A,., Saatchi Online Daily Magazine, July 8, 2008

Zimmerman, Aaron, New York Art Fair Roundup, March 10, 2007, crowndozen.com

Zimmerman, Aaron, Miami Art Fair Roundup, Crown Dozen, December 11, 2006, crowndozen.com

Honors and Awards

Professional Artist Fellowship, City of Long Beach, 2008

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, 2003