Artist, writer, lover of fine comics (and some pretty trashy ones too). Lives in Cleveland, but apt to travel. Hobbies include making nutella-and-strawberry crêpes, stumbling through forests in Germany, and dodging tornadoes. Contact me at niki@niki-smith.com.
2010 : Creative Workforce Fellowship, Community Partnership for Arts and Culture.
2009 : Otto F. Ege Memorial Award, Cleveland Institute of Art.
2009 : Outstanding Work Study Student, Cleveland Institute of Art.
2008 : Francis J. Meyers ‘51 Scholarship for Excellence in Drawing, Cleveland Institute of Art.
2008 : Fred Walker Writing Prize for Crabapple Crush, Cleveland Institute of Art.
2008 : Finalist in Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga 8 for Crabapple Crush.
2006 : Cleveland Institute of Art Foundation Show – Interior Design award.
2004-2009 : Cleveland Institute of Art Annual Merit Scholarship.
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2010 : Building Peers: Cleveland Institute of Art VATe Alumni/Faculty Show. Reinberger Gallery; one piece.
2009 : BFA Thesis Show. Cleveland Institute of Art, Joseph McCullough Center.
2009 : Cleveland Institute of Art Visual Arts & Technologies Spring Show. Joseph McCullough Center; one piece.
2009 : Cleveland Institute of Art Integrated Media Environment Spring Show. Joseph McCullough Center; one piece.
2009 : Evolution, a CIA Illustration Department Show. Coffee House Gallery; one piece.
2008 : Cleveland Institute of Art Integrated Media Environment Department Show. Future Center / Coffee House Gallery; one piece.
2006 : You’re Fit But You Know It – Coffee House Gallery; two pieces.
2006 : ArtCares – AIDS research benefit show & auction; one piece.
2006 : Cleveland Institute of Art Foundation Show. Reinberger Gallery; two pieces.
2005 : That was now, this is then. Asterisk Gallery; one piece.
2005 : The owls are not what they seem. Arts Collinwood Gallery; six pieces.
2005 : Cleveland Institute of Art Foundation Show. Reinberger Gallery; one piece.
2005 : Instant Art – Polaroid Inspired Work. Cleveland Institute of Art Survey Gallery; one piece.
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