EDUCATION

2020 MFA - Photo | Video | Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2016 BFA - Photography, Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH

EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2023 Mass Production, Bell Projects, Denver, CO (upcoming)
2021 Post Standard, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juried by AJ Vanderelli, Melissa Vogley Woods, April Sunami, Ken Emerick, Cameron Granger
2019 Campaign, CO-OPt Gallery, Lubbock, TX, Curated by Aaron Hegert
Shuttered, University of Arizona Graduate Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2018 Unborn, Unwed, Uninhabited, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2016 The Seventh Day, Beyers Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
Royals, Sandbox Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH
2015 In Green Pastures, Tiffin Art Guild, Tiffin, OH
GROUP
2023 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Juried by Taina Caragol
The Elastic Mind, Broward College South Campus Art Gallery​, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Curated by Kohl King
2022 22nd Annual Artlink Juried Exhibition, FOUND:RE, Phoenix, AZ, Juried by Liz Cohen, Nicole L Olson, Hermann Plank, Gilbert Vicario, Eunique Yazzie
Open Exhibition
, Millepiani, Rome, Italy, Curated by LoosenArt
Perspectives 2022, CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Potluck, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
2021 Homegrown, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH (curated)
Flyover, The Hub Arts and Cultural Center, Rushville, IL
Young Hearts Alumni Show, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH
American Standard, Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Humanism, The Holy Art, Bios, Athens, Greece
Undisclosed Resource, Curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell (virtual)
Segmented, Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative (virtual)
2020 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Juried by Joe Baker
Empty Places : Abandoned Spaces, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, Juried by Lance Keimig
Donors & Scholars Exhibition, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Femme, Fit Boutique Studio, Tucson, AZ
2019 Wild Sun, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
From Here to Eternity: Selections from the University of Arizona School of Art
, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, Curated by Ginger Shulick Porcella
The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Show, Columbus, OH, Juried by Jodi Rose Gonzales, Kelly Phelps and Kyle Phelps
2018 On and Off the Wall, Steinfeld Community Warehouse Arts Center, Tucson, AZ
Testing Ground, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Nostalgia, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH, Curated by Sherrie Gallerie
One Way or Another, Graduate Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Furnishing, Graduate Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Home, Don’t Smile Magazine, Juried by Davìda Carta (virtual)
Soil & Dirt, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Family Photographs, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY, Juried by Sara Macel
Image Ohio 18, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juried by Manjari Sharma
2017 Baptism, Developing Spaces/Places, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Regional Conference, Prairie Center for the Arts, Peoria, IL
Baptism, Pennington Custom Art Services, Columbus, OH
GlassHouse: Photo Flora Form, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
2016 The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Show, Columbus, OH
Young Hearts 5, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juried by Dana Lynn Harper
Wild Art Columbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
Splinters of Light, Pennington Custom Art Services, Columbus, OH, Juried by Valdan Pennington
Image Ohio 16, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juried by Luke Stettner
2015 Young Hearts Four, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juried by Kimberly M. Webb (best in show)
The Line, Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, OH
Image Ohio 15, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH, Juried by Benjamin Montague
2014 Quietly Taking Shape, Acock Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH

SCREENINGS
2021 Campaign, Third Floor Window, Pittsburgh, PA
Lights Out, Split Videoart Festival, Split, Croatia
2019 Shuttered, Six, The Loft Cinema, Tucson, AZ

PUBLICATIONS
2022 ​​Art IDEAL, Issue 02, Circle Foundation for the Arts
2021 Al-Tiba9, Issue 09, Barcelona
“A Common Self”, In Collaboration with Jeff Chelf
2020 “All Stars Trading Card Project”, FotoFika
2018 “Year Two”, Don’t Smile Magazine
2016 “Student Photo Contest Winners’ Gallery”, PDNedu, Volume 15 Issue 1, Juried by Michelle Bogre, Kayt Fitzmorris, Emily Keegan, Everard Williams
“Origins”, The Archive Collective, Spring Issue (virtual)

INTERVIEWS
2022 “Watch Kaitlyn Jo Smith Turn America’s Labor Force into a Commodified Nightmare”, Not Real Art, March 11, Written by Morgan Laurens
2021 “Features: Kaitlyn Jo Smith”, Art Connect Magazine, June
“Lights Out For American Factories and Workers”, Arizona Arts, March 25, Written by Charlie Snyder
2020 “Machine Labor Intensive with Kaitlyn Jo Smith + Genevieve Goffman”, Serving the People, December 8, Written by Tyler Glenn
“Meet Kaitlyn Jo Smith: Artist”, Shoutout Arizona, November 30
2019 “Now What? Thoughts on the Future of Photography”, Lenscratch, October 10, Written by Aline Smithson
2018 “Meet Kaitlyn Jo Smith”, Voyage Phoenix, July 24

ARTIST TALKS
2023 Lights Out, Homecoming, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Denver, CO (upcoming)
2022 American Standard, FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science & Technology, Évora, Portugal
Lights Out, Technarte International Conference on Art and Technology, Bilbao, Spain (virtual)
ART 441: Advanced Photography, Guest Speaker, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Potluck, Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative (virtual)
2021 ART 696A: Contemporary Art: Concepts + Issues, Guest Speaker, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Lights Out, Embracing Change, Society for Photographic Education South Central Regional Conference (virtual)
Live Chat, Lumen IGTV, Lumen Art Projects (virtual)
International Sculpture Day, Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative (virtual)
ROY Talks with Emerging Artists: Kaitlyn Jo Smith & Tarun Sharma, ROY G BIV Gallery (virtual)

AWARDS
2022 Featured Artist, Circle Foundation of the Arts
2021 Lights Out, Lumen Prize for Art and Technology (Longlisted), London, Juried by Christiane Paul, Ben Vickers, Melanie Lenz, Nathan Ladd, Boris Magrini
Artist to Watch, June, Art Connect, Juried by Rachel Adams, Daniel H. Rey, Justin Ross
Lights Out, Services to Artists Committee Award Recipient, Graduate Screenings: Film/Video, Animations, & New Genres, 109th College Art Association Conference,
Juried by Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi
2019 Center for Digital Humanities Pilot Award, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2016 In Green Pastures, Grand Prize Winner, 13th Annual Student Photo Contest, Travel/Landscape, PDNedu

GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Pivot Grant, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2019 Sculpture Scholarship, University of Arizona/Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
College of Fine Arts Small Grant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Medici Scholar, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2017 Cheryl Hrudka Photography Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Albert M Haldeman Scholarship in Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ