Born:1954 in Nuremberg, Germany, Currently lives and works in New York

1971 Has traveling puppet theater; performs in Meredith Monk's Vessel, New York
1972 Studies industrial baking under the Manpower Training Act, Newark, New Jersey
1976 Moves to New York. Meets artist and film-maker Charlie Ahearn who introduces her to Collaborative Projects, an artist's collective
1985 Studies at Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn Interfaith Hospital to be certified as an Emergency Medical Technician; begins to work in glass at the New York Experimental Glass Workshop

Selected Awards, Honours and Lectures  
2006 Recipient Medal Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  
2005 Elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York  
         Recipient of the Athena Award for Excellence in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)  
2004 “Retelling Little Red et al: Fairy Tales in Art and Literature.” The Gramercy Theatre. The Museum of Modern Art. New York
2003 “A Conversation Between Kiki Smith and Lynne Tillman.” Public Programs Winter. The Museum of Modern Art. New York.  
2000 Recipient of Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine  

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