EDUCATION
2005 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute
2003 BFA, Brigham Young University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Bountiful, Honey Ramka Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Priestcraft, Salt Lake Film Society through CUAC, SLC, UT
2015 Wars and Rumors of Wars, Writ & Vision, Provo, UT
2012 Fiend in the Void, Allegra LaViola Gallery, NYC
2011 Doomslangers, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, Utah
2010 Doomslangers: A Project by Casey Jex Smith, Allegra Laviola Gallery, NYC
2009 Gird Your Elves, and Be Broken in Pieces, LaViolaBank Gallery, NYC
2008 Materials Unorganized, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
That Day and That Night and That Day, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2007 There Is No End to Matter, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2006 New Work, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013 Glimmerguts, Casey Jex Smith & Ryan Browning, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL
2010 Casey Jex Smith, John Casey, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Concentrated, Galerie Manqué, Brooklyn, NY
GIFC at The Hole, NYC
Abstraction is just a word, but I use it, curated by Jared Steffensen, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, UT
Fantasy Gateway, curated by Sheilah Grogan, Marathon Center for the Performing Arts, Findlay, OH
2018 Menage/rie Unfolded, curated by Andrew Woolbright, SRO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Casey Jex Smith / Jason Holley / Maxwell McMaster, Nucleus Portland, Portaland, OR
2017 Periscope, curated by Jimmy Viera, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
2016 Geo Necro, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
New American Paintings: Midwest Edition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Monstalgia, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AR
2015 The Flat File: Year 3, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
Big Heads, Heroes, and Dancing Dogs, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2014 Ducks, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Thirteen Twenty Three Exhibition, 964 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY
Utah Biennial: Mondo Utah, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
2012 Strange Lands, curated by Christopher Daniels, Cindy Rucker Gallery, NYC
Secret Decoder Ring, curated by Adam Bateman, HPGRP Gallery, NYC
Where My Cones At?, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Double Break, San Diego, CA
Black Foliage, curated by Matthew Craven, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD
2010 Weight Perception, curated by Andrew Schoultz, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Take the A Train, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
Summer Salon, LaViolaBank Gallery, NYC
2008 Selections Spring 2008, The Drawing Center, NYC
The Brand New Deal, Caren Golden Fine Art, NYC
The Exquisite Line, Sherman Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
microwave 6, Josée Bienvenu Gallery, NYC
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
West, Wester, Westest, Fecal Face Dot Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Surreal Naivete, M.Y. Art Prospects, NYC
2007 Bliss, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
The Total Power of Such a Signal Is Infinite, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX
Three Solo Shows, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006 East Side Story, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Utopia, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Pacific Lines, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NYC
Lobot Retrospective, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Paper!Awesome!, curated by Brion Nuda Rosch, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Minute: a boxed set of miniature multiples, Artists Space, NYC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Art Maze Magazine, Summer Issue #13
2017 Hits and misses in Able Baker’s ‘Periscope’ by Daniel Kany, Portland Press Herald
The Conversation Podcast with Michael Shaw, Episode #172
The 11th Annual Drawing Annual, Manifest Press Publications, 3rd Place
2016 Fantasy Meets Art, rvamag.com, June 6
2015 New American Paintings, Midwest Edition
15bytes.com, This I Believe: Casey Jex Smith at Writ & Vision by Geoff Wichert
2013 Wowhuh.com, Casey Jex Smith: A Video Interview by Patrick Gantert
2012 Art Review Magazine, Casey Jex Smith: Fiend in the Void by Brienne Walsh, Dec.
Art Critical, The Review Panel at the National Academy Museum, Oct. 26
Bloomberg.com, Bearded Romney, Wizard Obama, Voters Star in Art Shows, Oct. 29
ElPais.com, El arte entra en la campana de EE UU by Andrea Aguilar, Oct. 20
NY Daily News, Mock 2012 presidential election showdown to be decided D&D style
Wired.com, Obama vs. Romney D&D Smack-Down at NYC Gallery by Ethan Gilsdorf
Artinfo.com, Artist Casey Jex Smith Offers His Vote as Prize by Julia Helperin, Oct. 5
Huffingtonpost.com, Mitt Roney’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Makeover by Priscilla Frank
2011 Examiner.com, Dungeons & Dragons in Contemporary Art by Michael Tresca, March 10
Juxtapoz.com, Casey Jex Smith and the Mormon Church, May 13
Rhizome.org, Big Reality by Brian Droitcour, Mar. 23
Salon.com, How “Dungeons & Dragons” changed my life, Mar. 8
East Bay Express, Double Dare at Swarm Gallery by Dewitt Chang, Jan. 5
2010 Thelowdownny.com, Dungeons & Dragons in an LES Gallery by Ashlie Coton, Oct. 27
Artnet.com.fr, Parcours Marais Dessin by Joel Riff, March 25
Paris-art.com, Casey Jex Smith et John Casey by Marie-Jeanne Caprasse, April
Beautifuldecay.com, Casey Jex Smith by Brendan Monroe, Jan. 5
Ereview.org, Reverse Subliminal Messaging by Jessica Brier, March 2
2009 Le Journal des Art, Le Paris du dessin by Roxana Azimi, #299, March
Artloversnewyork.com, Casey Jex Smith/LaViola Bank opens tonight by Nancy Smith
Mankind Magazine, Interview by Erin Loechner, Issue 7
2008 Artweek, Casey Jex Smith - Materials Unorganized at Swarm Gallery by Jakki Spicer
Boston Globe, Story Line by Cate McQuaid, October
Chelsea Now, Drawing the Invisible by Debra Jenks, Volume 2, #25, March
Rhizome.org, Drawn Out Processes by Marisa Olson, July
Time Out Chicago, Casey Jex Smith by Lauren Weinberg, Issue 175, July
Dare Magazin, Issue #2
2007 Artweek, Upcoming Exhibitions, April
Empty Magazine, Casey Jex Smith: Christ! That’s Good by Colin Delaney, Issue #10
East Bay Express, 200 Second Street by Jakki Spicer, June
San Francisco Bay Guardian, The There There by Max Goldberg, Dec. 12
Marginal, There is No End to Matter by Petra Bibeau, Issue #2, June/July
2006 San Francisco Chronicle, Played Backward or Forward by Kenneth Baker, Dec.
San Francisco Bay Guardian, 5ives by Katie Kurtz, July
Fecalface.com, Interview by Chris Pew, July
15bytes.com, Sexual Dimorphism & the Sacred Profane by Geoff Wichert, Feb.
Zyzzyva, Issue #74
Neomu, Issues #7 and #8
RESIDENCIES
2014 University of Illinois, Summer Micro-Residency Program for Art Educators
2007 Headlands Center for the Arts, Affiliate Artist Program, Sausalito, CA
1994 Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Summer Seminar