Heather Kai Smith
Heather Kai Smith (she/her) is a visual artist and educator originally from Calgary, Canada. Drawing is at the root of her practice, working through the communicative potential of the medium. Her work references and activates images of collective engagement, histories of communal living strategies, and organized dissent. Smith is currently a Collegiate Assistant Professor at The University of Chicago. Recent independent and collaborative exhibitions include Logan Center Exhibitions (Chicago), Vancouver Art Gallery, Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia), Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff), studio e gallery (Seattle), and Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (Vancouver).