Cauleen Smith was raised in Sacramento, California and lives in Los

Angeles. Smith is faculty in the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture.

Smith holds a BA in Creative Arts from San Francisco State University and

an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater

Film and Television. Smith’s short films, feature film, an installation and

performance were work showcased at International Film Festival

Rotterdam 2019. Smith has had solo exhibitions at The Whitney Museum

of American Art, MassMoCA and LACMA. Smith is the recipient of the

following awards: Rockefeller Media Arts Award, Creative Capital Film /

Video, Chicago 3Arts Grant, and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts,

Chicago Expo Artadia Award, and Rauschenberg Residency, Herb Alpert

Awards in the Arts in Film and Video 2016, United States Artists Award

2017, 2016 inaugural recipient of the Ellsworth Kelly Award, 2020

recipient of the Studio Museum Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize, and

2021 Guggenheim Fellowship.