Kiki Smith is a West German born in Germany in 1954. Smith's work addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. She grew was in New Jersey with her parents. Smith's father was a Geometric Sculptures this allowed her to experience with art. By allowing her to make cardboard models for his sculptures. Smith's theme of work was subjected around AIDS, gender and race. Her father's death in 1980 and by the AIDS death of her sister, Smith began an investigation of the human body. While she depicted the human condition in relationship to nature. In 1988 she explore a wide range of human organ including sculptures of heart, lungs, liver and stomach. Exploring bodily fluids as response to the AIDS crises and women's right. Growing up in the Catholic Church and understanding the human body, has shaped her work. In 1980s, Smith began draw based on organs and the human nervous system. Smith received many medal for her sculptures and painting. For example she received the ''Skohegan medal in 2000, the''Athena award for excellence in printmaking in 2005 etc. Around 2005 she was elected to American Academy of Arts and letters.
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