Alexis Smith, California Collage Artist and Feminist Figure, Dies at 75

Alexis Smith, a talented artist from California known for her thought-provoking collages on the overwhelming presence of images in today’s culture, has sadly passed away. She started her artistic career in the 1970s and was featured in three Whitney Biennials in 1975, 1979, and 1981. In 2008, she was part of the significant feminist exhibit, Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution at MoMA PS1. In 1997, she created a permanent installation for the Getty Center's restaurant in Los Angeles. A 1970 graduate of UC Irvine, she studied with Vija Celmins and Robert Irwin. Her retrospective, Alexis Smith: The American Way, was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego from 2022 to 2023. Her work can be found in renowned collections like the Whitney Museum, MoMA, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.