Keri Smith

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Keri Smith is a Canadian writer and illustrator.

Life

Smith is the author of a number of books on creativity that have enjoyed success in North America for several years. So far (2011) three of her books have been published in Germany. Smith is also an independent illustrator who has worked for newspapers, publishers, and companies such as Random House , Hallmark Cards , Ford Motor Company , The Washington Post , The New York Times, and The Boston Globe .

Keri Smith has given lectures and workshops at several institutions and schools in North America, including The Learning, Arts & the Brain Summit at Johns Hopkins University . She has been interviewed by various magazines and has been teaching part -time in Vancouver , British Columbia at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design since the fall of 2010 .

In her blog The Wish Jar (something like Aladdin's magic lamp), Smith describes herself as a guerrilla artist .

Publications (selection)

  • The Guerilla Art Kit / Keri Smith. Princeton Architectural Press, New York City, New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-568-98688-3 .
  • Wreck this Journal: To Create is to Destroy. Perigee Books, New York City 2008, ISBN 978-0-39953346-4 .
    • German edition: Finish this book, translated from English by Heike Bräutigam. Kunstmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88897-661-2 .
  • This is not a book.
    • German edition: This is more than a book. Translated from English by Heike Bräutigam. Kunstmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-88897-699-5 .
  • How to be an Explorer of the World - The Portable Life / Art Museum. Perigee 2008.
    • German edition: How to experience the world: The everyday art museum to take away. Translated from English by Heike Bräutigam. Kunstmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-88897-709-1 .
  • Mess. The Manual of Accidents and Mistakes , Penguin Books, New York City 2010, ISBN 978-0-39953-600-7 .
    • Screw up Small manual for great chaos , translated from English by Heike Bräutigam, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-88897-761-9 .
  • Finish this book .
  • Pocket scavenger . Penguin, New York City 2013, ISBN 978-0-399160233 .
  • Everything is Connected: Reimagining the World One Postcard at a Time, Penguin Books, New York City 2013, ISBN 978-0-14197-744-7 .
    • Get these postcards ready. Postcard book with 48 cards , translated from English by Heike Bräutigam and Ruth Keen, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-88897-981-1 .
  • The imaginary world of ... , Penguin Books, New York City 2014, ISBN 978-0-39916-525-2 .
    • My world. Conceived and recorded by ... , translated from English by Ulrike Becker, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-95614-063-1 .
  • The Non-Planner Datebook , Little Otsu, Portland 2009, ISBN 978-1-93437-819-9 .
    • Calendar for controlled chaos , translated from English by Ulrike Becker, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-95614-035-8 .
  • Wreck this Journal Everywhere , Penguin Books, New York City 2014, ISBN 978-0-39917-191-8
    • Make this book ready anytime, anywhere , translated from English by Heike Bräutigam and Julia Stolz, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-95614-132-4 .
  • The Wander Society. Penguin Books, New York City 2016, ISBN 978-0-14310-836-8 .
    • Open up , translated from English by Astrid Gravert, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-95614-174-4
  • Wreck This Journal: Now in Color. Penguin Books, New York City 2017, ISBN 978-0-14313-166-3 .
    • Get this book ready - now in color , translated from English by Heike Bräutigam and Julia Stolz, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-95614-205-5 .
  • The Line , Penguin Books, New York City 2017, ISBN 978-0-14310-846-7 .
    • Make a line , translated from English by Ulrike Becker, Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-95614-240-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Just do it yourself. In: FAZ . July 13, 2011, p. 30.
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Keri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Canada