artist bio

SmithKeiling Artist Biography
Born in the Northern United States, moving every few years throughout the US, and raised primarily in the Southern US, Beverly SmithKeiling began a lifetime of exploring the Sciences and the Arts. After earning a PhD in Microbiology, SmithKeiling’s career became more global while living around the world as scientific researcher, professor of science, interdisciplinary educator, writer, artist, performer, volunteer, and someone engaging with cultural diversity and outreach to intertwine all these vocations in as educator/artist/writer, currently producing experiential-storytelling storybooks and fiction writing. Her artistic development was encouraged at a young age with recognition and awards in art, music, and writing, but after science go ahold of her, artistic training along the way was mostly through private training, mentorships, workshops and auditing courses at various colleges (Univ. Minnesota, Augsburg College, McPhail School of Music, American Univ. of Paris) in instrumental, vocal, theater, public speaking, and mixed media art with a focus on writing. She has been inspired and guided by some well-known artists and writers (Oksana Bryn, Vicky Mountain, Tara Sweeney, Eva Heisler, Darcey Steinke, and others along the way). Formal training in over five languages, and cultural experiences in over fifty countries contribute to SmithKeiling’s exploration of common human condition that tie us together in our common themes of humanity through shared communication and expression through experiential-storytelling, children’s books, poetry, and fiction works. A writer’s workshop led by Darcey Steinke at American University of Paris opened new doors as a fiction writer and poet. An artist-in-residency at Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan solidified her expression as an artist through a series of Art and Breakfast experiential-storytelling events and her first solo exhibition titled Transformation. Further progress through MN Northwoods Writing Conference, the Loft, and other venues unifies these experiences in her fiction works.