| 1954 | Geboren in Nürnberg Lebt und arbeitet in New York |
| 2000 | Skowhegan Skulptur-Medaille |
| 2005 | Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York Athena Award for Excellence in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) |
| 2006 | Medal Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Honorary Degree from Bowdoin College, Maine |
| 2007 | Kiki Smith: Constellation, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005, Whitney Museum, New York, USA |
| 2006 | Kiki Smith, Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai, Indien Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Kalifornien, |
| 2006 | Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Kalifornien, USA; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA |
| 2005 | Homespun Tales, Storie di occupazione domestica, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venedig, Italien Kiki Smith: Bronze Reliefs and Drawings, Barbara Gross Galerie, München Kiki Smith: A Cautionary Tale, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, USA Kiki Smith: Bronze Reliefs and Drawings, Barbara Gross Galerie, München Homespun Tales, Storie di occupazione domestica, Fondazione Querini |
| 2004 | Kiki Smith: Near, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA |
| 2003 | Kiki Smith: Prints, Books and Things, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
| 2006 | Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection, The Fondation Beyeler, Basel |
| 2005 | Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, USA Two by Two for AIDS and Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA National Association of Women Artists Sculpture Exhibition, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Drawing 1945 to Now, Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, USA National Association of Women Artists Sculpture Exhibition, Mason Murer Fine Art,Atlanta, USA Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA |
| 2004 | Making the Body in Contemporary Sculpture, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, USA East Village USA, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA |
| 2003 | Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Kalifornien, USA Otherworlds: the Art of Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art |