Patti Smith

b. 1946, Chicago, US; lives and works in New York, US.

Patti Smith is a writer, artist and performer. She is the author of the National Book Award winner, Just Kids (2010), as well as Woolgathering (1992), M Train (2015), Book of Days (2022) and Bread of Angels (2025). Her seminal album Horses has been hailed as one of the top 100 albums of all time. Her global exhibitions include Strange Messenger (The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh) Land 250 (Fondation Cartier, Paris), Veil (Robert Miller Gallery, New York), Camera Solo (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford), and Eighteen Stations (Robert Miller Gallery, New York).

In 2005, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Smith the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, Smith is also the recipient of Sweden’s Polar Prize for significant achievements in music. She has received the 2020 PEN Literary Service Award and the Légion d’honneur, France’s highest order of merit. In 2024 she was awarded the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Medal. Smith is a major collaborator with Soundwalk Collective.