Kenny Smith — Modern Quilt Artist

VIEW SELECTED WORKS

Recent Exhibition

Vermont Quilt Sampler 2026

Billings Farm & Museum • Woodstock, Vermont

Drive into the Sunset was exhibited in the Vermont Quilt Sampler at Billings Farm & Museum from June 27 through September 7, 2026.

Inspired by the work of Allan D'Arcangelo, Drive into the Sunset explores the tension between America's optimistic mythology and the quieter realities that often lie beneath it. Through bold geometry and vivid color, the quilt reflects on our longing for hope, even when certainty remains out of reach.

Exhibition details

Drive into the Sunset by Kenny Smith, displayed at Billings Farm & Museum: a gray road leads toward multicolored rays beneath a purple sky.

Selected Works

Love and Loss

Love and Loss

Motel Neon

Motel Neon

All Seeing

All Seeing

Drive into the Sunset

Drive into the Sunset

Descent into Chaos

Descent into Chaos

Essence of Sonia Delaunay

Essence of Sonia Delaunay

Algorithm of Chaos

Algorithm of Chaos

Fragments of the Past

Fragments of the Past

ABOUT

Kenny Smith wearing an orange vest, black cap, and red sunglasses.

Kenny Smith is a modern quilt artist working with bold color, geometric form, and improvisational construction. His quilts explore the balance between structure and disruption, allowing each composition to evolve through an intuitive process.

Smith’s work has been exhibited at QuiltCon and Billings Farm & Museum. His quilt Essence of Sonia Delaunay received Second Place in the Group or Bee Quilts category at QuiltCon 2024.

Based in Vermont, Smith creates original work for exhibition, collection, and architectural spaces through TheKingSlacker Studio.

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I asked ChatGPT to create a vision board of my quilt that I’m calling GEN X:Checker Youth. I think that it nailed it with the feeling I was going for. If included photo on where I’m at with the quilting. #thekingslacker
Excited to share that my quilt Drive into the Sunset was accepted into the Vermont Quilt Sampler at Billings Farm & Museum, on view June 27 through September 7, 2026. This piece began with a sketch and evolved through improvisation as it was be
A glamour shot of Graham from our recent short visit to Maine.
Good luck to everyone running Boston tomorrow. Hard to believe it’s been so long since I ran it and how much life has changed since then. The Boston Marathon will always stand for resilience, especially after 2013. #BostonMarathon #BostonStron
Two Statements I made this top back in 2018 and have now finally finished the quilt. It’s about the idea that more than one statement, thought, or way of seeing can lead to the same outcome. The two forms are separate, but still connected. I q
My next quilting project. I made this top back in 2018 and am finally getting around to quilting it. It’s roughly 22 x 29 inches, and I’m calling it Two Statements. The two forms feel separate, but connected, which is what led me to the t
Finished “Fragments of the Past.” The center is built from fragments of older work and design ideas I’ve carried with me over time, brought together in a single composition. The surrounding wall is made from brick-like blocks in s
Practice stitches. Fear, doubt, habit, comfort, identity, distraction. Powerful on their own, even more so together. Almost finished. #quilting #artquilt #modernquilting #process
It’s official.. with our new license plates, we drank the large cup of INEOS Kool-Aid. #ineosgrenadier #warnerineos #koineosgrenadier #ineosquartermaster