Shinique Smith (born January 9, 1971) is an American

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, known for her colorful

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and paintings that incorporate found textiles and

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materials. She is based in Los Angeles, California.

Early life and education

Born in 1971, in

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, Smith's artistic training began in childhood, encouraged toward the creative arts by her mother, a fashion editor. She began studying ballet at age four, and later attended the

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. In high school, Smith was influenced by artists in the

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scene, an aesthetic also visible in her mature work. Her studies of

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and

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in college also influenced her artistic development. After earning her

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degree at

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, Smith worked as a costumer and props assistant on movies such as

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, and

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. From 1995 to 2000, Smith served on the advisory board of

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in Seattle, where she launched Seattle's first festival of African American film and video called Flav'a Fest. Described in the press as "an annual journey through the visions, lives and dreams of media makers of African ancestry," the festival hosted films by emerging and established filmmakers such as

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, and Charles Burnett (who was honored by Flav'a Fest and Seattle Mayor

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at a special screening of

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in 1997). After working in the film industry, Smith returned to her studies and earned a

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degree in education from

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in 2000 and a

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degree from the

in 2003. In 2003, Smith moved to New York and participated in The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's artist studio residency, where she began making

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Art and career

Shinique Smith combines fine art media with text, bright colors, and

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s, such as

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and clothing. She began to include used clothing in her work after reading a ''

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'' article about secondhand garments shipped to Africa from thrift stores. She describes her process as a personal one: "It all begins with emotion, an expression and I allow myself to go on a journey in the making of each work, a journey of associations between object and color, between lyrics and fabric, between the viewer and me." Smith's art has been described as "kaleidoscopic," collecting "the vibrant, carefully collected debris of her life and career" and creating "graceful yet forceful combinations of many different materials and ideas." The

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has interpreted Smith's work as conveying her personal history as well as "a greater sense of cultural concern and connectivity." Her work gained critical attention when The

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exhibited her first bale sculpture in ''Frequency'' in 2005, an exhibition that helped launch the careers of other artists of Smith's generation such as

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, and

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. Smith's sculptural works were also prominently featured in the acclaimed launch exhibition of the

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, ''Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century,'' which featured works by

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, Urs Fischer,

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, and

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to name a few. Smith's art was featured in ''30 Americans'', an exhibition of works by African American artists (including

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, and

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among others) in the permanent collection of the

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that has toured extensively since 2009 and been a favored by critics and viewers at many museums across the U.S. Since these exhibitions, Smith's works have been exhibited at numerous venues internationally, including a recent 2014 survey of her work ''BRIGHT MATTER'' at the

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, where Jen Mergel, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art described the palette of Smith's works in the exhibition and use of found materials as "a product of United States culture especially from the 1980s." Mergel said the exhibition "reflects an essential aspect of Smith's practice: how to visually manifest emotional connection, belief and the resilience of human energy through gestures and materials that shape daily life. Her work is an embodiment of the powerful spectrum of expression that for Smith, leans toward joy. Also in 2014, Smith was commissioned by The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway in Boston to create a mural for their rotating exhibition wall. Smith's work, ''Seven Moon Junction'' was nationally recognized as one of the Best Public Art Projects Annually by ''

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Public Art Year in Review''. The Greenway also commissioned Smith to create an accompanying dance performance video, ''Gesture III: One Great Turning'', a collaboration with Boston-based KAIROS Dance Theater, which was filmed on The Greenway in front Smith's mural.

Awards and collections

Shinique Smith received an Art Purchase Prize from The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2022, the Anonymous Was a Woman Award in 2016,

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Award in 2013, The Maryland Institute College of Art's Alumni Medal of Honor in 2012, and a

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Prize in 2008. Smith's work is included in several permanent collections, including the

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, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the

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, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami; the

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; and the

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Select solo exhibitions

2023: * ''Shinique Smith: PARADE'', The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, December 16, 2023 - January 5, 2025 2022: * ''Shinique Smith: Stargazers'', Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, April 21, 2022 - July 31 2020: * ''Shinique Smith: Grace Stands Beside'', Baltimore Museum of Art, March 11 – August 9 * ''Indelible Marks'', UBS Art Collection Gallery, New York, January 27 – June 10 2019: * ''Indelible Marks'', UBS Art Collection, UBS Lounge, Art Basel Miami, December 4–8 2018: * ''Shinique Smith: Refuge'', curated by Essence Harden,

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(CAAM), Los Angeles, California 2016: * MOCA Jacksonville, Shinique Smith: Project Atrium ''Quickening'', March 19 - June 26 2015: * Shinique Smith: ''Wonder and Rainbows'', The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN; October 9 – January 10, 2016 * ''Threaded'', Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; February 12 – April 12, 2015 2014: * ''Shinique Smith: BRIGHT MATTER'', curated by Jen Mergel, Museum of Fine Arts, Henry and Lois Foster Gallery, Boston; August 23 - March 1, 2015 * ''Shinique Smith: Changing Rooms'', Galerie Henrik Springmann, Berlin; March 15-April 15 * ''Arcadian Clusters'', Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing; February 7-June 1 (catalogue) 2013: * ''Kaleidoscopic'', David Castillo Gallery, Miami; May 17-July 6 * ''Shinique Smith: Bold As Love'', James Cohan Gallery, New York; February 15-March 16 * ''Firsthand'', Los Angeles County Museum of Art at Charles White Elementary, Los Angeles; Feb 8-July 19 2011: * ''SHINIQUE SMITH: To the Ocean of Everyone Else'', Brand New Gallery, Milan; November 10-December 23 (catalogue) * ''The Urban Pastoral'', Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah GA; August 11-October 7 and (SCAD), Trois Gallery, Atlanta, April 25-July 22 * ''New Degree of Love'', Galerie Zidoun, Luxembourg; June 9-July 31 * ''Shinique Smith: Menagerie'', Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI; January 22 - May 8 (catalogue) 2010: * ''Every Brick,'' curated by Steven Matijcio, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC; November 18-February 13, 2011 * ''Shinique Smith: Menagerie'', Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Miami FL; September 16 November 19 (Catalogue) * ''Shinique Smith: No Words'', Yvon Lambert, Paris; April 2-May 12 * ''My Heart Is My Hand'', Illinois State University Galleries, Normal IL; February 16-March 28 2009: * ''Ten Times Myself'', Yvon Lambert, New York; May 21-July 31 * ''Shinique Smith: Like it Like that'', Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; April 2-June 28 2008: * Yvon Lambert, London; ''Good Knot'', November 22-December 20, 2008 * ''Torch Songs'', Curated by Isolde Brielmaier, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta; April 19-May 30, 2008 2007: * ''Shinique Smith: Lost & Found'', Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis; June 9-July 29, 2007 * ''Shinique Smith: Open Strings'', Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago; March 9-April 7, 2007 2006: * ''Shinique Smith: No dust, no stain'', Cuchifritos Gallery, New York; October 7-November 11, 2006 2005: * ''Overstock'', The Proposition, New York; December 8-January 21, 2006 (essay by Greg Tate) * ''FULL-ON!'', Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder CO; June 24-September 3, 2005 2002: * ''Crossroads'', The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, September - October, 2002 * ''Manifestations'', Scuola dei Tiraoro e Battioro, Venice, Italy, June 2002 (Catalogue)

Public projects

Rotating

* ''Peter Blum Gallery'', a group exhibition ''Fabric'' features Shinique Smith's: ''Boston'' 2022 and ''Pieces of Grace'' 2020, May - July 2023 * "

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at Elk Camp", a site specific project in Snowmass, Shinique Smith: Resonant Tides Nov 28, 2015-Sep 10, 2017 * ''Open Source'', a citywide exhibition with Mural Arts in Philadelphia. A new mural and performance project, Shine Space * ''Seven Moon Junction'', Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston, September 2014 -August 2015 a temporary 70' x 76’ mural at Dewey Square Park in Boston.

Permanent

*"Only Love, Only Light", Los Angeles Metro Transit Authority, completion date 2017 *''First Born of the Child's Sunrise'', located in the Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown African American Department at th
Enoch Pratt Free Library
in Baltimore, MD - mixed media, completed 2016. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shinique_Smith_plaque.jpg * ''Joy's Way'', The UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay in San Francisco, completed 2014 * ''Mother Hale's Garden'', Located at The Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot, New York MTA/Arts in Transit, New York - Permanent mosaic and hand painted art glass, 5,000 square feet, completed 2013 * ''Twilight'' and ''Dawn'', Permanent murals at The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in collaboration with

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, completed 2010.

Performances

* ''Breathing Room: Bound and Loose'' - Performed at the Baltimore Museum of Art January 11, 2020. * ''Breathing Room'' - Performed 2018 during Kansas City Open Spaces curated by Dan Cameron. * ''Gesture III: One Great Turning'' - 2015, Filmed in front of Smith's mural Seven Moon Junction, with the use of aerial and ground videography performed by and in collaboration with the KAIROS Dance Company with sound & editing design by Gary Pennock. * ''Gesture II: Between two breaths'' - Performed by Shinique Smith and Marisa Arriaga at Brooklyn Academy of Music on October 5, 2015, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as part of Shinique Smith: BRIGHT MATTER on February 11, 2015. * ''Gesture I: Unraveling'' - Performed by Marisa Arriaga at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as part of Shinique Smith: BRIGHT MATTER on September 7, 2014.

Curatorial projects

* ''Elsewhere'', Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta; Curated by Smith, A group exhibition exploring contemporary romantic themes of landscape, place and the pastoral with works by artists: Marcus Morales, Jane Benson, Christine Bailey, Justin Anderson, Erika Ranee, Sean Ryan, Mickalene Thomas and Jennie C. Jones. * ''Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day'', The Proposition, New York, November 2 -December 16, 2006; Curated by Smith, A group exhibition exploring contemporary melancholy through artworks by emerging and emergent artists; Ann Craven, Rashawn Griffin, Sean Ryan, Sigrid Sandstrom, Sabeen Raja,

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, Christine Bailey, William Downs III, Elizabeth Bick and Kira Lynn Harris.

References

External links

* Interview
"A Conversation with Shinique Smith"
(2016) from MICA *Interview:
An Artist's Evolution: Shinique Smith in Conversation with Cara Ober
(2020) from Enoch Pratt Free Library * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Shinique American women artists African-American contemporary artists American contemporary artists Maryland Institute College of Art alumni Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences alumni 1971 births Living people 21st-century African-American artists 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American artists 20th-century African-American women