Marlene Smith (artist)
British artist and curator (born 1964)
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Marlene Smith (born 1964) is a British artist and curator, who was a founding members of BLK Art Group in the 1980s.
Marlene Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) Birmingham, UK |
| Education | Bradford College |
| Occupations | Artist and curator |
| Known for | BLK Art Group |
Education and career
Born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, in 1964, Marlene Smith studied Art & Design at Bradford College (1983–87).[1]
She is one of the founding members of the BLK Art Group in 1982.[2][3] She was director of The Public in West Bromwich.[4] She is UK Research Manager for Black Artists and Modernism, a collaborative research project run by the University of the Arts London and Middlesex University.[5]
In 2023, she was part of the jury for the John Moores Painting Prize along with Alexis Harding, Chila Kumari Singh Burman, The White Pube and Yu Hong.[6]
Exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions
- 1983–84: The Pan-Afrikan Connection[1]
- 1985: The Thin Black Line, Institute of Contemporary Arts[1]
- 1986: Unrecorded Truths, The Elbow Room[1]
- 1986: Some of Us Are Brave, The Black-Art Gallery[1]