Shinique Smith
Shinique Smith (b. 1971, Baltimore MD) is an artist living and working in Hudson, New York. Smith is inspired by the vast vocabulary of things we consume and discard. Examining the ways in which such objects can resonate on a personal and social scale, Smith pursues the graceful and spiritual qualities in the written word and the everyday. In works made from the class of objects we call “belongings,” she combines "the intractable geometry and hard thinking that defines urban with the softening, emotionally steeped influence of the worn-down, nostalgic or forgotten," while at the same time questioning the relationships that contemporary societies have with the inanimate and the intimate. Through these efforts, a new spirit emerges. Her work has also been exhibited at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (Colorado), Brooklyn Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington DC), Denver Art Museum, Deutsche Guggenheim (Berlin), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (Madison WI), The Bronx Museum of the Arts (New York), Margulies Collection (Miami), Museum of Contemporary Art (North Miami), National Portrait Gallery (Washington DC), The New Museum (New York), MoMA/PS1 (New York), Rubell Family Collection (Miami), and Studio Museum in Harlem (New York). Of note, her work is in the permanent collections of The Brooklyn Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others, as well as in numerous private collections worldwide. The artist has had more than 20 solo exhibitions, most recently at James Cohan Gallery in New York and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). In September 2014, the artist will have a major solo exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She has received awards and fellowships from The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, The Joan Mitchell Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Vermont Studio Center, The Headlands Center for the Arts and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Smith earned her MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. She is represented by James Cohan Gallery, New York and Shanghai; Yvon Lambert, Paris; Brand New Gallery, Milan; and David Castillo Gallery in Miami.
Tongues Become Flowers // mixed media // 2013
Image courtesy of the artist.
Cohosted with Galerie Myrtis
Founded in 2006, Galerie Myrtis is a contemporary fine art gallery which represents emerging to mid-career artists who have achieved regional, national and international acclaim. The gallery was originally located on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. In 2008, Galerie Myrtis relocated to Baltimore, Maryland occupying a 2,500 square foot space on Charles Street near the Station North Arts and Entertainment District. The mission of the gallery is to utilize the visual arts to raise awareness for artists who deserve recognition for their contributions in artistically portraying our historic and cultural landscapes; and to recognize art movements that paved the way for freedom of artistic expression. Galerie Myrtis is open 2pm-6pm Thursday-Saturday and by appointment on Tuesday-Wednesday. It is located at 2224 N. Charles Street.