Marlene Smith (artist)

Marlene Smith
Born	1964 (age 60–61) Birmingham, UK
Education	Bradford College
Known for	BLK Art Group

Marlene Smith (born 1964, Birmingham) is a British artist and curator.

Education and career

Born in Birmingham, England, in 1964, Smith studied Art & Design at Bradford College (1983–87).[1]

She is one of the founding members of BLK Art Group.[2] She was director of The Public in West Bromwich.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

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]

References

1. The image employed: the use of narrative in Black art. Piper, Keith, 1960–, Smith, Marlene. Cornerhouse (Manchester). 1987. ISBN 0948797053. OCLC 502159101.
2. Tate. "Donald Rodney Display, interviews: Marlene Smith: Curator | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
3. Smith, Marlene (19 June 2008). "Opening The Public to the public". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
4. "Black Artists & Modernism ⇒ About". www.blackartistsmodernism.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
5. "John Moores Painting Prize 2023". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 16 November 2023.