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British artist and curator
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Female
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Birth:
1964(Birmingham, United Kingdom)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Marlene Smith (born 1964, Birmingham) is a British artist and curator, and one of the founding members of BLK Art Group. She was director of The Public in West Bromwich. 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.
Education
Smith studied Art & Design at Bradford College (1983–87).
Exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions
- 1983–84: The Pan-Afrikan Connection
- 1985: The Thin Black Line, Institute of Contemporary Arts
- 1986: Unrecorded Truths, The Elbow Room
- 1986: Some of Us Are Brave, The Black-Art Gallery