Shinique Smith
| Shinique Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 (age 45–46) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Maryland Institute College of Art (B.F.A.) Tufts University (M.A.Ed) Maryland Institute College of Art (M.F.A.) |
| Awards |
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Awards in Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, Video, and Craft Media 2013 |
| Website | shiniquesmith |
Shinique Smith (born January 9, 1971) is a Brooklyn-based American visual artist known for her colorful installation art and paintings that incorporate found textiles and various collage materials.
Born in 1971, in Baltimore, Maryland, Smith's artistic training began in childhood, encouraged toward the creative arts by her mother who is a former fashion designer and magazine editor. Smith was a Visual Arts major at the Baltimore School for the Arts, studying alongside Jada Pinkett Smith, Tupac Shakur, and Josh Charles. She had also studied ballet with Caryl Maxwell, starting at age four.
In high school, Smith was influenced by artists in the Baltimore graffiti scene, an aesthetic also visible in her mature work. Another major influence on her artistic development was her study of Japanese calligraphy in undergraduate school.
After earning her BFA at Maryland Institute College of Art, Smith worked as a costumer and props assistant on motion pictures such as Disclosure, Guarding Tess, Serial Mom, and That Night. From 1995-2000, Smith served on the Advisory Board of 911 Media Arts Center 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," Smith's festival hosted films by emerging and established filmmakers such as Cheryl Dunye, Cauleen Smith, Barbara McCullough, Kasi Lemmons, and Charles Burnett (who was honored by Flav'a Fest and the Mayor Norman B.Rice of Seattle at a special screening of Killer of Sheep in 1997).
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