b. 1988 — Los Angeles, California, USA
Notable Works:
- The African Desperate (2022)
- Incense Sweaters & Ice (2017)
- Laughing Gas (2016)
- Notes on Gesture (2015)
- Lessons I-CLXXX (2014-2018)
Video:
- Martine Syms on her conceptual project She Mad
- Moviegoing Memories | In conversation with Martine Syms
- Martine Syms | HOW TO SEE Projects 106 with Martine Syms
Publications:
Further Reading:
- The New York Times | The Many Lives of Martine Syms
- Artnet | ‘There’s This Illusion That It’s an Equalizer’: Artist Martine Syms on How Her New Film Explodes the Myth of the MFA Education
- Interview Magazine | Martine Syms and Precious
Okoyomon Need Space to BreatheSee Also:
- Afrofuturism
- Golden Age
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