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Shinique Smith is an American visual artist known for her colorful paintings, installation art and bound sculptures of textiles and clothing. Her work is inspired by the vast nature of 'things' that we consume and discard, which resonate on a personal and social scale. The Graffiti of her youth, Japanese calligraphy and Abstraction are influences from which she extracts "the graceful and spiritual qualities of the written word and the everyday." ==Early life== 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 that studied alongside Jada Pinkett Smith, Tupac Shakur, Josh Charles and other notable young talents, and studied ballet starting at age four with Caryl Maxwell.〔 In high school, Smith was influenced by artist in the Baltimore graffiti scene and fellow graff writers, an aesthetic which continues to prevade her work today. 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 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 talents 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. After working in the film industry, Smith returned to her studies earned a Master of Arts in Education from Tufts University in 2000 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003.〔 In 2003, Smith moved to New York and participated in The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's artist studio residency, where she began making sculpture. She often incorporates used clothing and stuffed animals into her two-dimensional and three-dimensional works.〔 "Smith's kaleidoscopic sculptures and paintings are graceful yet forceful combinations of many different materials and ideas," says Frist Center Curator Katie Delmez. "The works are meant to convey her personal history as well as a greater sense of cultural concern and connectivity." By bringing together items both cherished and cast-off from multiple sources, each packed with its own history and aspects of the previous owner's identity, Ms. Smith creates a compelling cross section of time, place and meaning. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shinique Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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