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