Marlene Smith (artist)

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.