MARTINE SYMS is an artist who has earned wide recognition for a practice that combines conceptual grit, humor, and social commentary.
Now Playing
The African Desperate Official Trailer, 2022
Rihanna for LV Mens SS, 2024
This Is A Studio, 2023
Maktub Gary Clark, 2024
The Non-Hero, 2021
On View
no title, Sculpture Milwaukee and Bronzeville Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, December 2025 - December 2026
Paradigm Shift, 180 Studios, London, October 15, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Seriously., Sprüth Magers, London, November 21, 2025 - January 31, 2026
From Now: A Collection in Context, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, November 15, 2025 - August 16, 2026
The African Desperate streaming on MUBI!
Contact
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Who is she?
Martine Syms is one of the defining voices of her generation. She has shown extensively including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She has also done commissioned work for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Nike, and Celine, among others. She is a recipient of the Herb Alpert Award, the Creative Capital Award, a United States Artists fellowship, the Tiffany Foundation award, the Future Fields Art Prize and is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow. Syms is the writer and director of The African Desperate (MUBI), which was the closing night film of New Directors/New Films 2022 and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2023.