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MARTINE SYMS is an artist who has earned wide recognition for a practice that combines conceptual grit, humor, and social commentary.

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Total, Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, October 16, 2024 - February 9, 2025

Misdirected Kiss on view as part of the exhibition Vital Signs: Artists and the Body, MoMA, NYC, October 31, 2024 - February 22, 2025

The African Desperate streaming on MUBI!

Contact

Bridget Donahue, New York

Sadie Coles, London

Sprüth Magers, LA

Press, poppy@poppyedmonds.com

Who is she?

Martine Syms has shown extensively including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and ICA London. She has also done commissioned work for brands such as Prada, Nike, and Celine, among others. She is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award, a United States Artists fellowship, the Tiffany Foundation award, and the Future Fields Art Prize. She is in a band called Aunt Sister and hosts Double Penetration, a monthly radio show on NTS. She also runs Dominica Publishing.

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