Emma Smith is an artist based in London, UK. She has a performative and participatory art practice that is both research and production based.
Smith works nationally and internationally including exhibitions at Camden Arts Centre (2006), Whitechapel Gallery (2007 & 2008), Wysing Arts Centre (2010, 2011 & 2012), Grizedale Arts (2010-12), Artsadmin (2011, 2012 & 2013), The Showroom (2011), Tate Modern (2011 & 2012), Arnolfini (2013) ICA (2013), UK, with international projects in Australia, Canada, the Canadian Arctic, China, Denmark, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Mauritius and Spain.
Published work includes What does Community Mean? in ‘Gallery as Community: Art, Education, Politics’, Whitechapel Gallery (2012); Community, in ‘Community Without Propinquity’ (2011); and Communal Knowledge in ‘The New and Renewed Museum’ (2011).
Smith was artist fellow of The Showroom (2010-2011) and Artsadmin Bursary Artist (2010-2011). Smith is currently resident in the ACME Fire Station Residency Programme (2010-2015), Copenhagen Artist in Residence (CPAIR 2014), and is an Associate Artist of Artsadmin.
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