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Martine Syms

Martine Syms

1988

WA-00003238

Mixed MediaPerformance Art

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

31

Works in Collection

43

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ19664827

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
NationalityWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (2)

Sadie-Coleshttps://sadiecoles.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Spruth-Magershttps://spruethmagers.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%

About

Why this artist matters now

Martine Syms works across video, installation, performance, and publishing, treating Black femme identity, vernacular culture, and media representation as interconnected subjects. Based in Los Angeles, her practice often uses moving image and spoken language to examine how identity is constructed and transmitted through popular and digital media. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Source: Sadie Coles · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Performance Art

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (31)

People Who Aren’t Friends or Lovers or Exes

2019 · Wall painting

Dimensions variable

Whitney Museum of American Art

2019 · Inkjet print

Sheet: 21 15/16 × 14 in. (55.7 × 35.6 cm) Image: 21 15/16 × 14 in. (55.7 × 35.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2019 · Inkjet print

Sheet: 22 × 14 in. (55.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 22 × 14 in. (55.9 × 35.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2019 · Inkjet print

Sheet: 81 × 41 in. (205.7 × 104.1 cm) Image: 81 × 41 in. (205.7 × 104.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2019 · Inkjet print

Sheet: 39 15/16 × 26 7/8 in. (101.4 × 68.3 cm) Image: 39 15/16 × 26 7/8 in. (101.4 × 68.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2019 · Inkjet print

Sheet: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm) Image: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2019 · Inkjet print

Sheet: 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm) Image: 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2019 · Inkjet print

Sheet: 36 × 13 15/16 in. (91.4 × 35.4 cm) Image: 36 × 13 15/16 in. (91.4 × 35.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

2019 · Inkjet print

Sheet: 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm) Image: 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Intro to Threat Modeling

2017 · Video, color, sound, 4:32 min.

Aspect Ratio: 0.571

Whitney Museum of American Art

Incense Sweaters & Ice

Incense Sweaters & Ice

2017 · Three-channel video (color, sound; 69 min.), color window film, wall painting, Augmented Reality (AR) app, steel benches, and twelve archival pigment prints on found posters

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Incense Sweaters & Ice

2017 · Three-channel high-definition video (color, sound)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · iOS app

Museum of Modern Art

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2017 · Wall painting

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

22 × 28" (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

40 × 27" (101.6 × 68.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

81 × 41" (205.7 × 104.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

22 × 14" (55.9 × 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

22 × 28" (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

36 × 14" (91.4 × 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

40 × 27" (101.6 × 68.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2017 · Archival pigment print on found poster

81 × 41" (205.7 × 104.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

31 published of 31 catalogued · 4 with image

MoMA
20 published3 img
Whitney
10 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Record

Images

12 assets

SHE MAD: Laughing Gas (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

SHE MAD: Laughing Gas (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

SHE MAD: Laughing Gas (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Martine Syms (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Martine Syms (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Martine Syms (cropped)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Martine Syms

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

5

Movements1

Performance Art

Collections4

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art Sadie Coles HQ

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Sadie Coles HQ

Current

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Background

Education

Bard College

Visual Arts · 2017

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Visual Arts · 2007

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