Siena Smith
Critic
Siena Smith (b. 1996, NYC) is an artist who works with drawing, weaving and collage to work out the complexities of everyday emotions, Black womanhood and ancestry. She earned her BFA in textiles from RISD and her MFA in fiber and material studies from School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is interested in how pattern, material and texture of textile and 2D mediums carry the essence of Black Diasporic personal, cultural and spiritual histories. Smith has exhibited at NADA Miami (2022); George Washington Carver Museum, Texas (2021); White Cube, UK (2021); Martha’s Contemporary, Texas (2020–21); and Something Special Studios, New York (2020). She currently works and teaches in Providence, RI.