Susan Smith-Pinelo

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Susan Smith-Pinelo is an African-American artist noted for her work in video and performance. She lives and works in Washington, DC.{{cite journal|last1=Rubin|first1=Courtney|title=High Voltage|journal=Washingtonian Magazine|date=August 2002|volume= 37|issue= 11|pages=46–7}}

Education

Smith-Pinelo received a B.F.A. from Oberlin College in 1991.{{cite web|title=Susan Smith-Pinelo|url=http://www.rovetv.net/susansmith.html|publisher=Kenny Schachter Rove|access-date=2 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040817104048/http://www.rovetv.net/susansmith.html|archive-date=17 August 2004}} She received a M.F.A. from Columbia University{{cite web|title=Visual Arts Alumni Archive: Susan Smith-Pinelo|url=http://arts.columbia.edu/visual-arts/alumni/archive|publisher=Columbia University School of the Arts|access-date=2 March 2016}} in 2000.

Work

Susan Smith-Pinelo's work challenges conceptions of black identity and gender in rap music,{{cite journal|last1=Murray|first1=Derek|title=Home to Harlem|journal=International Review of African American Art|date=2001|volume= 17|issue= 4|pages=48–51}} and is particularly concerned with questioning the misogyny of the genre.{{cite journal|last1=Murray|first1=Derek Conrad|title=Hip-Hop vs. High Art: Notes on Race as Spectacle|journal=Art Journal|date=2004|volume= 63|issue= 2|pages= 4–19|doi=10.1080/00043249.2004.10791121|s2cid=193103367}} For example, her 2001 Studio Museum in Harlem installation Sometimes has a close-up video of a black woman's breasts with a necklace saying "ghetto" around her neck dancing to music which sounds through the museum. Sometimes plays with form in order to "confront perceptions of black identity and femininity."{{Cite journal|last=Murray|first=Derek|year=2001|title=Home to Harlem|journal=International Review of African American Art|volume=17}}

Awards and fellowships

Among the honors which Susan Smith-Pinelo has earned are:

Joan Sovern Sculpture Award (1999)

Selected exhibitions

Susan Smith-Pinelo’s work has been featured in exhibitions at numerous galleries and institutions including:{{cite web|title=Susan Smith-Pinelo , US|url=http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/susan-smith-pinelo-29786/profile.html#solo|publisher=ArtFActs|access-date=1 March 2016}}

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France Playback (2007)
Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland black alphabet (2006)
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York City, USA Music/Video (2006)
Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany One Planet Under A Groove (2003)
Longwood Arts Project, New York City, USA DL: The “Down Low” in Contemporary Art (2003)
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA Fantasy Underfoot - The 47th Biennial Exhibition (2002)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, USA Forum - Hello, My Name Is... (2002)
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York City, USA One Planet Under a Grove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art (2001)
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA "Third Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection" (2001){{cite web|title=Third Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection|url=http://welcometolace.org/lace/third-annual-altoids-curiously-strong-collection/|publisher=Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions|access-date=3 March 2016}}
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City, USA Freestyle (2001)