Marie Smith (she/they) is a neurodivergent visual artist and writer born, living, and working in London. Smith graduated in 2017 with an MA in History in Art with Photography at Birkbeck, University of London.
Being a neurodivergent person with dyspraxia and anxiety has informed how they navigate the world. Marie’s practice incorporates audio, digital, and analogue media alongside text as a form of visual language that addresses identity, the body, nature, sustainability, mental health, and well-being.
Marie’s lens-based approach incorporates low-toxic plant, food, or herb-based developers to process their analogue film. Due to this methodology not being transferable to developing colour film, Marie now only works with black and white and camera-less film processes.
Marie has been exploring audio and workshops with collectives in an attempt to deconstruct and reframe their position in institutional landscapes such as archives, museums, galleries, and nature.
Marie is a member of Black Women Photographers. Marie is a Lecturer at Kingston University London and has previously lectured at Goldsmiths - University of London, and London College of Communication.
