Name: Martine Syms
Nationality: US
Place of Birth: USA
Year of Birth: 1981
Areas of Work: Film/ video / new media
Website: www.martinesyms.com / www.dominicapublishing.com

 

Martine Syms is a conceptual entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California.

She has a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2007). She uses publishing, video, and performance to look at the making and reception of meaning in contemporary America. She has lectured at Yale University, the Walker Art Center, University of Chicago, REDCAT, SXSW, ICA London, and MoMA PS1, among other venues.

Her artwork has been exhibited and screened extensively, including presentations at the New Museum, the Studio Museum, White Flag Projects, ICA Philadelphia, and 356 Mission.

Intervention (Drink&Sound) by Martine Syms
Opening Celebration of the Sommerakademie 2015
August 14, 2015, Restaurant Schwellenmätteli, Bern

Excerpt from The School of I Will Survive
A collaboration between Martine Syms and Nicky Benedek

Video by David Röthlisberger