Martine Syms, born 1988 in Los Angeles, has emerged in recent years as one of the defining artists of her generation. Her work combines in-depth research on the history of mass media with humour and social commentary, using film, photography, installation, performance and writing. Syms work has been featured in Signals: How Video Transformed the World (2023) at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and in solo exhibitions at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, and many others. She has also realized commissioned work for brands such as Prada, Nike and Celine. She recently finished her first feature film, The African Desperate (2022), and received a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship.
