Alexandria Smith

Alexandria Smith is an American mixed-media visual artist based in London and New York City. She is currently the head of painting at the Royal College of Art.

Smith was a co-organizer of the collective Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter from 2016 to 2017. The collective, which consists of more than 100 black women artists, held a public event at the New Museum in NYC in 2016. Smith was quoted as saying, "I was in the company of women who wanted to use their gifts to instigate change, to let our humanity be seen and heard despite what others may believe. I know our work is not done and that this collective will continue to bring about healing and work against the grain in other iterations at other institutions. I look forward to continuing to help carry that torch. Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter has re-instilled in me a belief in our abilities as Black women artists to be nurturing, compassionate, genuine, and powerful by any means necessary."

Smith earned her BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University, her MA in Art Education from New York University and an MFA in Fine Arts from Parsons The New School for Design. Provided by Wikipedia