Currently on exhibit in the John B. Coleman Library art gallery in room 109, is a collection of collagraph and mono prints that L. Kaneem Smith has been developing over several years.
The exhibit is described by the artist as an artful interpretation of her own obsession with texture and the human hand.
All the prints in the collection were made with objects Smith found in every day life. The works have been made from impressions of various fibers like hair, burlap, and twine, dog’s hair, snake skin and even a concrete slab in the printing press.
The prints in this exhibition are untitled because the artist utilizes this work as sketches for her ambitious sculptural forms.
Smith is currently based in Houston, and has shown her work at Devin Bordem Hiram Butler Gallery and Rudolph Projects in Houston.
She creates drawings, prints and sculptural forms that are informed by history, travel, and her personal associations. Her large abstract works have multiple meanings while examining the contemporary effect the African Diaspora has on every day life.
Smith received her BFA from Syracuse University and currently teaches at Cy Fair Community College.
She has shown her work at various venues all over the country including Project Row House and the University of North Texas.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and recently was awarded a Creative Capital grant to support the construction of an ambitious series of sculptures.