Siena Smith- Always Moving — Martha's Contemporary

Siena Smith

Always Moving

January 2021

Martha’s Contemporary is pleased to present “Always Moving”, Siena Smith’s first exhibition with the gallery. The work is a dance of figures moving through the world. The choreography used varies from slow twirls of jacquard looms to quick-footed gesture paintings. To create her hand-woven pieces, Smith uses a mesh of a computer interface and her own hands to weave mellifluous and maze-like artworks. Smith methodically hand passes yarn through a machine while a digital loom synchronistically dictates the pattern she has previously input. The artistic process connects two-dimensional human figure patterns with the three-dimensional interactive processes of weaving in order to create textured narratives.

Timeline, 2020Siena Smith24” x 146”Jacquard woven, charcoal, oil pastel — *Timeline,* 2020
**Siena Smith**
**24” x 146”**
**Jacquard woven, charcoal, oil pastel**

Bit by Bit, 2020Siena Smith38” x 24”Jacquard woven, pastel, watercolor — *Bit by Bit*, 2020
**Siena Smith**
**38” x 24”**
**Jacquard woven, pastel, watercolor**

Seeping, 2020Siena Smith66” x 38”Jacquard woven, watercolor, collage — *Seeping*, 2020
**Siena Smith**
**66” x 38”**
**Jacquard woven, watercolor, collage**

Glimpse VI2020Lithograph, pastel, watercolor,  collage 6” x 8” — ***Glimpse VI***
***2020***
**Lithograph, pastel, watercolor, collage**
**6” x 8”**

Glimpse XV2020Lithograph, pastel, watercolor,  collage 6” x 8” — ***Glimpse XV***
***2020***
**Lithograph, pastel, watercolor, collage**
**6” x 8”**

Glimpse IX2020Lithograph, pastel, charcoal, watercolor,  collage 6” x 8” — ***Glimpse IX***
***2020***
**Lithograph, pastel, charcoal, watercolor, collage**
**6” x 8”**

Glimpse X, 2020Jacquard woven, watercolor, charcoal, collage 6” x 8” — ***Glimpse X, 2020***
**Jacquard woven, watercolor, charcoal, collage**
**6” x 8”**

Glimpse VII, 2020Lithograph, pastel, charcoal, watercolor, collage 6” x 8” — ***Glimpse VII, 2020***
**Lithograph, pastel, charcoal, watercolor, collage**
**6” x 8”**

Glimpse XI, 2020Pastel, watercolor, collage 6” x 8” — ***Glimpse XI, 2020***
**Pastel, watercolor, collage**
**6” x 8”**

Glimpse I, 2020Lithograph, collage 6” x 8” — ***Glimpse I, 2020***
**Lithograph, collage**
**6” x 8”**