Critic, curator and poet
Cherry Smyth writes regularly for Modern Painters, Art Monthly, Circa and Art Review. She has written essays on Jane and Louise Wilson, Orla Barry, Salla Tykka and Dirk Braeckman, among others. She was a visiting critic at Braziers International Art Workshop and at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Castello, Spain. She was a visiting lecturer at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht in 2005. She was a curatorial adviser for Axis online showcase, Open Frequency in 2006. An essay on photographer Thomas Flechtner will be published in a book on his work, Bloom, Lars Muller Publications, 2007.
Her latest poetry collection, One Wanted Thing is available from www.lagan-press.org.
Contributions by Cherry Smyth
Cherry Smyth reviews Grace Ndiritu's recent solo exhibition at the Chisenhale Gallery in London. The...