Siena Smith (b. 1996, Long Island City, NY; lives in Providence, RI) is an artist who works with drawing, painting, Jacquard weaving and collage to process the complexities of everyday emotions, memories and struggles centering Black life, culture and womanhood. She earned her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in Textiles and MFA at School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Fiber and Material Studies. She is interested in how repetition, tactility, material and rhythm of 2-D and textile mediums carry the essence of Black Diasporic personal, collective and spiritual histories and futures. Her work has been exhibited at MASS Gallery, NADA Miami, Martha’s Contemporary, George Washington Carver Museum, RISD Museum and White Cube. Recent group and solo exhibitions include Curated Spotlight at NADA Miami (2022, curated by Joanna Bellorado-Samuels), Heartstrings at MASS Gallery (2025, curated by Taylor Danielle Davis) and Art & Design from 1900s to Now at RISD Museum (2025). Her work is held in public and private collections, including TD Bank and RISD Museum Costume and Textiles Collection. In addition, her work has appeared in publications including Sotheby’s, BmoreArt and The New York Times. She is currently adjunct faculty in the Textiles Department at Rhode Island School of Design.