Sydnie Jimenez Skirts and Hoodies
Sydnie Jimenez Skirts and Hoodies October 2 - October 30, 2021 Front & Back Cover- Call up my twin she gon give you hell, 2021 Red Stoneware, Glaze, 11h x 8w x 7.50d in Photographer- George Bouret
Lucy Lacoste Gallery 25 Main Street, Concord MA lucylacoste.com info@lucylacoste.com
Sydnie Jimenez
b. 1997
Sydnie Jimenez was born in Orlando, FL, and spent most of her childhood in north Georgia from which she draws much inspiration. She recently graduated from SAIC (BFA 2020) focusing in ceramic sculpture and is a recipient of the Windgate Fellowship (2020). Currently she is doing a year long residency at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana. Much of her work centers around the representation of black/ brown youth and self-expression as a form of protest, self care, and power within community.
Artist Statement
I make figurative work of black and brown youth with varied personalities to show individuality within communities on the fringes of popular culture rooted in white supremacy. The navigation through this toxic eurocentric foundation has shaped the way the world views black and brown people and how we view ourselves in relation to whiteness. I want to spark conversations around style, selfexpression, internal reflection, and the observation of the self by others in relation to the post-colonial society we live in along with the many connotations this has. With the rebellious and suspicious nature of my figures I want to show the “tough” or “angry, mean, and bitchy” demeanors in which especially black and brown femmes take on or are projected onto as a defense mechanism combatting an unwelcoming society and also the radical joy and the deep sadness that permeates our experiences.
Front Shortie, 2021 Red stoneware, slip, glaze 13h x 5w x 2.50d in
Back
Azul, 2021 Red stoneware, slip, glaze 15h x 5w x 3.50d in
Back view
RAGE, 2021 Brown Stoneware, glaze 15h x 5w x 3.50d in
Hey red head, 2021 Brown Stoneware, glaze 15h x 4.50w x 3.50d in
Back
Sydnie Jimenez in collaboration with Nassim Dayoub Tatted Baddie, 2021 Speckled stoneware, slip, underglaze 16h x 5w x 3d in
F U, 2021 Red stoneware, slip, glaze 15h x 6w x 3.50d in
HANDS, 2021 Red stoneware, slip, glaze 16h x 6.75w x 2.50d in
Green Striped Paints with Blue Hair Stoneware 14.50h x 5w x3.25d in
Girl with Stripes and Checks Stoneware 13.50h x 5w x 3d in
4L, 2021 Brown Stoneware, slip, glaze 16h x 9w x 4.50d in
Woman in Floral Dress, 2021 Terracotta 16h x 4w x 2d in
Man in Wife Beater and Jeans, 2021, Terracotta 15.5h x 4w x 3d in
Fake as Hell, 2021 Brown Stoneware, slip, glaze, enamel 18.50h x 12w x 12d in
Side view
Love, 2021 Red stoneware, slip, glaze 11h x 12w x 13d in
Side view
Wavy, 2021 Brown Stoneware, slip, glaze 12.75h x 14w x 10d in
Back view
I don't like you, 2021 Brown Stoneware, slip, enamel 12.50h x 12w x 11d in
Back view
Afro Puffs, 2021 Speckled stoneware, slip, glaze 9h x 10.50w x 7d in
Braids, 2021 Speckled stoneware, slip, glaze 7.50h x 11.50w x 8d in
Holly Hell, 2021 Porcelain, glaze 13.25h x 11.75w in
Did You Sleep Tonight?, 2021 Red Stoneware, glaze 9.75h x 10.50w in
Weeping Angels, 2020 Speckled stoneware, glaze 10.50h x 12w in
Spider Web Bandana, 2021 Red Stoneware, glaze 9h x 8.50w in
Untitled, 2020 Speckled stoneware, glaze 10h x 11w in
Sydnie Jimenez in collaboration with Haylie Jimenez Backyard Party, 2021 Speckled stoneware, slip, glaze, 20h x 18.25w in
Resume EXPERIENCE - SAIC Ceramics Department, Chicago, IL — Studio Assistant, August 2019May 2020 - SAIC Student Government, March 2017 - June 2020 - Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL — Teaching Assistant, January 2020 April 2020
EXHIBITIONS
-Skirts and Hoodies, First Solo Exhibition, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA, October 2021 -Growing Pains, Anthony Gallery, Chicago IL, September 2021 -Orchids: Group Exhibition, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA, August 2021 -SWELL, South Shore Arts, Gary IN, July 2021
- Gnarware Workshop, Chicago, IL — Studio Intern, June 2019 - July 2019
-State of Emergence, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY, May 2021
EDUCATION
-Entrecuerpos, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL, November 2020
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL — BFA
-Identity in Clay, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans LA, October
August 2016 - May 2020
2020
-Majored in ceramic sculpture. Also worked in screen printing, lithography, painting, and foundry. AWARDS -Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC) SPARK Grant 2021 (Chicago, IL) -2020 Center for Craft Windgate-Lamar Fellowship
-An Epithet, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago IL, January 2021
-Empowering Voices, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord MA, September 2020 -SAIC Undergraduate Exhibition, Chicago IL, March 2020 -Tenderheaded, University of Ohio, Jan 2020 -Where We Meet, Columbus Ohio, July 2019
-NCECA Multicultural Fellowship 2020 (Richmond, VA)
-Natura, VERSA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, September 2019
-Ox-bow School of Art Fellowship Summer 2018 (Saugatuck, MI)
-Art Crush, SITE Galleries, 2018
-Kriti Gallery Residency Winter 2018 (Varanasi, India)
-Siragusa Gallery, Chicago IL, 2017