L O V E Y O U T O D E A T H
L O V E Y O U T O D E A T H APRIL 1 - 29, 2023 Lucy Lacoste Gallery 25 Main Street, Concord, MA 01742 978-369-0278 info@lucylacoste.com
SYDNIE AND HAYLIE JIMENEZ
"Our relationship as twins has heavily informed the way we build and maintain close relationships with important people in our lives. Ultimately, it doesn’t necessarily have to do with being blood relatives with said people.
In our exhibition Love You To Death we want to showcase this aspect of our lives, and how things like infinite care and the trust we’ve built with one another has helped shape and form countless other relationships."
Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez Memory Armor, 2023 15h x 14w x 7d in
Lucy Lacoste Gallery is pleased to present Love You To Death, with the twin sister duo of Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez; centered around the representation of black and brown youth as well as self-expression as a form of storytelling and power within art and community. Additionally, their work is heavily informed by their relationship as twins. Love You To Death effectively embodies the emotional experiences and trends of today’s youth as well as ideas of chosen family, life-long friendships, and surrounding yourself with ones you love.
Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez Left: I Love Country Boys, 2023 Right: Black Bikini, 2023 stoneware, underglaze, glaze, oxide wash 14h x 5w x 2.50d in
SYDNIE JIMENEZ
White Skirt Cherub, 2023
stoneware, underglaze, glaze, oxide wash 10h x 7w x 2.50d in
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Blonde Haired Cherub, 2023 stoneware, underglaze, glaze, oxide wash 10h x 7w x 2.50d in
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Green Flower Bandana, 2023
stoneware, glaze, slip, oxide wash, rhinestone
8h x 8w x 6.50d in
Green Hair Head, 2023
Low fire ceramic, glaze, oxide wash, rhinestone
8h x 8w x 6.50d in
Turquoise Bang, 2023
stoneware, glaze, oxide wash, rhinestone
8h x 8w x 6.50d in
Strawberry Blonde Head, 2023
Low fire ceramic, glaze, oxide wash, rhinestone
8h x 8w x 6d in
Soda-fired Cherub 1, 2022 stoneware
10h x 7w x 2.50d in
Soda-fired Cherub 2, 2022 stoneware
10h x 7w x 2.50d in
Striped Shirt Cherub, 2022 stoneware, glaze 10h x 7w x 2.50d in
Bucket Hat Cherub, 2022 low fire ceramic, glaze 10h x 7w x 2.50d in
Heart Shirt Cherub, 2022 stoneware, glaze 10h x 7w x 2.50d in
Hater, 2023
stoneware, slip, glaze, oxide wash
15h x 5w x 3d in
stoneware, underglaze, glaze, oxide wash
14h x 5w x 2.50d in
NUMB, 2023
stoneware, underglaze, glaze, oxide wash
14h x 2.50w x 5d in
stoneware, slip, glaze, oxide wash
15h x 3w x 5d in
Pink Cardigan, 2023
Star Brows, 2023
HAYLIE JIMENEZ
Parking Lot Vibe, 2023
Glazed Ceramic
9h x 10w in
Pose, 2023
Glazed Ceramic 6h x 5.50w in
Twin, 2023
Glazed Ceramic 6h x 6w in
Lovers, 2022
Glazed Ceramic tiles
24h x 20w in
4L, 2023
Glazed Ceramic 6h x 5w in
Drill Time, 2023
Glazed Ceramic 6h x 6w in
Walking Home Down 18th, 2023
Glazed Ceramic tiles
18h x 20w in
SPL, 2022
Ink on paper
22h x 28w in
Show Statement by Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez:
Our relationship as twins has heavily informed the way we build and maintain close relationships with important people in our lives. Ultimately, it doesn’t necessarily have to do with being blood relatives with said people. In our exhibition Love You To Death we want to showcase this aspect of our lives, and how things like infinite care and the trust we’ve built with one another has helped shape and form countless other relationships. Naturally our art can be collaborative because of our countless shared experiences, influences, and shared values. It’s always a pleasure to show together and express this to others.
The versatility and unpredictability of clay sort of mirrors this sentiment of unconditional love and the struggle that comes with it. Paired with drawings on paper which are inherently ephemeral (as they will not last forever), ceramics and drawing work to form these physically and spiritually collaborative works and ideas in Love You to Death.
On Love You To Death:
The term "love you to death" is a southern saying that implies conflict or imperfections within long lasting, loving, and caring relationships, as the phrase is usually followed with a "but" statement, that often illustrates a scenario of confrontation and directness around a certain subject. This aspect of creating and maintaining long lasting relationships is super important to us. Finding community where love and care is upheld is a necessity for us and often other folks that identify with intersecting marginalized identities such as queer, trans, and black/brown folks.
Sydnie Jimenez
Education
August 2016 - May 2020 School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL – BFA
Awards, Grants, Exhibitions
Love You to Death - duo show at Lucy Lacoste, Concord, MA April 2023
Vibe Shift - group show at Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA July 2022
Skirts and Hoodies - solo show at Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA October 2021
Empowering Voices- group show at Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA September 2020
Unidos - group show at NCECA, Cincinnati, OH March 2023
Bray Show - group show at NCECA, Cincinnati, OH March 2023
Two Heads - duo show at Kapp Kapp, NYC, NY March 2023
Do You See Me? - group show at Albertz Benda, Los Angeles, CA February 2023
UVNT Art Fair - group show with Moosey Gallery, Madrid, Spain December 2022
Beyond Our Years - group show at Signature Contemporary Craft, Atlanta, GA November 2022
Right on Time - duo show at Moosey Gallery, Norwich, England October 2022
Grounded - group show at Villa Terrace Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI October 2022
Across the Pond - group show with Thinkspace Projects, London, England July 2022 Figurines - group show at Ki Smith Gallery, New York, NY July 2022
A Confluence of Coastal Creativity - group show, Albertz Benda and Mindy Solomon, L.A., CA July 2022
Summer ‘16- group show at Strada, Los Angeles, CA July 2022
Skins + Masks - group show at Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL June 2022
Retrato - group show at Tlaloc Studios, Los Angeles, CA May 2022
Give Em’ Pleasure, Give Em’ Hell - duo show at New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA February 2022
Dispositivos de Desorientacion - group show at Cuen Gallery, Oaxaca, Mexico January 2022
Untitled Art Fair- group booth with New Image Art, Miami, FL, December 2021
Can we get something sweet? - duo show at Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL
November 2021 Growing Pains- group show at Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL, August 2021
Identity in Clay - group show at the Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA September 2020
Windgate- Lamar Fellowship - grant from Center of Craft, Asheville, NC May 2020
Multicultural Fellowship- fellowship from NCECA March 2020
Kikeri-Sinha Travel Fellowship- fellowship for India Study Trip with SAIC to Mumbai, Kochi, and Varanasi, India December 2018
Ox-Bow Fellowship- scholarship for Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Haylie Jimenez
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL – BFA 2020
Exhibitions
Love You To Death, duo show with Sydnie Jimenez at Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA April 2023
Last Call VIII, group show at Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN, March 2023
Two Heads, duo show with Sydnie Jimenez at Kapp Kapp Gallery, New York City, NY, March 2023
Demasiado, group show at Superchief Gallery and Tlaloc Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 2023
RAIZ, group show by Tlaloc Studios and Thinkspace Projects, Glendale, CA, Jan 2023
A rebel’s fantasy, group show at FLXST Contemporary, Chicago,IL Nov 2022
Right on Time, Duo show with Sydnie Jimenez at Moosey Art Norwich, UK Oct 2022
Eve’s Rib, group show at Field Project New York, NY Sept 2022
Friends Forever, group show at the Latent Space Chicago, IL Sept 2022
Material Mugs VII, group show at Companion Gallery Humboldt, TN Sept 2022
Nubes Art Fair, group show at Heaven Gallery Chicago July 2022
2022 Resident Exhibition; group show at Archie Bray Foundation Helena, MT June 2022
Thinkspace in London, group show through Thinkspace Art; London, England July 2022
Ahora, group show at Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim June 2022
Retrato group show at Tlaloc Studios, Los Angeles, CA May 2022
Forbidden Boundaries; group show at MARFA Open with Filo Sofi Arts, Marfa, Texas May 2022
Corpus Corpus 13: Neo Tang, group show at Co Prosperity Sphere; Chicago, IL May 2022
Give em pleasure, give em Hell; Duo show with Sydnie, New Image Gallery, West Hollywood, L.A. Feb 2022
Dispositivos de Des-orientacion; group show at La Clinica Gallery Oaxaca, Mexico Dec 2021
Can we get something sweet? Duo show with Sydnie, Roots and Culture; Chicago Nov 2021
Orchids, group show at New Image Gallery, West hollywood, Los Angeles July 2021
IN BETWEEN, 2020; live-streamed animation screening by ExTVSAIC
Published Works
-Corpus Corpus 13: Neo Tang, 2022
-FREAKS volume 7, 2019 -Xerox Candy Bar Issue 32, 2019
Sydnie and Haylie Jimenez were born in Orlando, FL (1997) and raised in rural north Georgia. Sydnie graduated from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2020) focusing on ceramic sculpture and is a recipient of the Windgate Fellowship (2020). Haylie also graduated from SAIC (BFA 2020) with a focus on painting and drawing. The two sisters are currently working out of the Archie Bray in Helena, MT.
Back Cover: Haylie Jimenez
You Must Be in Heaven, 2023
Ink on paper, 25h x 26w in
