Sydnie Jimenez’s Striking Ceramic Sculptures Celebrate Individual Expression and Diverse Communities
about 3 months ago (02/09/2024)
In museums or galleries, artist Sydnie Jimenez never saw figurative sculpture that looked like her or that felt relatable. Taking inspiration from her surroundings where she grew up in north Georgia, then Chicago where she attended the School of the Art Institute, she discovered a love for ceramics as a way to celebrate Black and brown bodies and express individuality, agency, and empathy in a way she didn’t see in art history. “I’m really interested in how people express themselves through fashion or just the way they hold themselves,” Jimenez says.