Consuelo Jimenez Underwood American, b. 1949
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood was born in Sacramento, California. She received her BA and MA from San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. In 1987, Jimenez Underwood received an MFA in Art from San Jose University, San Jose, California, where she immediately assumed the role of Professor and Director of the Fiber Area for more than two decades. In 2022, the artist was awarded the Latinx Artist Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind initiative that recognizes 15 of the most compelling Latinx visual artists working in the United States today. She is the subject of Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving Vision, a comprehensive analysis of her work and impact on feminist textile art history.
"Consuelo Jimenez Underwood’s artwork is marked by her compassionate and urgent engagement with a range of pressing contemporary issues, from immigration and environmental precarity to the resilience of Indigenous ancestral values and the necessity of decolonial aesthetics in art making. Drawing on the fiber arts movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Chicana feminist art, and Indigenous fiber- and loom-based traditions, Jimenez Underwood’s art encompasses needlework, weaving, painted and silkscreened pieces, installations, sculptures, and performance." - From Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving Vision
Her work is featured in numerous permanent collections: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA; National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL; Mexican Fine Art Center Museum, Chicago, IL; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; National Hispanic Center for The Arts, Albuquerque, NM; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Oakland Museum of California; Oakland, CA, among others.
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Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodMe, Myself, and I, 2022Silkscreen on Rives paper, ten runs22 x 30 in
55.9 x 76.2 cmEdition of 34 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodBroken: 13 Undocumented Birds, 2021Woven and stitched. Wire, linen, cotton and metallic threads70 x 47 in
177.8 x 119.4 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodAmerican Foods: Corn, Bean, Squash, 2019Woven, pinned. Cotton fabric, natural and synthetic fibers, leather barbed wire, safety pins, buttons, and glass beads19 x 45 in each, 63 x 45 in total
48.3 x 114.3 cm, 160 x 114.3 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodWoody, My Dad and Me, 2018Woven wire, linen, metallic and cotton thread49 x 17 each (49 x 51 in)
124.5 x 43.2 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodOne Nation Underground, 2013Stitched, embroidered. Nylon, cotton, silk fabric; leather; cotton thread56 x 90 in
142.24 x 228.6 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodCampesino Silk Flag, 2009Tapestry, frame loom. Wire, cotton bandanas, dupont silk, linen29 x 11 in
73.7 x 27.9 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodBorder Flowers Flag, 2008Stitched, embroidered, silkscreened over dyed recycled cotton and silk fabrics. Silk, cotton embroidery threads56 x 23 in
142.2 x 58.4 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodUndocumented Tortilla Basket, 2008Kentucky barbed wired, aluminum, and steel wire9 x 29 in diameter
22.9 x 73.7 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodVirgen de los Nopales, 2005Silkscreen on Coventry paper, stitched with cotton and synthetic threads20 x 26 in
50.8 x 66.04 cmEdition of 72 -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodAmerican Dress. Virgen de Tepin (Chili), 1999Stitched, silkscreened, painted, embroidered. Silk velvet, gold wire, barbed wire, textile paint56 x 34 in
142.2 x 86.4 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodBuffalo Shroud, Almost 1,000 Left, 1995Woven, silkscreened, and embroidered. Unbleached silk threads, textile paint, and calico fabric102 x 36 in
259.1 x 91.4 cm -
Consuelo Jimenez UnderwoodMi Oro, Tu Amor, 1994Painted, wrapped, embroidered, stitched. Cotton canvas, silk fabric, barbed wire, gold wire, paint, corn, and bean kernels48 x 51 in
121.9 x 129.5 cm
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The Year in Latinx Art, From Overdue Retrospectives to Promising New Museums
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews, December 30, 2022 -
Indivisible: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood’s “One Nation Underground” at Ruiz-Healy Art
Barbara Purcell, Glasstire, December 14, 2022 -
Discovering and Displaying the Innovative and Creative Culture of Silicon Valley
Content, December 14, 2022 -
Patricia Ruiz-Healy champions Latinx and South Texas artists in both San Antonio and Manhattan
Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, November 4, 2022 -
15 Latinx Artist Fellows Receive $50K Grants
Elaine Velie, Hyperallergic, May 15, 2022 -
Mellon and Ford Foundations Announce Second Cohort of Latinx Artist Fellows
Ford Foundation, May 12, 2022 -
Latinx Art Got More Visibility Than Ever in 2021. What Will Change Going Forward?
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews, December 30, 2021 -
Crystal Bridges Announces $17.5 Million Gift to Advance American Craft
Todd Gill, Fayetteville Flyer, November 11, 2020 -
Weaving Beauty into the Borderlands
Courtney Lindwall, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), September 16, 2019
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Alchemy: Works on Paper
San Antonio February 22 - April 1, 2023 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to present Alchemy: Works on Paper. The exhibition will present works by Jesse Amado, Richard "Ricky" Armendariz, Cecilia Biagini, Gaby Collins-Fernandez, Margaret Craig, Andres Ferrandis, Pedro Friedeberg, Cisco Jiménez, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Leigh Anne Lester, César A. Martínez, Kanako Namura, Lina Puerta, and Ethel Shipton. Ruiz-Healy Art is proud to be one of only three dealers in the state of Texas that holds membership to the International Fine Print Dealers Association, an organization that maintains the highest standards for works on paper.Read more -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Threads from Border-landia
November 17, 2022 - February 18, 2023 New York CityRuiz -Healy Art is pleased to present two concurrent solo exhibitions from Consuelo Jimenez Underwood at both our San Antonio and New York City galleries. In 2022, the artist was awarded the Latinx Artist Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind initiative that recognizes 15 of the most compelling Latinx visual artists working in the United States today. The artist is also the subject of a publication,Read more
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving Vision, a recent comprehensive analysis of her work and impact on feminist textile art history. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: One Nation Underground
November 9, 2022 - February 11, 2023 San AntonioRuiz-Healy Art is pleased to present two concurrent solo exhibitions from Consuelo Jimenez Underwood at both our San Antonio and New York City galleries. In 2022, the artist was awarded the Latinx Artist Fellowship, a first-of-its-kind initiative that recognizes 15 of the most compelling Latinx visual artists working in the United States today. The artist is also the subject of a publication, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving Vision, a recent comprehensive analysis of her work and impact on feminist textile art history. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery.Read more
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Bridges, Borders, and Breaks: History, Narrative, and Nation in Twenty-First-Century Chicana/o Literary Criticism (Latinx and Latin American Profiles)
Essays by William Orchard and Yolanda Padilla 2016 Read more -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood / Crafting America: Artists and Objects, 1940 to Today
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art / Essays by Glenn Adamson & Jen Padgett Glenn Adamson & Jen Padgett, 2021 Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1682261522
Dimensions: 9 x 0.9 x 11 in Read more -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: 500 Years of Chicana Women's History
Anos de la Mujer Chicana 2008 Read more -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision
Editors: Laura E. Pérez, Ann Marie Leimer 2022 Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478018321
Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.5 x 8.6 in Read more -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: One Nation Underground
Ruiz-Healy Art San Antonio Ruiz-Healy Art, 2022 Read more -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Skilled Work
American Craft in the Renwick Gallery Kenneth R. Trapp and Howard Risatti, 1998 Read more -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: The U.S.-Mexico Border : Place, Imagination, and Possibility
Craft and Folkart Museum | Curated by Lowery Strokes Sims and Ana Elena Mallet 2017 Read more -
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Threads from Border-Landia
Ruiz-Healy Art New York City Ruiz-Healy Art, 2022 Read more -
Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art: Artists, Works, Culture, and Education
Essays by Gary D. Keller, Mary Erickson, Kaytie Johnson, and Joaquín Alvarado Gary D. Keller, Mary Erickson, Kaytie Johnson, Joaquín Alvarado, 2003 Read more