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Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: One Nation Underground

Past exhibition
November 9, 2022 - February 11, 2023 San Antonio
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Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Undocumented Nopal. 2525 AD, 2019, Signed, titled, and dated on back, Stitched, woven, embroidered, silkscreened. Silk and cotton fabric. Linen, Kentucky barbed wire, cotton and synthetic thread, 70 x 48 in, 177.8 x 121.9 cm
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Undocumented Nopal. 2525 AD, 2019, Signed, titled, and dated on back, Stitched, woven, embroidered, silkscreened. Silk and cotton fabric. Linen, Kentucky barbed wire, cotton and synthetic thread, 70 x 48 in, 177.8 x 121.9 cm

Ruiz-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.

 

Consuelo Jimenez Underwood was born in Sacramento, California to a family of campesinos. As a youth she was placed in a fruit crate while her parents picked the rich agricultural fields and orchards from Sacramento to Calexico, California. It was during this time that Jimenez Underwood developed her unique tri-cultural perspective: Chicana/Indigenous/American. Using this voice Jimenez Underwood interweaves themes and imagery that reflect and revisit social memories.

 

“Redefining the practice of weaving, Jimenez Underwood works with repurposed barbed wire, yellow caution tape, safety pins, and plastic bags and crosses Indigenous, Chicana, European, and Euro-American art practices, pushing the arts of the Americas beyond Eurocentric aesthetics toward culturally hybrid and Indigenous understandings of art making. Jimenez Underwood’s redefinition of weaving and painting alongside the socially and environmentally engaged dimensions of her work position her as one of the most vital artists of our time.” - Excerpt from Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving Vision, Pérez, Laura E. and Ann Marie Leimer, Editors, Duke University Press, 2022.

 

Recent as well as historic works from Jimenez Underwood’s oeuvre are featured in both exhibitions. In San Antonio, One Nation Underground features a large-scale textile work that combines the United States and Mexico flags. Embellished with various fibers, fabric, and barbed wire, the work references the intermingling of culture along the U.S.-Mexico border. In New York City, the artist’s historical 1991 work Night Lights integrates silk screen and weaving techniques. Warholian images of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the Aztec goddess Coatlicue explore gender, spirituality, and icons.

 

About the Artist

Consuelo Jimenez Underwood received her BA and MA in Art 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 assumed the role of Professor and Director of the Fiber Area, a position she has held for more than two decades. 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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Works
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood One Nation Underground, 2013 Stitched, embroidered. Nylon, cotton, silk fabric; leather; cotton thread 56 x 90 in 142.24 x 228.6 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    One Nation Underground, 2013
    Stitched, embroidered. Nylon, cotton, silk fabric; leather; cotton thread
    56 x 90 in
    142.24 x 228.6 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Broken: 13 Undocumented Birds, 2021 Woven and stitched. Wire, linen, cotton and metallic threads 70 x 47 in 177.8 x 119.4 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Broken: 13 Undocumented Birds, 2021
    Woven and stitched. Wire, linen, cotton and metallic threads
    70 x 47 in
    177.8 x 119.4 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Border Flowers Flag, 2008 Stitched, embroidered, silkscreened over dyed recycled cotton and silk fabrics. Silk, cotton embroidery threads 56 x 23 in 142.2 x 58.4 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Border Flowers Flag, 2008
    Stitched, embroidered, silkscreened over dyed recycled cotton and silk fabrics. Silk, cotton embroidery threads
    56 x 23 in
    142.2 x 58.4 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood American Foods: Corn, Bean, Squash, 2019 Woven, pinned. Cotton fabric, natural and synthetic fibers, leather barbed wire, safety pins, buttons, and glass beads 19 x 45 in each, 63 x 45 in total 48.3 x 114.3 cm, 160 x 114.3 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    American Foods: Corn, Bean, Squash, 2019
    Woven, pinned. Cotton fabric, natural and synthetic fibers, leather barbed wire, safety pins, buttons, and glass beads
    19 x 45 in each, 63 x 45 in total
    48.3 x 114.3 cm, 160 x 114.3 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Mi Oro, Tu Amor, 1994 Painted, wrapped, embroidered, stitched. Cotton canvas, silk fabric, barbed wire, gold wire, paint, corn, and bean kernels 48 x 51 in 121.9 x 129.5 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Mi Oro, Tu Amor, 1994
    Painted, wrapped, embroidered, stitched. Cotton canvas, silk fabric, barbed wire, gold wire, paint, corn, and bean kernels
    48 x 51 in
    121.9 x 129.5 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Undocumented Nopal. 2525 AD, 2019 Stitched, woven, embroidered, silkscreened. Silk and cotton fabric. Linen, Kentucky barbed wire, cotton and synthetic thread 70 x 48 in 177.8 x 121.9 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Undocumented Nopal. 2525 AD, 2019
    Stitched, woven, embroidered, silkscreened. Silk and cotton fabric. Linen, Kentucky barbed wire, cotton and synthetic thread
    70 x 48 in
    177.8 x 121.9 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood C. Jane Run, 2005 Hand pulled, silver and gold, silkscreened and pinned. on recycled clothing, safety pins, glass beads 120 x 204 in 304.8 x 518.2 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    C. Jane Run, 2005
    Hand pulled, silver and gold, silkscreened and pinned. on recycled clothing, safety pins, glass beads
    120 x 204 in
    304.8 x 518.2 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Undocumented Tortilla Basket, 2008 Kentucky barbed wired, aluminum, and steel wire 9 x 29 in diameter 22.9 x 73.7 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Undocumented Tortilla Basket, 2008
    Kentucky barbed wired, aluminum, and steel wire
    9 x 29 in diameter
    22.9 x 73.7 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Lunar Surveillance, 2016 Tapestry, frame loom. Linen, cotton, metallic threads 4.25 x 4.5 in 10.8 x 11.4 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Lunar Surveillance, 2016
    Tapestry, frame loom. Linen, cotton, metallic threads
    4.25 x 4.5 in
    10.8 x 11.4 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Guns and Stripes, 2008 Tapestry. Wire, linen, cotton, and synthetic threads 18 x 7.5 in 45.7 x 19.1 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Guns and Stripes, 2008
    Tapestry. Wire, linen, cotton, and synthetic threads
    18 x 7.5 in
    45.7 x 19.1 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood California Sunset, 2013 Tapestry, frame loom. Linen, cotton, metallic threads 8 x 5 in 20.3 x 12.7 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    California Sunset, 2013
    Tapestry, frame loom. Linen, cotton, metallic threads
    8 x 5 in
    20.3 x 12.7 cm
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Virgen de los Nopales, 2005 Silkscreen on Coventry paper, stitched with cotton and synthetic threads 20 x 26 in 50.8 x 66.04 cm Edition of 72
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Virgen de los Nopales, 2005
    Silkscreen on Coventry paper, stitched with cotton and synthetic threads
    20 x 26 in
    50.8 x 66.04 cm
    Edition of 72
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Campesino Silk Flag, 2009 Tapestry, frame loom. Wire, cotton bandanas, dupont silk, linen 29 x 11 in 73.7 x 27.9 cm
    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
    Campesino Silk Flag, 2009
    Tapestry, frame loom. Wire, cotton bandanas, dupont silk, linen
    29 x 11 in
    73.7 x 27.9 cm
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Press
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, “Mi Oro, Tu Amor,” 1994, painted, wrapped, embroidered, stitched cotton canvas, silk fabric, barbed wire, gold wire, paint, corn, and bean kernels. 48 x 51 inches

    Indivisible: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood’s “One Nation Underground” at Ruiz-Healy Art

    Barbara Purcell, Glasstire, December 14, 2022
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  • Featured: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood

    Discovering and Displaying the Innovative and Creative Culture of Silicon Valley

    Content, December 14, 2022
  • Patricia Ruiz-Healy poses with San Antonio-born artist Alejandro Diaz in her New York City gallery.

    Patricia Ruiz-Healy champions Latinx and South Texas artists in both San Antonio and Manhattan

    Bryan Rindfuss, San Antonio Current, November 4, 2022
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Publications
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: One Nation Underground

    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: One Nation Underground

    Ruiz-Healy Art San Antonio Ruiz-Healy Art, 2022 Read more
  • Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision

    Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision

    Editors: Laura E. Pérez, Ann Marie Leimer 2022 Paperback 416 pages
    Publisher: Duke University Press
    ISBN: 9781478018322
    Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.5 x 8.6 in
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