CONSUELO JIMENEZ UNDERWOOD
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      • One Nation Underground
      • Frontera Flag #1
      • Quatlique-Landia
      • Consumer Flag
      • Bracero Flag
      • Border Flowers Flag
      • Hoe Down
    • AMERICA >
      • Apocalyptic Rain Song
      • Anonymous Dead
      • Buffalo Shroud, 1000 Left
      • Ingles Only
      • Inside the Rain Rebozo
      • Kaut: Border Flowers
      • Land Grabs. 500 Years
      • Mi Oro, Tu Amor
      • Mother Rain Rebozo
      • Undocumented Birds
      • Virgen de la Frontera
      • Woody, My Dad and Me
    • CAUTION >
      • C. Jane Run
      • Run, Jane Run!
      • Virgen de Los Caminos
      • Rebozos de la Frontera
      • Mendocino Rebozo
      • Sacred Jump
    • FOOD >
      • Undoc Border Food
      • Undoc Tort Happening
      • Undoc Tortilla Basket
      • Kaut Tortilla
      • American Dress. Virgen de Tepin
      • Undocumented Nopal. 2525 AD
      • Virgen de los Nopales
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About

Statement and Resume

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Crossing borders and negotiating between three perspectives has always been a fundamental aspect of my persona and the basis of my creative process.

Over thirty years ago, when “craft vs. art” was the most divisive issue in the arts, I discovered and established my “authentic artistic voice,” refocused my artistic studies from the paintbrush and pigments to “needle and thread.” Empowered by the voices of my indigenous maternal ancestors, I began to cross the intellectual borders that separated the hand and the mind(craft), from the spirit (fine art).

My work is a reflection of personal border experiences: the interconnectedness of societies, insisting on beauty in struggle, and celebrating the notion of "seeing" this world through my tri-cultural lens.  Engaging materials, which reflect a contemporary hyper-modern sensitivity, are interwoven to create large-scale fiber art that is inspired in equal measures by land, politics and Spirit.

The artwork becomes an external validation of ancestral memory and personal quest.  Beauty, grace, and flowers soothe the quiet rage that has permeated the Americas for more than five hundred years.  Thus, when I weave, sew, or embellish, the anonymous viejitas (hags) seem to express their encouragement and support of my creations.

Consuelo Jimenez Underwood Resume

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