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Publications, Press, Awards & Acquisitions

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​Publications

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Duke University Press
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision (August 5, 2022)

edited by Laura E. Pérez and Ann Marie Leimer
This volume’s contributors write about her place in feminist textile art history, situate her work among that of other Indigenous-identified feminist artists, and explore her signature works, series, techniques, images, and materials.
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2023

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James Renwick Alliance for Craft - Craft Quarterly 
Warp and Weft: Border Crossing as a Creative Force in the Art of Consuelo Jimenez Underwood (Winter 2023)
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood has been crossing borders her entire life. Her artistic viewpoint is a result of her lifetime engagement with the United States/Mexico border. As the daughter of a Chicana mother and Huichol Indian father from Mexico she grew up on both sides of the border with an understanding that her heritage encompasses and spans territorial designations.
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Glasstire [Texas Visual Art]
Top Five: January 5, 2023 [January 5, 2023)
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Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. 
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Hyperallergic
Your Concise New York Art Guide for January 2023 (January 1, 2023)
Underwood’s latest exhibition, one of two in the United States right now, explores cross-cultural identity intertwined with creative labor. A recent recipient of the Latinx Artist Fellowship, the artist creates vivacious textiles that translate Indigenous, Chicana, and patriotic motifs into critiques of border imperialism.
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​2022

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Glasstire [Texas Visual Art]
Indivisible: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood’s “One Nation Underground” at Ruiz-Healy Art (December 14, 2022)
In One Nation Underground, on view at Ruiz-Healy Art in San Antonio, fiber artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood weaves an American narrative bigger than its borders, right down to the details. 
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Publisher's Weekly
Spring 2022 Announcements: Art, Architecture & Photography (December 3, 2021)
Unseen works by big-name artists and major examinations of under appreciated artists figure prominently in this season’s offerings. Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision is recognized in the Top 10 publications. 
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Content Magazine
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood:  American Fiber Artist 
(Winter 2022)
If you asked acclaimed fiber artist Consuelo Jiménez Underwood about the meaning of life, love, and the universe, she would probably give you one word: thread. Best known for her mixed-media textiles and art installations, Underwood has spent over 30 years mastering an art form as old as mankind.
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Smithsonian Archives of American Art
​New Collections: Consuelo Jiménez Underwood (January 11, 2022)
The Smithsonian Archives of American Art has shared the essay New Collections: Consuelo Jiménez Underwood by Matthew Simms. With Consuelo's papers, biography, and technical style Simms highlights Underwood's spiritual connection to her work.
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​2021

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ARTnews
Latinx Art Got More Visibility Than Ever in 2021. What Will Change Going Forward? (December 30, 2021)
In July, Duke University Press will publish a new volume of essays, edited by Laura E. Pérez and Ann Marie Leimer, on the groundbreaking work of Northern California–based Chicana artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood; it will be the first such book on her pioneering textile and multimedia art.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Fiber artist breaks through boundaries
(October 24, 2021)
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood may be 72 years old in this mortal world, but the internationally renowned weaver and fiber artist draws on a more ancient realm for her craft. Even before receiving her first award, an Honorable Mention for a painting at the California State Fair in 1981, she felt her creative process guided by ghosts.
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Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
Artists' Amazing Creativity Connects the Many Cultures in the U.S. (April 14, 2021)
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood is a woman with a plan. In my recent phone interview with the acclaimed Latina artist I learned about her 10 year plans. When she was 9 years old she started to envision her college education and goals. At 70 her plan is to create 3 to 4 pieces each year for the next 10 years.
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2020

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Artfix Daily News
Crystal Bridges Announces $17.5M Gift from Windgate Foundation to Champion American Craft (November 11, 2020)
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2019

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Courtney Lindwall, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), onEarth
Weaving Beauty into the Borderlands (September 16, 2019)
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2017

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KPCC Public Radio, Los Angeles, CA.
Why this professional artist enlisted the help of public school students instead of gallery assistants (December 4, 2017)
Coverage of student collaboration for Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Latino Artists, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CA​.
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National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
NALAC Master Artist Grant (March 08, 2017)
Consuelo is honored to be a 2016 recipient of a NALAC Master Artist Grant, to fund mentorship of LA artist, Sheila Rodriguez, in the creation of collaborative new work for Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Latino Artists, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood at Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CA in partnership with Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a Getty initiative.
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El Observador
Need and Thread, the art of Consuelo Jimenez Underwood (April 21, 2017)
An artist that uses needlework to express the plight of people and earth.
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Modern Magazine
Craft that Crosses the Americas (August 22, 2017)
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2016

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The Washington Post
These stories of displaced families are told in fabric, needle and thread (August 4, 2016)
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2015

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Syracuse.com
Immigration and border politics through the eye of a weaver (November 17, 2015)
All of Underwood's work is visually engaging and conceptually compelling, which makes it easier to begin a conversation on the topic of border control. "If I can remove the anger and hatred when it comes to this nationalist view of the border, then I am winning," Underwood said.
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Reno Gazette-Journal
Artists moving beyond the borders of tradition (March 26, 2015​)
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Reno News and Review 
Mother lands: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood (March 5, 2015)
From a distance, her art is a thing of beauty. But under the surface, the artist's murals, quilts and woven rebozos belie the cultural agitation and environmental consequences that come with imposed borders.
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​Awards and Acquisitions

Acquisitions

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Run, Jane, Run! acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Consuelo Jiménez Underwood, Run, Jane, Run!, 2004, woven cotton, linen, barbed wire, caution tape, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Alturas Foundation, 2021.51, © 2004, Consuelo J. Underwood 
Featured in This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World



Awards

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James Renwick Alliance for Craft
2021 Masters of the Medium Award
The Masters of the Medium is a prestigious Biennial Award that has honored some of the most significant artists in American Craft. Consuelo Jimenez Underwood is recognized for her excellence in craftsmanship, influence in the fiber medium, and overall contributions to the field.
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