Publications, Press, Awards & Acquisitions
Publications
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Les Presses du Réel
Les Artistes et le textile (April 2024) edited by Anne-Marie Minella & Jean-Yves Bosseur Daughter of an undocumented agricultural worker and a third-generation Chicana, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood spent her childhood and adolescence traveling daily back and forth between Mexico and the USA and then working as a seasonal worker in the fields herself. At the end of the 1970s—she was around thirty years old—while pursuing higher education in the field of fine arts, she decided to learn to dye, spin and weave, gradually giving herself complete freedom to interpret elements of traditional popular crafts. She weaves both natural and plastic fibers, the translucency of which she appreciates. She affirms her Mexican Indian origins, and her link with a father belonging to the Huichol people whose men weave and embroider. “I have the feeling of being tri-cultural—English, Spanish, indigenous since my childhood. I have to navigate between these three different ways of looking at the world.” --Translated from French Purchase the book here. |
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Drawn to Art: Inspiring Women Artists Comic Series
Born to Weave: A Comic About Consuelo Jimenez Underwood (2023) Illustrated by Catherine Vo Fiber artist and weaver Consuelo Jimenez Underwood is the daughter of migrant agricultural workers. In her richly textured creations, she weaves common threads of history and cultural resistance and affirmation. This comic is part of a series Drawn to Art: Tales of Inspiring Women Artists that illuminates the stories of women artists in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Inspired by graphic novels, these short takes on artists’ lives were each drawn by a student-illustrator from the Ringling College of Art and Design. Access the comic here. |
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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. Available for purchase at Duke University Press and on Amazon |
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University of Texas Press
Reclaiming the Americas: Latinx Art and the Politics of Territory (April 18, 2023) by Tatiana Reinoza Reclaiming the Americas is the visual history of Latinx printmaking in the US. Tatiana Reinoza employs a pan-ethnic comparative model for this interdisciplinary study of graphic art, drawing on art history, Latinx studies, and geography in her discussions. The book contests printmaking’s historical complicity in the logics of colonization and restores the art form and the lands it once illustrated to the Indigenous, migrant, mestiza/o, and Afro-descendant people of the Americas. Available for purchase at University of Texas Press and Amazon |
Press
2024
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New Haven Independent
CALLI: The Art of Xicanx People (June 23, 2024) "Fiber artist Consuelo Jiménez Underwood's powerfully evocative "Everything All At Once" mural occupies an entire wall in the first section. It depicts the sometimes dire imposition borders have on people's lives." Read the Full Comic. |
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PBS LearningMedia
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Weaving Together Content and Form | Craft in America (June 20, 2024) This lesson explores the work of fiber artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood in Craft in America's THREADS episode. Read the Full Article. |
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ABC 7 News
'Calli' exhibit opens at Oakland Museum honoring Chicano movement, celebrating Mexican Americans (June 15, 2024) A stunning installation running dozens of feet wide by artists Consuelo Jimenez Underwood captivates the eye and sparks a conversation about migration. Read the Full Article. |
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KQED
Xicanx Identities on Full Display in OMCA's Ambitious Latinx Exhibit (June 14, 2024) "Jimenez Underwood confronts borders, military violence, displacement, migration and territorial conflict with a massive, site-specific contribution that spans the entirety of the exhibit’s largest wall with a multimedia mural." Read the Full Article. |
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National Endowment for the Arts
Notable Quotable: Consuelo Jimenez Underwood on Voice and Authenticity (March 8, 2024) "Authentic voice is necessary for powerful, effective art." Read the Full Article. |
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Artdaily
Exhibition takes viewers on a journey through visual styles and thematic experiences of the landscape (June 4, 2024) The digital altering of the image is countered by its physical printing application and illustrates the human desire to seek meaning and express understanding through reimagining and inner machinations. Similarly, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood weaves elements of spirituality from a historically Mesoamerican approach. Read the Full Article. |
2023
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Latinos in America
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: A Latina Artist Inspired By the Borderlands (February 7, 2023) With the publication of the important book Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving, Vision* by editors Laura E. Perez and Ann Marie Leimer, art lovers are treated to a full account of the life, creative processes, vision, and accomplishments of a great Latina artist. Read the Full Article |
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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. Read the Full Article |
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Glasstire [Texas Visual Art]
Top Five: January 5, 2023 [January 5, 2023) Glasstire counts down the top five art events in Texas. Read the Full Article |
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Glasstire
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. Read the Full Article |
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. Read the Full Article |
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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. Read the Full Article |
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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. Read the Full Article |
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Washington Post
The Renwick's 'This Present Moment' feels ripped from the headlines (August 6, 2022) A major craft survey, 'This Present Moment' engages the culture wars on every front. Read the Full Article 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. Read the Full Article |
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. Read the Full Article |
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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. Read the Full Article |
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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. Read the Full Article |
2020
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Artfix Daily News
Crystal Bridges Announces $17.5M Gift from Windgate Foundation to Champion American Craft (November 11, 2020) Read the Full Article |
