Sydney Vize
sydney.vize@gmail.com
Education
2022 MFA in Studio Art [Sculpture] – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
2015 BA in Studio Art and Literary Studies – Beloit College
2014 Study in Florence, Italy at Studio Arts College International [SACI]
Exhibitions
2024 Annual Book Arts Exhibition, Friedli Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
2024 Holding a Strange Gap, 934 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio [two-person exhibition with Abigail Holcombe]
2023 Feminist to the Core, salonlb, Chicago, Illinois
2023 In View, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
2022 Int’l All Media 2022, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
2022 School of Art + Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois
2021 A Whistle in the Parking Lot, East Wall Gallery, Champaign, Illinois
2021 Words Matter, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
2021 Spring 2021, The South Studios, Digital Exhibition
2021 Hard & Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin
2020 Prop the Door, The South Studios, Digital Exhibition [co-curator]
2020 Itty Bitty Little Tiny, Ivy House Gallery, Champaign, Illinois
2019 West of Wicked, East Wall Gallery, Champaign, Illinois
2015 Urgent, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College Studio Art Department Senior Exhibition, Beloit, Wisconsin
2014 Cross, Gallery ABBA, Beloit, Wisconsin [solo exhibition]
2014 Beloit College Annual Juried Art Show, Juried by Rachel Bruya, Beloit, Wisconsin
2014 Fuji Print Studio Group Exhibition, Florence, Italy
2014 Studio Arts College International Craft Arts Exhibition, Florence, Italy
2013 Beloit College Annual Juried Art Show, Juried by Leslie Smith III, Beloit, Wisconsin
2013 Renewal, Drift Studio, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Awards and Honors
2022 Merit Award, Int’l All Media 2022, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University
2022 Teaching Excellence Award by a Graduate Student, School of Art + Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SP 2022 Placement on list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their students, UIUC
F 2021 Placement on list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their students, UIUC
SP 2021 Placement on list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their students, UIUC
F 2019 Placement on list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their students, UIUC
2015 Ellen Malsch Award, Best in Show at Beloit College Studio Art Department Senior Exhibition
2014 Frederick and Jan Falkenstein Sattler Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to highly achieving women in art
2013 Nystrom Prize for Excellence in Art History
“Awarded to a student who has demonstrated through their work in art history creative thought, sharp visual analysis, and intellectual maturity”
2013 Third place prize in ‘Renewal,’ Drift Studio, Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin
Teaching
SPRING 2024 Race, Identity, and Experience in American Art, National Louis University
WINTER 2024 Race, Identity, and Experience in American Art, National Louis University
FALL 2023 Arts of Africa, Carthage College
SPRING 2023 Race, Identity, and Experience in American Art, National Louis University
SPRING 2023 First Time Bookbinding, The Art Center Highland Park
WINTER 2023 First Time Bookbinding, Advanced Bookbinding, The Art Center Highland Park
FALL 2022 Bookbinding, Mold Making, The Art Center Highland Park
SPRING 2022 Beginning Sculpture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
FALL 2021 Introduction to Book Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SPRING 2021 Sculpture for Non-Majors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
FALL 2020 Drawing for Non-Majors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SPRING 2020 Drawing for Non-Majors, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ARTIST TALKS
2023 Artists to Watch, Comfort Station, Chicago, Illinois
Residencies
2022 Artist in Residence, Whiteley Center, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington
Bibliography
2017 Cover artwork for Genetics: From Genes to Genomes, McGraw Hill Education
Permanent Collections
2015 Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, Wisconsin