Stephanie Syjuco
Details
Born
1974
,
Oakland
Based
Oakland
,
California
Medium
Photography
Sculpture
Installation
Style
Conceptual
Bio
Stephanie Syjuco is known for her investigative, research-based practice encompassing photography, sculpture, and installation. Her work examines economies and empire, focusing on racialized narratives of American history and citizenship. She has shifted her focus to exploring Filipino history-building and myth-making in their newfound independence. Her practice involves critiquing American colonial anthropology in the Philippines and investigating historical museum collections and newspaper archives.
Notable
- MFA from Stanford University and BFA from San Francisco Art Institute
- Associate Professor in Sculpture at University of California, Berkeley
- 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship Award recipient
- 2020 Tiffany Foundation Award winner
- 2009 Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Award recipient
- 2019-20 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow at National Museum of American History
- Featured in PBS documentary series Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century
- Exhibited at major institutions including MoMA, Whitney Museum, SFMOMA, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Getty Museum, and Walker Art Center
