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Stephanie Syjuco
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| Born | 1974 (age 50–51) |
| Alma mater | San Francisco Art Institute (BFA) Stanford University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Visual artist, educator |
| Known for | Photography, sculpture, installation art |
| Awards | 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
Stephanie Syjuco was born in 1974 in Manila, Philippines. She is an American artist and teacher. Her art uses photography, sculptures, and special art setups called installations.
Stephanie moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1977. Today, she lives in Oakland, California. She also teaches art at the University of California, Berkeley.
Becoming an Artist
Stephanie Syjuco studied art at different schools. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in sculpture in 1995. This was from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Later, she went to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1997. She then earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from Stanford University in 2005.
Stephanie's Art Work
Stephanie Syjuco creates art in many ways. She uses photography, sculptures, and art installations. Her work often mixes handmade crafts with digital tools. She also looks through old archives to find ideas.
Her projects explore how money and power work in the world. She also looks at how images and photos can shape history. She shows how they can sometimes create unfair stories about people.
One of her early art themes was about real versus fake things. She looked at how this affects workers and money in our world. In 2009, she made an art piece called Copystand: An autonomous manufacturing zone. She set it up at an art fair in London. There, she and her friends made copies of famous artworks. They sold these copies at much lower prices. This made people think about the value of art.
Stephanie is also a dedicated teacher. She is a professor in the Art Practice Department at the University of California Berkeley. She joined the university in 2013. Before that, she taught at many other art programs.
Her art is shown in many important museums. These include the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her work is also at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She has won special awards for her art. These include a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014. In 2018, she was featured on the TV show Art21: Art in the 21st Century.
In 2019, Stephanie had a big art show called Rogue States. It was at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. In 2024, she opened After/Images. This exhibit focused on photos and videos of Filipino people. It showed how colonialism affected them through images.
Art Shows and Exhibitions
Stephanie Syjuco's art has been shown in many places. These include the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Her work was also part of "Being: New Photography" at the Museum of Modern Art.
Here are some of her solo art shows:
- 2024 Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
- 2024 Dodge + Burn, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 2023 Recent Acquisitions: Stephanie Syjuco, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
- 2017 CITIZENS, Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, New York
- 2016 Neutral Calibration Studies (Ornament + Crime), Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 2013 RAIDERS Redux, Catharine Clark Gallery Project Space, New York, New York
- 2011 Currents Series: Stephanie Syjuco: Pattern Migration, Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
- 2011 RAIDERS, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California
- 2010 notMOMA, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
- 2009 1969, PS1, New York
- 2009 Unsolicited Fabrications, Pallas Contemporary Projects with 126 Artist-run Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
- 2008 Perspectives Series 164: Total Fabrications, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas
