Windows at Walgreens: Carrie Sieh

Windows @ Walgreens
Carrie Sieh
Containment
On view Oct. 31, 2020 – Jan. 17, 2021
7340 Collins Ave, Miami Beach

Windows @ Walgreens
Carrie Sieh
Containment
Left image: Walgreens 74th Street, Above: Walgreens 74th street and Collins Avenue
Carrie Sieh and her humble yet magnificent creations connect
us to the land, again and again. Environmental concerns,
coupled with the artist’s passion for local medicinal plants,
provide the ingredients in a recipe for society’s survival. Sieh is
the artist-as-healer, reminding viewers that we must clean up
our act in order to embrace and rise above our humanity.
Sieh repurposes used materials to create beautiful installations
and drawings. The artist intensively researches everything
she incorporates into her work (i.e., fabrics, pigments, etc.) to
ensure none were produced with any major ecological impact.
Her passion for environmental awareness and a sustainable
economy set her apart from her contemporaries. Indeed, her

poetic renderings of the changing landscape, often presented
as multimedia installations, bring us joy and hope. In this work,
the artist is well-versed in the needs of the local community and
the role she strives to play as an educator. With these aims in
mind, Sieh creates impactful works that seek to rescue a fastdisappearing
world.
In her own words, the artist notes, “The plants that start
my installations are all from my house; some are medicinal,
some edible, many are native to Florida. I often incorporate
repurposed materials, such as the silver bubble wrap from food
packaging. I try not to throw anything away. My work is so often
about environmental issues, and I think it is important for artists
to set an example in their own practices. We’ve been talking
about these issues for decades now. It’s not that the public is
unaware, so I think that artists should take the lead in such
global concerns.”
– Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Curator

About the Artist
Carrie Sieh (b. 1978, Los Angeles, CA) is an interdisciplinary
artist, advocate, and permaculture enthusiast living and working
in Miami. Her practice is inspired by cultural, geographic,
and economic histories; theories of mind, intersectionality,
communication, and organization; geoscience; pattern,
cryptology and symbolism; thought experiments; game theory;
social justice movements; personal narrative; and the ways in
which knowledge finds material expression. Sieh received a BA
in painting and photography from the University of California at
Santa Cruz, and a Master’s in Library and Information Science
from San José State University. Her work has been exhibited
at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami; Art & History Museums,
Maitland, FL; Miami International Airport; Bienes Museum
of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale; Coral Gables Museum;
MDC Museum of Art & Design, Miami; Charles Deering Estate,
Miami; and the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, FL, among
others. She is represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery.
About the Curator
Omar López-Chahoud has been Artistic Director and
Curator of UNTITLED, ART since its founding in 2012. As
an independent curator, López-Chahoud has curated and
co-curated numerous exhibitions in the United States and
internationally. He organized the Nicaraguan Biennial in March
2014 and has participated in panel discussions at Artists
Space, Art in General, MoMA PS1, and the Whitney Museum
of American Art in New York City. He is currently a member of
the Bronx Museum Acquisitions Committee. López-Chahoud
earned MFAs from Yale University School of Art and the Royal
Academy of Art in London.
Photo credit: Pedro Wazzan

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its alumni community of artists
through site-specific projects
sponsored by Walgreens. In
partnership since 2000, Oolite
Arts and Walgreens present
innovative exhibitions to bring
contemporary art to the Miami
Beach community.
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Exhibitions and programs at Oolite Arts are made possible with support from the Miami-Dade
County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade Mayor and
Board of County Commissioners; the City of Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council; the Miami
Beach Mayor and City Commissioners; the State of Florida, Florida Department of State,
Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council; the National Endowment for the Arts;
The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation; The Lynn and Louis Wolfson
II Family Foundation; the Al & Jane Nahmad Family Foundation and the John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation. Additional support provided by Walgreens Company.

Carrie Sieh
Containment