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Windows at Walgreens: Carrie Sieh

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About the Artist<br />

<strong>Carrie</strong> <strong>Sieh</strong> (b. 1978, Los Angeles, CA) is an interdisciplinary<br />

artist, advoc<strong>at</strong>e, and permaculture enthusiast living and working<br />

in Miami. Her practice is inspired by cultural, geographic,<br />

and economic histories; theories of mind, intersectionality,<br />

communic<strong>at</strong>ion, and organiz<strong>at</strong>ion; geoscience; p<strong>at</strong>tern,<br />

cryptology and symbolism; thought experiments; game theory;<br />

social justice movements; personal narr<strong>at</strong>ive; and the ways in<br />

which knowledge finds m<strong>at</strong>erial expression. <strong>Sieh</strong> received a BA<br />

in painting and photography from the University of California <strong>at</strong><br />

Santa Cruz, and a Master’s in Library and Inform<strong>at</strong>ion Science<br />

from San José St<strong>at</strong>e University. Her work has been exhibited<br />

<strong>at</strong> Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami; Art & History Museums,<br />

Maitland, FL; Miami Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Airport; Bienes Museum<br />

of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale; Coral Gables Museum;<br />

MDC Museum of Art & Design, Miami; Charles Deering Est<strong>at</strong>e,<br />

Miami; and the Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, FL, among<br />

others. She is represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery.<br />

About the Cur<strong>at</strong>or<br />

Omar López-Chahoud has been Artistic Director and<br />

Cur<strong>at</strong>or of UNTITLED, ART since its founding in 2012. As<br />

an independent cur<strong>at</strong>or, López-Chahoud has cur<strong>at</strong>ed and<br />

co-cur<strong>at</strong>ed numerous exhibitions in the United St<strong>at</strong>es and<br />

intern<strong>at</strong>ionally. He organized the Nicaraguan Biennial in March<br />

2014 and has particip<strong>at</strong>ed in panel discussions <strong>at</strong> Artists<br />

Space, Art in General, MoMA PS1, and the Whitney Museum<br />

of American Art in New York City. He is currently a member of<br />

the Bronx Museum Acquisitions Committee. López-Chahoud<br />

earned MFAs from Yale University School of Art and the Royal<br />

Academy of Art in London.<br />

Photo credit: Pedro Wazzan

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