Carolina Jimenez

Biography

Carolina Jimenez is a Mexican-American artist, born and raised in San Diego and currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Both of her parents are from Chiapas and she came to weaving after studying architecture. For her, weaving is a way to get in touch with and respond to the folk traditions that are happening in Chiapas, which she sees herself separated from, identity-wise, because of not growing up there. She seeks to find a way to speak to that tradition but find her own language with it.

Carolina received her BArch from Syracuse University (2014) and an MFA in Textile Design at Rhode Island School of Design (2018). She has held solo and group exhibitions internationally including Lobster Club, Los Angeles, CA; Alison Bradley Projects, New York, NY; JO-HS, Mexico City, Mexico; Bainbridge Museum of Art, Bainbridge, WA; and RISD Museum, Providence, RI. Her grants and awards include the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Residency, Bethany, CT; Museum Art and Design Artist Fellowship, New York, NY; Casa Lu Residency, Mexico City, Mexico; and Etvernal Residency, Brooklyn, NY. Jiménez lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.