Carrie Sieh (she/they, b.1978, Los Angeles CA) is an artist, librarian, social justice advocate, and permaculture enthusiast living and working in Miami, Florida. Her work engages with intertwined histories of environmental destruction, economic exploitation, gender and sexuality, trauma, and technology.
Sieh received a BA in painting and photography from University of California at Santa Cruz, and a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University in California. She is a certified member of W.A.G.E., and is represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery in Miami, FL.
EDUCATION
2008 M.L.I.S. (Master of Library & Information Science), San Jose State University, CA
2001 B.A., Art (Painting and Photography), University of California, Santa Cruz CA
SELECTED SOLO & EXPERIMENTAL* EXHIBITIONS
2023
This Used to Be a Lake. Dimensions Variable, Miami FL
2018
Low Roads. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami FL
2015
*Shroud for Soul Murderers. ArtCenter/SouthFlorida (now Oolite Arts), Miami Beach FL
Chaos/Control. O Cinema, Miami FL
2014
*Subclass HE (HV8073-8079.35). Meta-Gallery/Locust Projects, Miami FL
Textiles for Men and Machine-Breakers. Audrey Love Gallery, Miami FL
2010
Consuming Passion. ArtLab33, Miami FL (curated by Onajide Shabaka)
2001
The Jumping-Off Place. Baskin Gallery, Santa Cruz CA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2023
Intertwined: Labor and Technology in Contemporary Textile Art. Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL (upcoming, August 2023)
2019
Florida Contemporary, Artis-Naples Baker Museum, Naples, FL
America Weaves. Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables FL (curated by Adriana Herrera)
2018
Dual Roles. Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
Art31: Fiber. Art and History Museums of Maitland, FL
2016
Reimagined: Innovations in Fiber by Alex Tremino and Carrie Sieh. Ruth Funk Center for
Textile Arts, Melbourne FL
2014
Urbanism: Perceived and Interpreted. Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables FL
SELECTED GROUP & COLLABORATIVE* EXHIBITIONS
2022
The Baggage We Bring, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
The Very Fiber, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2021
Warp and Weft, Frank C. Ortis Gallery, Pembroke Pines, FL
2019
Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Between the Legible and the Opaque: Approaches to an Ideal in Space, Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami FL (curated by Adler Guerrier)
RCS 76-100, Swampspace, Miami, FL
Exposed. Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, FL (curated by Laura Marsh)
2018
Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
It's Hot Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2017
Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
A Thread of Execution. Dimensions Variable, Miami FL
Threads of Connection. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami FL
Fragile Ecologies. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery at Art New York, New York NY
2016
Give Them the Bird. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery at Art Miami, Miami FL
Talking to Hear. Conde Contemporary Project Space, Miami FL
*A Cyborg's Guide to Permaculure. Sudson A. Samuels Gallery,
Pembroke Pines FL (collaboration with Lucinda Linderman)
2015
The Natural World and Cultured Settings. Art Wynwood, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery,
Miami FL
2014
Paper Hearts. MDC Museum of Art & Design, Miami FL (curated by Jeremy Mikolajczak)
ABRACADABRA. Art and Culture Center, Hollywood FL
2013
Reclaimed Miami. Zadok Gallery, Miami FL (curated by Bernice Steinbaum)
Who Does She Think She Is? Art House Gallery, Delray Beach FL
Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
2012
Smash & Grab. Locust Projects, Miami FL
Appropriated Gender, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL (curated by Lisa Rockford)
Natural Curiosities. Miami International Airport, Miami FL
DCG Open. David Castillo Gallery, Miami FL (curated by Brandi Reddick)
Photography By Women. 6th Street Container Space, Miami FL
Mapping: Time and Space. ArtCenter/South Florida (now Oolite Arts), Miami Beach FL
2011
Surface. Charles Deering Estate, Miami FL (with Regina Jestrow, curated by Kim Yantis)
The Revolving Door Project, South Pointe Tower, Miami Beach, FL
Wynwood Art Fair. Miami, FL
5th All-Media Juried Biennial. Art and Culture Center, Hollywood FL (curated by Michelle Weinberg)
2010
SIN. Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami FL
The Myth of Power. 1310 Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale FL (curated by Lisa Rockford)
2006
Diosas. Gallery One, San Francisco CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
Shannon Stratton, "The Event of a Thread," The Miami Rail, Issue 23
2017
Anne Tschida, “In need of an antidote to the digital onslaught? This show is for you,”
Miami Herald, November 19, 2017
Michelle A.M. Miller, “Embroideries, Ciphers, and Secrets: An Interview With Carrie Sieh,”
Cabbage Palm, December 8, 2017
2016
"Reimagined: Innovations in Fiber at the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts in Melbourne"
2014
The Choreography Behind "Textiles for Men and Machine Breakers". Neil De La Flor, Knight Arts Blog, 03/10/14
2013
Future Dinosaur. Scrapped Magazine, Spring 2013
2012
"3 Gallery Showings Around South Florida". Tom Austin, Miami Herald 10/7/12
"Esculturas Afectivas de Artistas Emergentes". Adriana Herrera, El Nuevo Herald 7/15/2012
"DCG Open: A Summer Show to Remember". Colleen Dougher, South Florida Sun Sentinel
6/15/2012
2011
"Carrie Sieh Reveals Secrets". AlmostDorothy.com, 9/6/2011
"Another Sketchy Artist: Carrie Sieh". BeachedMiami.com, 6/20/2011
"NonStop Miami", NBC, 5/24/2011
2010
Is Greater Than Digital Omnibus. Warning Sign Media, 2010
Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture. Cover, 10(2).
RESIDENCIES
2020
Atlantic Center for the Arts
2014-2016
ArtCenter/SouthFlorida
2013
Deering Estate, Miami FL
2011-2013
Bakehouse Art Complex
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
21c Hotels, Louisville KY
James Hotel, Miami Beach FL
United Way, Miami FL
Bernice Steinbaum, Miami FL
Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz, Ft. Lauderdale FL
Kathryn Grody & Mandy Patinkin, New York NY
Madeleine Conway, Miami Beach FL