about
Sea Star (also named Carmen Jimenez) is a sustainable object maker. Their work is for all who live on this earth. They rescue materials that are being disposed of and hand craft new wares for their neighbors. Sea sculpts wares out of locally harvested clay, slumped glass bottles, newspaper pulp, and various plastics. The oddments are intended to be loved by the modern human user, and the future generations of life to inherit the treasured artifacts. Scrappy but intentional, the work asks the user to deeply reconsider their consumption and their relationship with the planet.
please touch, utilize, and love these objects
curriculum vitae
CARMEN JIMENEZ // SEA STAR
06.02.1999
carmenmakesthings@gmail.com
ig: @seastarstudiio
Education
2022
BFA, magna cum laude, Interdisciplinary Sculpture, Minor Ceramics, Sustainability + Social Practice, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
2020
Osaka Gakuin University, Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan (Japanese language courses)
2017
Marine Academy of Science and Technology, Highlands, NJ
Residencies, Exhibitions, and Events
2024
Be The Wave with Eduardo Jimenez recycled art workshop, Camden NJ
"Eggy" Exhibiting Artist, Philadelphia, PA
NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Recipient, Richmond VA
Craft Coven Community Ceramics Facilitator, Philadelphia PA
2023
Trans Art Mart Vendor, Philadelphia PA
Vicarious Love Vendor, Philadelphia PA
Artist Talk, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle ME
Resident Artist Worker, House of Dirt Studio, Guaynabo PR
2022
Conscious Oddments, Gateway Gallery, Baltimore MD
Something Long, Preposterous, and Somewhat Cumbersome, Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore MD
2021
Halloween Indoor Market, Philadelphia PA
Medusa’s Market, Philadelphia PA
Phoenix Festival, Camden NJ
2020
Restoration Artist Residency, Yellow Bird Artscape, Woodbury TN
Artist Talk, Cumberland University, Cumberland TN
Art Night 2020 Organizer, Echo Lake, Fayette ME
2019
Earth Echoes, Gateway Gallery, Baltimore MD
Sign Language: Breaking Down Behavior Brown Center, Baltimore MD
Art Market Student Vendor, Brown Center, Baltimore, MD
Brigantine Art Walk, The Sea Wall, Brigantine NJ
2018
MICA Juried Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore MD
Fiber Art Exhibition Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore MD
Brigantine Art Walk, The Sea Wall, Brigantine NJ
Experience
2024
Claymobile Instructor [facilitate and organize ceramic classes, drive commercial van through the tri-sate area, work with students ages 5 to 95] The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
Glaze Technician [spray, dip, and brush ceramic glaze application, cone 10 gas kiln firing, decal application and firing, production quality control] Felt and Fat, Philadelphia PA
Wheel Throwing Instructor [weekly teen class ages 13-18, assist first time and experienced potters, introduction to contemporary philadelphia ceramic artists] Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA
2023
Garden Maintenance Crew [plant identification, weeding, pruning, tree planting, fertilizing, out of state transportation] Roofmeadow Services, Philadelphia PA
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Technical Assistant [studio assistant to Justin Donofrio, colored porcelain sculpture workshop, Deer Isle ME
2022
Ceramic Production Assistant, [recycling clay, rolling slabs, relief printing, customer relationships] Beatriz Marti Ceramics, Guaynabo PR
Ceramic Production Assistant [hand produce mugs from start to finish] CONLOQUE, Cupey PR
Flower Show Salesperson [sold heirloom seeds, art, gardening tools] Hudson Seed Company, Philadelphia PA
2021
Artist Apprentice [construction, landscaping, earthen plastering, mural painting] A New View Camden, Camden NJ
Production Assistant and Retail Worker [customer relationships, shipping and receiving, managed financial transactions] Ceramic Concept, Philadelphia PA
Pottery Assistant [glaze mixing, wheel throwing, hand building, maintaining firing schedules] Susan Demay Pottery, Smithville, TN
Carpentry Apprentice [built a porch, chicken coop, door frames, floors, planters] Monstera Acre, Dowelltown TN
Flower Show Salesperson [sold heirloom seeds, art, gardening tools] Hudson Seed Company, Philadelphia PA
2020
Organic Farm Worker World Wide Opportunites on Organic Farms, [landscape designer, grounds keeper, and gardener]
Pottery Instructor, [firing kiln, recycling clay, mixing glazes, sanitizing tools, teaching children] Camp Winnebago, Fayette, ME
The Noyes Arts Garage Intern, [Conducted interviews, created social media content, designed at-home virtual art lessons] The Arts Garage, Atlantic City, NJ
Awards
2020
Public Health Associate in Camping,
Merit Achievement Award
2017-2021
MICA Dean’s List
MICA Creative Vision Award
MICA DaVinci Award
2016
Cleveland Institute of Art Pre-College Scholarship
Publications
2020
Noyes Museum of Art, Recycled Plastic Charms Art Project, Hammonton NJ
Noyes Museum of Art, Macramé Wall Art Project, Hammonton NJ
Stockton University, Recycled Plastic Charms Art Project, Atlantic City NJ
Stockton University, Macramé Wall Art Project, Atlantic City NJ