Paloma Jimenez was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She graduated from Vassar College in 2014 with a BA in Studio Art before moving to New York City. She was a 2017 recipient of the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture award.

I work with the philosophical potential of common materials and everyday scenarios. My sculptures summon tactile memories by reexamining the objects of everyday life, both past and present. In 2014 I was hit by a dump truck, so I began to think about the relationship between human timelines and waste. The production of waste in all forms is a daily occurrence, an American habit. A thrift store is a museum of capitalist consumption. I often use discarded or found materials and combine them with more gestural forms to create a merging of the organic and the mass produced, pointing towards a future where material boundaries begin to blur.

Ultimately, my work is about water, food, and shelter.