The Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition 2022, Interview with Jocelyn Suzuka Figueroa
- Trina Fernandez
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 8, 2022
We only have a few weeks left for our annual Suzy Greenberg MFA Exhibition, which is up between now and March 26th, 2022. This year the exhibition is Juried by Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and Coordinator of the Minnesota Exhibition Program at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Nicole Soukup.
2022 marks our 20th year of exhibiting MFA candidates, and this the first year we have extended this opportunity to include both the MFA program at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Minnesota.
Please enjoy this series of interviews with the selected artists for this exhibition! Today we're talking to artist, Jocelyn Suzuka Figueroa, who graduated in 2021 with an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Rabbit in the Moon, installation detail, Jocelyn Suzuka Figueroa, 2020
Where do you hail from?
I was born in Kyoto, Japan and was raised in Stillwater, Minnesota. How do you find yourself and your work fitting into the Midwest? The region is a part of me just as much as Japan is, and I cannot deny its influence in the temperament of my work. It is quiet, reserved, and slow. It does not quickly give away its secrets. However, there is an inherent warmth—they are stuffed animals after all!
What kind of elements often show up in your work?
My work is inhabited by ghosts and creatures of play. Soft stuffed dolls are juxtaposed with figures that fade into the spaces they inhabit. I'm fascinated by how these seemingly disparate elements can be combined, and what kind of meaning their combination may derive for the viewer.
Crossing, detail image from the series Ghosts of the Negative, 2021, Jocelyn Suzuka Figueroa
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