Sulo Bee
Sulo Bee is a nonbinary transdisciplinary world builder and creature maker based in Central Texas. They hold a BFA in Metals and Jewelry from Texas State University in 2018 and an MFA from SUNY New Paltz in 2022. Sulo has exhibited their work nationally and internationally with various galleries, and Jewelry Weeks in Budapest, Milan, and New York. They are a co-founder of Queer Metalsmiths where they seek to uplift queer voices in the field of metalsmithing and craft. During NYC Jewelry Week 2022 they served as a panelist on "Identity Adorned: The Intersection of Jewelry and Queerness" at the Museum of Art and Design while exhibiting their work with Sienna Patti Contemporary at R&Company. Sulo was named one of ten artists in the nation for the 2022 Emerging Artist Cohort with American Craft Council and later received the esteemed Marzee Graduate Prize at the International Graduate Show with Galerie Marzee. Throughout 2023, Sulo was a participant in the GEMz talent programme with Current Obsession Magazine and developed a body of work for exhibition at the Nieuwe Instuut in Rotterdam, Netherlands for the OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival. Their work is currently on display at the Museum of Arts and Design for the “OUT of the Jewelry Box'' exhibition. Outside of the studio, Sulo is a Lecturer in Metals and Foundations at the School of Art and Design at Texas State University.
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