Education
MFA - Art & Technology Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, September 2020-May 2022
BA - Studio Art, Sociology, Women Gender & Sexuality Studies, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA, September 2013-May 2017
Selected Exhibitions
Terrain Biennial, Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, IL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………October 1-November 15, 2025
Ascendancy of POP, Lightwriters Neon, Chicago, IL……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………June 27-July 31, 2025
Solo Exhibition - Low Fidelity, Chicago Athletic Association - EXPO 2024, Chicago, IL………………………………………………………………………………………………………April 14, 2024
Tiny Table Art Potluck, Tiny Table Gallery, Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………August 19, 2023
From This Point Forward, Kiki & Bouba Galleries X Weatherproof Annex, Chicago, IL…………………………………………………………………………November 17-December 11, 2022
Plaything, Tiny Table Gallery X Comfort Station, Chicago, IL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………November 11, 2022
ARS Electronica Festival: Welcome to Planet B, Kepler’s Gardens JKU, Linz, Austria………………………………………………………………………………………………September 7-11, 2022
Sentiments and Sentience: Art & Technology Studies Thesis Show, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL……………………………………………………………………………June 6-26, 2022
Graduate Show One, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………March 3-9, 2022
Fantasy/ Reality/ Decay, SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………February 16, 2022-March 11, 2022
COME|BACK, SAIC, Chicago, IL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………November 15, 2021-March 11 2022
Pink: The Coded Color, P.S. Xhibitions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………October 7-December 17, 2021
The Raconteurs of Thought, P.S. Xhibitions………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………September 9-October 5, 2021
ARS Electronica Festival: A New Digital Deal, SAIC, Chicago, IL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………September 8-28, 2021
The Constant Gaze: Redefining Femininity, P.S. Xhibitions……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………March 11-April 1, 2021
February First Friday Artist Reception Featured Artist: Sydney Gush, Waldo's & Company, Gettysburg, PA……………………………………………February 7-29, 2020
Is This Really Gettysburg?, Knob Hall Winery, Gettysburg PA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………September 18-October 2, 2019
Adams County Arts Council 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg, PA……………………………………………………May 31-June 22, 2018
Capstone 2017, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg PA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………May 3-June 23, 2017
JSE 2017, Schmucker Art Gallery, Honorable Mention Award, Gettysburg PA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………March 31-April 22, 2017
JSE 2016, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg PA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………March 25-April 16, 2016
JSE 2015, Schmucker Art Gallery, 2nd Prize Award, Gettysburg PA…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………March 27-April 18, 2015
JSE 2014, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg PA………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………March 28-April 19, 2014
Selected press
Gettysburg Localverse Radio Show.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………May 2019
Sydney Gush, Preparator, Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College
Gettysburg Connection…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………September 2019
Sydney Gush Gallery Showing: Is This Really Gettysburg?
P.S. Xhibitions Podcast………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………March & September 2021
The Nitty Gritty with Sydney Gush - Threading Layers with Sydney Gush
Hyperallergic………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………September 2021
At Ars Electronica 2021, SAIC Art & Technology Studies Presents the Chicago Garden
fNewsMagazine…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………November 2021
Behind the Curtain at Grad. Open Studios Night
The Gaia Zine…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………March 2022
Artist Sydney Gush Talks Collaboration, Exploration, Resources, and Advice
Professional Experience
Studio Assistant
Jenny Kendler Studio, Chicago, IL, December 2023-Present
Research & Curatorial Associate
CNL Projects, Chicago, IL, April 2023-Present
Adjunct Art Professor
Dominican University - Art Department, Chicago, IL, August 2023-August 2024
Teaching Artist
Columbia College - CPS, Chicago, IL, November 2022-August 2023
Floor Manager - Staffing
WNDR Museum, Chicago, IL, May 2022-August 2023
Teaching Assistant - Photography
SAIC Photography Dept., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, September 2021-May 2022
Graduate Curatorial Assistant
SAIC Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, June 2021-May 2022
Graduate Assistant - Art & Technology
Art & Technology Studies Dept., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 2021-May 2022
Gallery Preparator & Digital Scholarship Specialist
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA, June 2017-January 2021
Exhibitions prepared:
From the Yellow Springs to the Land of Immortality: Chinese Art & Artifacts (Spring 2021)
Mexico and The People: Revolutionary Printmaking and the Taller de Gráfica Popular (Fall 2020)
I Beseech You: Women, Art, Politics & Power (Fall 2020)
Getting There Andrew Ellis Johnson + Susanne Slavick (Fall 2019)
Artful Nature and the Legacy of Maria Sibylla Merian (Fall 2019)
ACAC 16th Annual Juried Art Exhibition (Summer 2019)
Capstone 2019 (Spring 2019)
Juried Student Exhibition 2019 (Spring 2019)
Rachel Eng: Re-orienting (Spring 2019)
Zoe Charlton: The Domestic (Spring 2019)
The City Art and the Urban Environment (Fall 2018)
ACAC 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition (Summer 2018)
Capstone 2018 (Spring 2018)
Juried Student Exhibition 2018 (Spring 2018)
Enjambre: Nestor Armando Gil (Spring 2018)
Coronal Plane: Cristin Millet (Spring 2018)
Flora and Fauna in East Asian Art (Fall 2017)
Recent Acquisitions 2010-2017 (Fall 2017)
Wonders of Nature and Artifice (Fall 2017)
Leonard Baskin: Imaginary Artists (Fall 2017)
ACAC 14th Annual Juried Art Exhibition (Summer 2017)
The Plains of Mars European War Prints, 1500-1825 (Fall 2018)
Face to Face: Carl Beam and Andy Warhol (Fall 2018)
Student Administrative Assistant
Art & Art History Department, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA, May 2014-May 2017
Gallery Attendant
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA, September 2013-May 2017
Volunteer Designer
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, Hohenwald, TN, February 24-27 & May 6-8, 2022
Volunteer
Red Line Service, Art Institute of Chicago Member Engagement, Chicago, IL, April 12, 2021