CIDNEY OWEN (Any) is a Milwaukee, WI-based sculptor and writer. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Writing minor from the Milwaukee Institute of Design in 2025. They employ labor-intensive processes, such as ceramics, metalworking, calligraphy, and papermaking, to explore the relationship between the body and labor, as well as its role in the history of art. They have been published in WYRD Magazine and exhibited locally at Gray Area Hawthorn Contemporary, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Satélite gallery, Real Tinsel, and Woodland Pattern.
My work lies at the cornerstones of fantasy and anemoia, validated by labor and material. I record poetry of dream-like lands with castles and Knights and envision myself in this realm as these roles: farmer, scribe, jester, and Knight.
I gather raw materials as the farmer and transform them into paper, ceramics, and milled lumber. As the scribe, I write my poetry late into the night with walnut ink. Finally, as the jester, I orchestrate experiences and playfully obstruct the more intimate aspects of my writing and work from the viewer; forcing them to labor through playful interactions to understand the work. These roles follow the code of creation set by the Knight.
In these roles, I will work the rest of my life knee-deep in clay, metal, plaster, ink, and language, so that in 623 years, they might finally spark their magic like their medieval ancestor.
-2025