EDUCATION

2023 MFA (Candidate), Yale University, New Haven, CT

2017 B.A. Art & Archaeology, Program 2 in Visual Arts, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

magna cum laude

2016 Yale School of Art, Norfolk Summer Residency, Norfolk, CT

EXHIBITIONS

2021 In Between Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: 2021 En Foco Fellowship Exhibition, Curated by Elia Alba, WallWorks New York, NYC

2020 ATLAS: serial works on paper about the body, Curated by Joe Scanlan, Broodthaers Society, NYC

2019 For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here?, Curated by Ava Hess, ICP Museum, NYC

2019 The Weight of the Temporary, Curated by Elisa Gutiérrez, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY

2018 No Commission Miami 2018, Curated by Nicola Vassel, The Dean Collection, Miami, FL

2018 Contemporary Photography 2008-2018, Juried by Kristen Gaylord, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

2018 HYPHEN, Chancellor Green, Princeton, NJ

2018 MAGICAL GIRLZ, 2 Rivington, NYC

2017 Close Quarters, 353 17th St., Curated by Sydney King and Simon Wu, Brooklyn, NY

2017 Eating Bitterness, Chashama Art Space, Curated by Luke Cheng, NYC

2017 Senior All-Star Show, Lucas Gallery, Princeton, NJ

2017 us, in part, Lucas Gallery, Princeton, NJ (solo)

2016 Junior Show, Butler Gallery, Princeton, NJ

RESIDENCIES, HONORS

2021 En Foco Photography Fellowship

2021 Innovate Grant, Photography

2021 Recess Session Artist-in-Residence in collaboration with Ogemdi Ude, Brooklyn, NY

2019 Artist-in-Residence at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA

2017 Lucas Award for Senior Thesis in Visual Arts

2016 Carpenter Award for Comparative Literature and the Creative Arts

2015 Lucas Summer Fellowship Award

ARTICLES, PRESS

2021 King, S., & Ude, O. “Ogemdi Ude in Conversation with Sydney King: ‘I Don’t Think I Ever Want A

Body to Be Embalmed’”, Critical Correspondence, Movement Research

2021 King, Sydney. “Interview: Sydney M. King on Conceptualizing Her Body as a Container of Personal

and Ancestral Memory”, Innovate Grant Website

2021 Roberson, Jehan L.. “Ever Present and In Process: Breathing and Grieving with Ogemdi Ude and

Sydney King”, Recess Art Website

2019 Humble Arts Foundation, “group show 63: Love Actually”, Artist in online exhibition curated by

Jon Feinstein

2019 For Freedoms. “FREEDOM FROM REDUCTION: a Night of Performance”, Featured Artist for

printed matter and For Freedoms Instagram page

2018 Corwin, William. “Contemporary Photography 2008-2018”, Delicious Line (featured)

2018 Aronson, Emily. “‘HYPHEN’ exhibit in Chancellor Green will showcase diverse experiences

of students, alumni”, Princeton University Homepage

2017 D., D.. “Tackling a difficult problem with very little space”, Mantis Shrimp (blog)

ARTIST TALKS, COLLABORATIONS

2020 Collaborative online conversation, A New Nothing with Emily V. Madrigal

2019 Artist presentation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA

2019 Artist talk, FREEDOM FROM REDUCTION. Performance Night with For Freedoms in collaboration with

the International Center of Photography, ICP Museum, NYC

2019 Artist talk, Marble Hill Camera Club, Ridgewood, NY

2018 Collaborative online conversation, A New Nothing with Kristoffer Ala-Ketola

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT

2020-current Studio Manager to Deana Lawson

2018-2020 Artist Assistant to Deana Lawson

2018 Curator of Princeton Public Works Exhibitions via the Iconography Committee

2017-2018 Artist Assistant to Jeff Whetstone

2017 Archive Intern at the Richard Avedon Foundation