Bio & Project Information
Victor Saucedo is a second generation Latinx artist based in San Francisco, CA. They explore their relationship with White American history and society through their experimentation with bodies, ceramics and digital collage. Taking inspiration from their own visceral family encounters, Saucedo builds on as a multidisciplinary artist, reclaiming imprints from historical documents, internet culture and pornography. Saucedo received a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art from San Francisco State University in 2022. They’ve exhibited and led curatorial projects throughout the Bay Area in various art spaces including, Et Al, Root Division, Right Window Gallery and ICASF as part of their Inaugural Meantime Residency.
The ReGen Artist Fund will lead Saucedo to partner with Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program for a community based ceramic project. This project will invite community members from the Tenderloin to participate in artist-led workshops to create a communal body of work that explores and reconnect with the medium to tell the story of their neighborhood. Ceramics hold strong cultural ties to various societies and people, both as a utilitarian object and as a method of storytelling. While having a rich history in cultural use, ceramics has become an inaccessible medium. The workshops will culminate through an exhibition titled “This Clay Too” where community members will exhibit alongside ceramic artists with strong ties to San Francisco. The hope of inviting artists to participate is to build bridges between these artists and communities that are often overlooked and outside the institutional system.
ReGen Grantee Corner
My name is Victor Saucedo, and I’m a ceramic artist and one of the ReGen Artist Fund recipients. I partnered with Hospitality House for a series of free ceramics workshops, funded by Galeria De La Raza, with the goal of making ceramics accessible to the community. Leading the “This Clay Too” workshops has been an incredibly rewarding experience.
From the beginning, I aimed to meet participants where they were, allowing both newcomers and those with experience to explore the medium at their own pace while I offered guidance. We worked on tile glazing, coil building, slip and score techniques, and wheel throwing, with a focus on creating a communal body of work.
The most meaningful part was seeing people from different backgrounds come together to learn and create. After the workshops, I collaborated with my studio mates and CAP ceramic technician Sawyer to fire the pieces in both CAP’s kiln and my own studio. These moments of community engagement reaffirmed the importance of creating space for creativity and connection.
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