Education
(Expected 2025) Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Photography 
Kendall College of Art and Design of FSU
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Solo work
Merchandise Artist- La Dispute, Fall and Winter Line, October 2024
Top 100 in Art Prize, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 13-27, 2024
Merchandise Artist- Susannah Joffe, September 2024
Exhibiting artist at Outside Coffee Co and Woosah Pride Market, June 24, 2023
Exhibiting artist at Morning Ritual Alchemy Market, June 17, 2023
Exhibiting artist at Morning Ritual Pop-Up, May 5, 2023
Vendor at The Spark, Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 2022-September 2022
Vendor and exhibiting artist at Scorpion Hearts Club, Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 
2022-July 2022
Exhibiting artist at Red Eye Caffe, Saginaw, Michigan, August-September 2019

Group work
The Midwestern Daughter, Spark Gallery, February 6-27, 2024
Corewell Health Portraits, Corewell Health, November 29, 2023
Against The Grain, Spark Gallery, November 1st-15th, 2023
Survivors' Exhibit, Ferris State University, April 18-26, 2023
Entanglement Installation, collaborative work with Will Chatlosh, 
Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids,  Michigan, April 5-26, 2023
Apprentice, Dwelling Place Mural Apprenticeship, Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 2022
Remote Managing Editor, Sunbow Zine, Boston, MA (Presently based in Claremont, CA), 
October 2019-October 2022
Sculptor, Frankenmuth Snow Festival, Frankenmuth, Michigan, February 2019

Artist Talks
Interview with Shoutout Michigan, "Meet Sydney Bickel | Interdisciplinary Artist", January 9, 2024
Creative Conversations with FOX17 News, January 29th, 2024
Small Talk with Michele Bosak, Kendall College of Art and Design, April 5, 2023
Interview with Voyage Michigan, "Life And Work with Sydney Bickel of Grand Rapids", July 3rd 2024
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