sydney beach zester is a mixed-media abstract artist based in wilmington, nc. her work draws from her experience as an endurance athlete. she looks to replicate the feeling of content calm and bubbling energy that miles in the pool or long runs under canopies of trees provide. this balance between giddy and gusto consistently shows up in her work through playful color and wonky shapes. beach zester began working with textiles over 20 years ago as she apprenticed under her aunt, a master seamstress. every saturday was spent together in a baltimore row home piecing together projects. in these years, sydney learned how to take dreamy dreams that lived in her imagination and translate them into something she could hold. without fully understanding, she was developing the process she now uses every day; a process that allows her to draw lines between the two sides of herself: artist & athlete.she is the author of two books, “Run Wild & Be” and “Rituals” with a third forthcoming. CVb. 1994 SOLO + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS2022 Common Good Gallery, Blowing Rock, NC2022 Liza Pruitt Gallery, Richmond, VA2022 Fresh Air, Charlotte Russell Contemporary, Raleigh, NC2022 Hoodwinked, Fried Fruit Gallery, Wilmington, NC GROUP EXHIBITIONS2021 Holiday Hues & Blues, treat gallery, Brooklyn, NY2021 Media & Materials, dodomu gallery, Brooklyn, NY2021 Forte, Kristen Martinez Studio, Wilmington, NC FEATURES2022 “Mojo” book feature2020 Outside Magazine2020 Trail Runner Magazine2020 Sisu Magazine2019 REI Co-op JournalShe ExploresLike the Wind Magazine