Education

MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art – LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, Baltimore, MD, 2023
BFA, Texas State University – School of Art and Design, Studio Art, San Marcos, TX, 2021

Professional Experience

Lecturer, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Fall 2023–Present

  • Courses: Core I & II (Foundations), Studio I (Drawing & 2D Design), Beginning Painting, Beginning Drawing, University Seminar.

  • Emphasis on interdisciplinary practices, critical inquiry, and contemporary art-making methods.

Team Teaching (Printmaking), Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Jan–Feb 2024

  • Co-instructor for advanced Printmaking.

  • Covered lithography, relief, intaglio, and stone lithography techniques in both analog and digital contexts.

Solo Exhibitions

2025 — Under the Moon’s Eye, Ivester Contemporary, Austin, TX

Duo Exhibitions

2024 — From the Outside In, Lisa Guevara & Sydney Guzman, Spellerberg Projects, Lockhart, TX
2024 — Whispers from the Trees, Ally Harrison & Sydney Guzman, Flex Space, Texas State Galleries, San Marcos, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 — Untitled Art Fair, Houston Artist Market, Jardin in F Magazine’s booth, curated by Adam Marnie, Houston, TX
2025 — Jardin, curated by Isabel Wilson, Houston, TX
2025 — Letting the River Spill, Texas State Galleries, curated by Rebecca Marino, San Marcos, TX
2025 — Terrestrial Fauna, 82Paris Gallery, curated by Raith Jennings, Portland, ME
2025 — Cuidate (Take Care), Ivester Contemporary, curated by Savannah Diaz, Austin, TX
2025 — The Everyman, The Bolm Arts Center, curated by Lisa Alley, Austin, TX
2024 — One of These Things is Not Like the Others, Residency Review Exhibition, St. Andrew’s Center, Chattanooga, TN
2024 — Juried Regional Exhibition, Contracommon Gallery, Bee Cave, TX
2024 — In Conversation With…, The Gallery by MUI, curated by Maria Ilochi, Washington, D.C.
2023 — Constellations, The Peale Museum, curated by Joan Waltemath, Baltimore, MD
2022 — We Are Not Similar, Lazarus Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, curated by Joan Waltemath, Baltimore, MD
2022 — With Body and Earth, Lazarus Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, curated by Rhea Beckett, Baltimore, MD
2021 — Eyes in the Light, Lazarus Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, curated by Stephen Ellis, Baltimore, MD
2021 — Rising Eyes of Texas, Rockport Center of the Arts Annual Juried Collegiate Exhibition, Presa House Gallery, curated by Rigoberta Luna, Rockport, TX

Press / Publications

2025 — Gideons Bakery, Artist Interview by Matt Jones
2025 — The Austin Chronicle, “Sydney Guzman: Under the Moon’s Eye,” by James Scott
2025 — Office Hours, Texas State University Podcast, Artist Interview

Professional Development

2025–2026 — Canopy Program Cohort, led by Catherine Haggarty (year-long mentorship and critique program)
2025 — Ouroboros Critique Club, led by Christina Ballantyne & Ish Lipman (peer-driven critique program)

Artist Talks

Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

  • Thesis Seminar, invited by Joey Fauerso, Oct 2023

  • Painting Guest Critique, invited by Tommy Fitzpatrick, Jul 2023

Residencies

2023 — Mineral House Media (Virtual), September Resident

Awards

2022–2023 — Graduate Merit Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD