Biography
Makenzie Raymundo (Burmeister) is a mixed media artist and educator living and working in Omaha, NE. Originally from Gretna, NE, Raymundo earned her B.F.A. in Art Education with a specialization in Ceramics from the University of South Dakota in 2020. During her time in undergrad, she also played soccer for the University. Raymundo then advanced to graduate school where she earned her M.F.A. in Ceramics from Kansas State University in 2023, where she maintained a Graduate Teaching Assistantship. Currently, Raymundo is an Instructor of Ceramics, teaching at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Raymundo’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Including her first international solo exhibition at Galería Omar Alonzo in Puerto Vallarta Mexico earlier this year.
Raymundo’s work challenges the associations that come with the perceived use of construction and labor materials. She works with found objects and materials from her surroundings to recontextualize and transform their implications from something mundane and industrial to something explorative, expressive, and personal. She combines the use of emerging digital processes and materials with traditional processes and materials. She is developing her own combinations of their use through meditative, laborious, and rhythmic creation.
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