Meet Saidy Burch | Artist, Writer, Musician

We had the good fortune of connecting with Saidy Burch and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Saidy, can you tell us more about your background and the role it’s played in shaping who you are today?
I was born and raised in Miami, FL. I’m so thankful to have been given the opportunity to live in a place surrounded by color, tropical beauty, and whispers from the home of my mother’s side of the family, Cuba. My everyday observances in this vibrant, bizarre city have always and will continue to influence all forms of my artwork. There is so much beauty in mundanity here.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
As someone who’s historically always been interested in way too many things at once, and as I’ve become more comfortable making more expressive artwork, my work has grown into something unwaveringly interdisciplinary. I don’t believe in viewing fields of study as land masses separated by walls and seas; everything informs everything, and I like to push that both in my visual art and in my poetry.
I love to incorporate concepts generally thought to be unrelated to the arts, into the arts. Studying pure mathematics at university and working as a research assistant at a neuroscience laboratory have been huge contributors to this. When I mention to people that I’m studying mathematics, they’re often confused as to why I’m not formally studying anything within visual arts, but in all honesty, I view math and science as yet another avenue for artistic growth. Math is in art, and art is in math.
My hope is to shine some light on the intelligence of our universe’s design–the infinite beauty of our world’s interconnectedness–through vignettes of simpler scenes. In my visual art, this often takes the form of colorful, semi-surrealist paintings of people. In my poetry, this often takes the form of (mildly incomprehensible), sensory-image-based meditations on everyday objects or memories.
These past few years, my work has seen a massive shift as I’ve let go of conceptions like realism being the highest form of art, and learned to create art that more honestly aligns with my worldview. I’m excited to see how my work will continue to grow and change moving into the future.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I’m a little biased towards the Cuban parts of Miami. I force everyone I know who visits Miami to go to Calle Ocho. Eat dinner at El Pub, then get an Abuela Maria ice cream at Azúcar. This one’s a little more stupid, but for some reason I adore that bridge path that connects the Vizcaya Metrorail Station to the other side of US-1–great for chicken-and-peacock-watching.
Apart from that, I know it’s also another obvious answer, but Wynwood is always fun to hang around to take in the sheer ubiquity of visual art, even as Bored Apes and joint-smoking Spongebobs permeate the walls. I always stop by Lucky Records if I’m in the area.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
If I had to shout somebody out, it would first and foremost be my wonderful parents. I’m so grateful to them for having always encouraged my interests and supported me, even through my more artistically questionable phases (like drawing horrendously disproportionate cartoon cats throughout all of middle school). I’m also grateful to my amazing professors who’ve encouraged me to pursue writing more seriously, especially Professor Mosely and Professor Leonin at the University of Miami.

Website: https://saidyburch.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stargazingrainstorms/

Twitter: https://x.com/StargazingRain

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@stargazingrainstorms

Other: Check out my band!
https://open.spotify.com/artist/30yRfpDODetlz9JnAlQuoN