Sissy Nunziata (b. 2002, Orlando, Florida) is a Brooklyn-based artist working primarily in ceramic sculpture and mixed media.

She earned her BFA with honors (Cum Laude) in 2024 from the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in Sculpture and Post-Studio Practice. Before discovering her passion for visual art, Sissy gained national attention as the winner of Chopped Junior, a network television cooking competition. While cooking allowed her to explore creativity, it was through sculpture and clay that she found a deeper, more conceptual outlet—one that merges hands-on making with humor, storytelling, and cultural critique.

Sissy’s practice investigates personal and societal themes such as beauty standards, coming-of-age rituals, and self-destructive habits. She describes her approach as “a comedic way of confronting life’s hardest moments,” aiming to craft work that feels like “a stand-up act—hilarious, narrative, and explicit.” Her evolving body of work invites viewers into playful yet provocative conversations, using whimsy and absurdity as tools for reflection.

Since relocating to New York City, Sissy’s practice has centered around Blobette, a recurring ceramic character she created as a kind of personal relic and imagined deity. Blobette celebrates the raw, unfiltered realities of being female—offering, as Sissy describes, “a new faith: one centered on personal narratives, bodily autonomy, and unapologetic existence.” Saggy, confident, and utterly indifferent to perfection, Blobette embodies a playful yet radical rejection of patriarchal ideals, anchoring much of Sissy’s recent work in themes of vulnerability, humor, and empowerment.

Currently, Sissy is a studio potter at Williamsburg Ceramic Center, where she brings many of her imaginative projects to life. In July–August 2025, she debuted her first New York solo exhibition, Dear Blobette, showcasing the evolving mythology and visual language surrounding this figure. As she continues to build her portfolio in New York City’s vibrant art scene, Sissy aspires to expand her practice into larger-scale mixed-material installations and pursue an MFA with the goal of teaching at the collegiate level.

note: Sissy’s government name is Lily, but everyone calls her Sissy… it’s just part of her lore.