Artist Jean Shin will talk with former Carter curator Maggie Adler about her work in the exhibition Jean Shin: The Museum Body. Following their conversation, both speakers will participate in a Q&A. Seating for the talk will be first come, first served.

American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided during the talk.

Part of the March Second Thursday at the Carter.

About Jean Shin

Jean Shin (b. 1971) is known for her expansive and often public sculptures, transforming accumulations of discarded, everyday objects into powerful monuments to consumption, identity, community, labor, and ecology. Born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in the U.S., Shin is currently based in New York. Her work has been widely exhibited and collected in over 150 major museums and cultural institutions, including solo exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC; and Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, where in 2020 she was the first Korean American woman artist featured in a solo exhibition. Shin has received numerous awards, including the Frederic Church Award for her contributions to American art and culture. Her works have been highlighted in The New York Times and Sculpture Magazine, among others.

Her body of work includes several permanent public artworks commissioned by major agencies and municipalities, including a landmark commission for the MTA’s Second Ave Subway in NYC. She is a tenured Adjunct Professor at Pratt Institute and holds an honorary doctorate from New York Academy of Art. Her piece for the 2023 Armory Show Huddled Masses, organized by the curator Eva Respini and presented by Boston’s Praise Shadows Art Gallery, was called a “standout” by The New York Times. Shin works in Brooklyn and Hudson Valley, New York.

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