Hilda Shen Solo Exhibition Opens at the Museum of Chinese in America: Ceramics and Prints in Dialogue with Chinese Landscape Painting
NEW YORK, New York — A new solo exhibition, Hilda Shen: Their Landscapes, opened on October 22 at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), located at 215 Centre Street in Manhattan's Chinatown, New York City, New York, and runs through January 24, 2027. According to the museum, the exhibition inaugurates Solo Artist Projects (SAP), a MOCA initiative dedicated to one-person exhibitions of new work, and presents recent ceramic sculptures and prints by the Brooklyn-based artist in the museum's Cheng Gallery.
The museum describes Shen's practice as characterized by an inquisitive scrutiny of nature and an instinct for deconstruction: the forms appear both ancient and futuristic, naturally occurring and handmade, undergoing construction and decay, with details and motifs that open conversations across post-minimalism, Chinese landscape painting, and architectural space. Born in Minneapolis in 1954, Shen spent much of her childhood in upstate New York before settling in New York City in the 1970s; her father grew up in Beijing and her mother was raised in Hangzhou. She studied classical music at Oberlin College before shifting to the visual arts, and now lives and works in Brooklyn. Her sculpture, prints, drawings, and installations have been shown throughout the New York City area, Seattle, and Beijing, and reviewed in The New York Times, among other outlets.
MOCA says SAP will feature artists of Chinese descent living and working in New York City, and that it will begin accepting submissions through an open call in early 2027. The exhibition is supported by Bonnie G. Wong, Linda Wong MacLeman, and the Café Royal Cultural Foundation, among others. (GSM, based on the Museum of Chinese in America)
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Photo: 美国华人博物馆官网展览主视觉图：Hilda Shen 陶瓷作品图样与展览标题、展期。图片：美国华人博物馆（MOCA）官网 mocanyc.org。 / Exhibition banner from the museum's official website, showing Hilda Shen's ceramic work with the exhibition title and dates. Image: Museum of Chinese in America (mocanyc.org).
