Hilda Shen received her B.A. in Music and East Asian Studies from Oberlin College, and her M.F.A. in Sculpture City University of New York, Queens College. Currently, she lives and works in Brooklyn and teaches at Parsons/The Newschool. Shen’s sculptures, prints, drawings, and installations have been shown in Brooklyn, throughout the New York City area, Seattle, and Beijing. She acted in Public Hearing, a film by James Kienitz Wilkins, which premiered in the USA at MoMA/PS1 in 2013, and more recently in Common Carrier at BAM CinemaFest in 2017. Shen created large installations at Wave Hill (New York), Tenri Cultural Institute (New York), China 2000 Gallery (New York), and the Smithsonian Flushing Town Hall (New York). Her 30-foot wide wall piece, Recurrent River, is permanently installed at Riverdale Country School in New York. Shen has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, ArtAsiaPacific, and ARTnews for both large-scale and small-scale works. She received residencies at Willapa Bay AIR, The Bloedel Reserve, Millay Colony for the Arts, Yosemite National Park, and Platte Clove.
Whether Hilda Shen’s work centers around Manhattan’s urban skies, geological vastness, the idiosyncrasies of Chinese scholar rocks, or the waters of Maine, her imagery flows between monumental and sensual landscapes, between the enormity of the human footprint and the desire to feel simply at ease with our perceived and hidden surroundings. Shen works with simple materials, such as paper, glue, ink, and clay. She layers these materials with careful attention and historical sensitivity: from her wall installations to sculptures, paintings, and prints, her pieces feel deeply spatial although sometimes displayed in a single plane. In engaging the layering process, Shen creates both dynamic and contemplative pieces and shows her desire to explore how layers of human touch and intention have been interleaved into the natural world.
沈禾美在欧柏林学院获得了音乐和东亚研究学士学位，并在纽约城市大学皇后学院获得了雕塑系硕士学位。现今她在布鲁克林生活和工作，并在帕森斯艺术学院任教。沈禾美的雕塑、版画、绘画和装置作品曾在布鲁克林、纽约市地区、西雅图和北京等地区地展出。除此以外，沈禾美在Wave Hill艺术中心（纽约），天理文化中心（纽约）、文良画廊（纽约）、以及法拉盛市政厅都曾创作过大型装置。她的30英尺宽的墙面作品《循环河流》被永久安置在纽约的河谷乡村学校（Riverdale Country School）。关于沈禾美的作品的报道往往出现在《纽约时报》（The New York Times）、《布鲁克林铁路》（The Brooklyn Rail）、《亚太艺术》（ArtAsiaPacific）、以及《艺术新闻》（ARTnews）等杂志上。她参与过威拉帕湾驻留地（Willapa Bay AIR）、布洛德艺术驻留地（The Bloedel Reserve）、米莱艺术聚居地（Millay Colony for the Arts）、优胜美地国家公园（Yosemite National Park）和普莱特丁香溪谷（Platte Clove）等地的艺术驻地项目。她还曾在 James Kienitz Wilkins 的电影《听证会》中出演角色，该电影于2013年在美国 MoMA PS1 首映。
Born 1954, Minneapolis, U.S.A. Lives and works in New York as an artist and adjunct assistant professor at Parsons/The Newschool.
EDUCATION
1988 M.F.A., City University of New York, Queens College, Sculpture Department, New York
1984 Certificate in Sculpture, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.A., Oberlin College, Music and East Asian Studies, Oberlin, Ohio
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
1998
Hilda Shen, Longwood Arts Gallery, New York, December 1998–February 1999.
1996 Hilda Shen, Leonora Vega Gallery, New York, opened September 1996.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Jisook Kim and Hilda Shen: Orogenies, Fou Gallery, New York, July 6–August 11, 2019. (Digital Catalogue)
2018
Artwork as Collection/ Collection as Artwork, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, New York, opened May 11, 2018.
2017
Three Shelf Redder, Space 325/325, New York, April 15–30, 2017.
Heaven and Earth, Hoedemaker Pfeiffer, Seattle, May 1–July 1, 2017.
Outside In, Felician University, Rutherford, New Jersey, September 30–November 30, 2017.
2015
Translated Cities, Shirin Gallery, New York, January 22–February 21, 2015.
2014
Intangible, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, April 27–June 1, 2014.
2013
Drafted, Schema Projects, New York, January 25–February 24, 2013.
2012
Pressing Matter, Parallel Art Space, New York, July 14–August 12, 2012.
Pencil Pushed, University of Tennessee - Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, Knoxville, Tennessee, September 17–October 28, 2012.
Encaustic Works 2012, R&F Gallery, Kingston, New York, opened October 6, 2012.
2011
New Prints 2011/ Winter, International Print Center, New York, January 12–March 5, 2011.
2010
Black and White, Storefront Gallery, New York, 2010.
Fellowship Show, 20/20 Gallery, New York, 2010.
Inaugural Show, Storefront Gallery, New York, 2010.
Ace of Spades, Sugar, New York, December 4, 2010–January 15, 2011.
Reconstructing Paper, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, April 12–June 4, 2010.
2008
Process/ Presence, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, New York, 2008.
Drawings, Marymount Manhattan College - The Hewitt Gallery of Art, New York, 2008.
Touched by Women’s Hands, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, 2008.
The Flying Dragon: Tradition and Innovation in Chinese Art, Concordia College - OSilas Gallery, Bronxville, New York, January 22–April 13, 2008. (Catalogue)
2007
Collage Expanded Field, St. Petersburg Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2007. (Catalogue)
Town and Country, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, 2007.
Touched by Women’s Hands, Flushing Town Hall, New York, December 20, 2007–January 20, 2008.
The Impermanent Collection V, The ‘temporary Museum of Painting (and Drawing), New York, September 15–November 11, 2007.
2006
Beyond Landscape, William Fellows Architects, New York, 2006. (Catalogue)
Out of Bounds, Wave Hill, New York, 2006. (Catalogue)
2005
Cursive, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, March 13–April 13, 2005. (Catalogue)
2004
Intricate Subtleties, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, October 19–December 15, 2004.
2003
Ten Years 1993–2003: Art Projects International, Art Projects International, New York, November 2–December 14, 2003. (Catalogue)
Between the Lines, China 2000 Fine Arts, New York, October 15–November 22, 2003. (Catalogue)
2002
Routes of Influence: International Artists from Asia, Art Project International, New York, November 5–23, 2002.
2000
Drawing, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, opened June 2000.
1998
Body Snatchers, Liebman Magnan Gallery, New York, opened July 1998.
Site of Asia, Site of Body, Taipei Gallery, New York, March–April 1998. (Catalogue)
1996
Personal, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, opened September 1996.
RESIDENCIES
2019
Willapa Bay AIR, Artist in Residence, Washington, D.C., 2019.
2016
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Studio Member, New York, 2001–2016.
2015
Bloedel Reserve Residency, Artist in Residence, Bainbridge Island, Washington, 2015.
2012
Platte Clove Residency, Artist in Residence, Catskills, New York, 2012.
2008
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Project Fellow, New York, 2008.
2006
Hartford Art School, M.F.A. Visiting Artist, Connecticut, Winter 2006.
2004
Yosemite National Park, Artist in Residence, California, 2004.
1998
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Artist in Residence, Austerlitz, New York, 1998.
1991
New York Studio Residency Program, AICAD, New York, Spring 1991.
1985
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Ware Traveling Prize (to Italy), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1985.
ACTOR
2017
Common Carrier. Film by James N. Kienitz Wilkins, 2017.
2012 Public Hearing. Flim by James N. Kienitz Wilkins, 2012.
