![This image depicts an artwork by Arlene Shechet titled "Together Again: Spring." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 19" x 15" x 11" [HxWxD] (48.26 x 38.1 x 27.94 cm). Its medium is Glazed ceramic and powder coated steel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Arlene-Shechet_SHE178_1718921219-819x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Together Again: Spring,” 2023
“Together Again: Spring,” 2023
Arlene Shechet
“Together Again: Spring,” 2023
Glazed ceramic and powder coated steel
19" x 15" x 11" [HxWxD] (48.26 x 38.1 x 27.94 cm)
Inventory #SHE178
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: David Schulze
“Together Again: Spring,” 2023
Glazed ceramic and powder coated steel
19" x 15" x 11" [HxWxD] (48.26 x 38.1 x 27.94 cm)
Inventory #SHE178
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: David Schulze
![This image depicts an artwork by Arlene Shechet titled "Moonlit." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 75" x 35" x 27" [HxWxD] (190.5 x 88.9 x 68.58 cm). Its medium is Glazed ceramic, dyed hardwood, steel, and plywood.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Arlene-Shechet_SHE177_1718921231-731x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Moonlit,” 2022
“Moonlit,” 2022
Arlene Shechet
“Moonlit,” 2022
Glazed ceramic, dyed hardwood, steel, and plywood
75" x 35" x 27" [HxWxD] (190.5 x 88.9 x 68.58 cm)
Inventory #SHE177
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: David Schulze
“Moonlit,” 2022
Glazed ceramic, dyed hardwood, steel, and plywood
75" x 35" x 27" [HxWxD] (190.5 x 88.9 x 68.58 cm)
Inventory #SHE177
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: David Schulze
![This image depicts an artwork by Arlene Shechet titled "Together Again: Fall." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 17 ¹⁄₂" x 17" x 14" [HxWxD] (44.45 x 43.18 x 35.56 cm). Its medium is Glazed ceramic, powder coated steel.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Arlene-Shechet_SHE176_1718921454-1024x819.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Together Again: Fall,” 2022
“Together Again: Fall,” 2022
Arlene Shechet
“Together Again: Fall,” 2022
Glazed ceramic, powder coated steel
17 ¹⁄₂" x 17" x 14" [HxWxD] (44.45 x 43.18 x 35.56 cm)
Inventory #SHE176
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: David Schulze
“Together Again: Fall,” 2022
Glazed ceramic, powder coated steel
17 ¹⁄₂" x 17" x 14" [HxWxD] (44.45 x 43.18 x 35.56 cm)
Inventory #SHE176
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: David Schulze
![Arlene Shechet “Altered State,” 2020](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/she163_lores-666x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Altered State,” 2020
“Altered State,” 2020
Arlene Shechet
“Altered State,” 2020
Glazed ceramic, painted hardwood, blackened steel, sand cast brass electroplated with chrome and nickle, gold leaf
53" x 39" x 32" [HxWxD] (134.62 x 99.06 x 81.28 cm)
Inventory #SHE163
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
“Altered State,” 2020
Glazed ceramic, painted hardwood, blackened steel, sand cast brass electroplated with chrome and nickle, gold leaf
53" x 39" x 32" [HxWxD] (134.62 x 99.06 x 81.28 cm)
Inventory #SHE163
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
![Arlene Shechet “Romance Language,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/she172_lores-1668504627-678x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Romance Language,” 2021
“Romance Language,” 2021
Arlene Shechet
“Romance Language,” 2021
Glazed ceramic, wood, steel, paint
77" x 29" x 26" [HxWxD] (195.58 x 73.66 x 66.04 cm)
Inventory #SHE172
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
“Romance Language,” 2021
Glazed ceramic, wood, steel, paint
77" x 29" x 26" [HxWxD] (195.58 x 73.66 x 66.04 cm)
Inventory #SHE172
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
![Arlene Shechet “Pulse and Powder,” 2021](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/she171_hires-1668504706-819x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Pulse and Powder,” 2021
“Pulse and Powder,” 2021
Arlene Shechet
“Pulse and Powder,” 2021
Glazed ceramic, painted hardwood, painted steel
45" x 21" x 20" [HxWxD] (114.3 x 53.34 x 50.8 cm)
Inventory #SHE171
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: David Schulze
“Pulse and Powder,” 2021
Glazed ceramic, painted hardwood, painted steel
45" x 21" x 20" [HxWxD] (114.3 x 53.34 x 50.8 cm)
Inventory #SHE171
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: David Schulze
![Arlene Shechet “Ganesha is a Mountain,” 2020](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/she161_lores-1-683x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Ganesha is a Mountain,” 2020
“Ganesha is a Mountain,” 2020
Arlene Shechet
“Ganesha is a Mountain,” 2020
Glazed ceramic, powder coated steel
68" x 21" x 19" [HxWxD] (172.72 x 53.34 x 48.26 cm)
Inventory #SHE161
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles. © Arlene Shechet
Photo credit: Eva Deitch
“Ganesha is a Mountain,” 2020
Glazed ceramic, powder coated steel
68" x 21" x 19" [HxWxD] (172.72 x 53.34 x 48.26 cm)
Inventory #SHE161
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles. © Arlene Shechet
Photo credit: Eva Deitch
![Arlene Shechet “Seeing in the Dark,” 2019](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/she131_lores-1647049703-683x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Seeing in the Dark,” 2019
“Seeing in the Dark,” 2019
Arlene Shechet
“Seeing in the Dark,” 2019
Glazed ceramic, painted hard wood
60" x 21" x 21" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 53.34 x 53.34 cm)
Inventory #SHE131
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles. © Arlene Shechet
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
“Seeing in the Dark,” 2019
Glazed ceramic, painted hard wood
60" x 21" x 21" [HxWxD] (152.4 x 53.34 x 53.34 cm)
Inventory #SHE131
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles. © Arlene Shechet
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
![Arlene Shechet Double Oculus, 2019](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shechet_136_doubleoculus_install01_hires-683x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
Double Oculus, 2019
Double Oculus, 2019
Arlene Shechet
Double Oculus, 2019
Glazed ceramic, hardwood, steel, gold leaf, paint
36 x 35 x 28" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 88.9 x 71.12 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
Double Oculus, 2019
Glazed ceramic, hardwood, steel, gold leaf, paint
36 x 35 x 28" [HxWxD] (91.44 x 88.9 x 71.12 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
![Arlene Shechet “Origins,” 2019](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shechet_145_origins_install01_hires-1564165170-683x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Origins,” 2019
“Origins,” 2019
Arlene Shechet
“Origins,” 2019
Bronze and steel
12.5 x 11.5 x 10.5" [HxWxD] (31.75 x 29.21 x 26.67 cm)
Edition 1 of 6, 1 AP
Inventory #SHE145.01
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
“Origins,” 2019
Bronze and steel
12.5 x 11.5 x 10.5" [HxWxD] (31.75 x 29.21 x 26.67 cm)
Edition 1 of 6, 1 AP
Inventory #SHE145.01
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Phoebe d'Heurle
![Arlene Shechet “Love me Tender,” 2019](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shechet_151_lovemetender_install01_hires-1564164993-683x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Love me Tender,” 2019
“Love me Tender,” 2019
Arlene Shechet
“Love me Tender,” 2019
Glazed ceramic and steel
24 x 12.5 x 6" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 31.75 x 15.24 cm)
Inventory #SHE151
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Phoebe d'Heurle
“Love me Tender,” 2019
Glazed ceramic and steel
24 x 12.5 x 6" [HxWxD] (60.96 x 31.75 x 15.24 cm)
Inventory #SHE151
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Phoebe d'Heurle
![Arlene Shechet “Show Off,” 2018](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shechet_147_showoff_install02_hires-1024x763.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Show Off,” 2018
“Show Off,” 2018
Arlene Shechet
“Show Off,” 2018
Glazed ceramic, resin, paint, wood
13 x 13 x 10" [HxWxD] (33.02 x 33.02 x 25.4 cm)
Inventory #SHE147
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Show Off,” 2018
Glazed ceramic, resin, paint, wood
13 x 13 x 10" [HxWxD] (33.02 x 33.02 x 25.4 cm)
Inventory #SHE147
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Arlene Shechet “Twins,” 2019](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shechet_146_twins_install03_hires-708x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Twins,” 2019
“Twins,” 2019
Arlene Shechet
“Twins,” 2019
Concrete
33.25 x 18 x 12.5" [HxWxD] (84.45 x 45.72 x 31.75 cm) each sculpture
Inventory #SHE146
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
“Twins,” 2019
Concrete
33.25 x 18 x 12.5" [HxWxD] (84.45 x 45.72 x 31.75 cm) each sculpture
Inventory #SHE146
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Arlene Shechet, Tilted Channel, 2017-2018 Powder-coated cast iron, powder-coated cast aluminum, cast iron, glazed firebrick, and steel 65 x 96 x 32" [HxWxD] (165.1 x 243.84 x 81.28 cm) TBC Courtesy of the artist, Pace Gallery and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. © Arlene Shechet](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/she126_lores-683x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
Tilted Channel, 2017-2018
Tilted Channel, 2017-2018
Arlene Shechet
Tilted Channel, 2017-2018
Powder-coated cast iron, powder-coated cast aluminum, cast iron, glazed firebrick, and steel
65 x 96 x 32" [HxWxD] (165.1 x 243.84 x 81.28 cm) TBC
Courtesy of the artist, Pace Gallery and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. © Arlene Shechet
Tilted Channel, 2017-2018
Powder-coated cast iron, powder-coated cast aluminum, cast iron, glazed firebrick, and steel
65 x 96 x 32" [HxWxD] (165.1 x 243.84 x 81.28 cm) TBC
Courtesy of the artist, Pace Gallery and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. © Arlene Shechet
![Arlene Shechet, "Reframe," installation, 2017, Glazed ceramic, steel, paint, 13 x 12 x 8" [HxWxD], Photo credit: Adam Reich](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/yoimgj35isetfkvmqa8i-524x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
"Reframe," installation, 2017
"Reframe," installation, 2017
Arlene Shechet
"Reframe," installation, 2017
Glazed ceramic, steel, paint
13 x 12 x 8" [HxWxD]
Photo credit: Adam Reich
"Reframe," installation, 2017
Glazed ceramic, steel, paint
13 x 12 x 8" [HxWxD]
Photo credit: Adam Reich
![Arlene Shechet, Unnamed, Unknown, and Impossible, Glazed ceramic, steel, 52.5 x 19 x 19" [HxWxD], Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xhh3bkucpkominganret-699x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
Unnamed, Unknown, and Impossible
Unnamed, Unknown, and Impossible
Arlene Shechet
Unnamed, Unknown, and Impossible
Glazed ceramic, steel
52.5 x 19 x 19" [HxWxD]
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Unnamed, Unknown, and Impossible
Glazed ceramic, steel
52.5 x 19 x 19" [HxWxD]
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
![Arlene Shechet, Living in the Castle, 2016, Glazed ceramic, carved and painted hardwood, 63 x 26 x 16.5" [HxWxD]](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/oeme5nzt3i0wkxspsrnn-683x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
Living in the Castle, 2016
Living in the Castle, 2016
Arlene Shechet
Living in the Castle, 2016
Glazed ceramic, carved and painted hardwood
63 x 26 x 16.5" [HxWxD]
Living in the Castle, 2016
Glazed ceramic, carved and painted hardwood
63 x 26 x 16.5" [HxWxD]
![Arlene Shechet “Deep Listening,” 2018](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/deep_listening_2-726x1024.jpg)
Arlene Shechet
“Deep Listening,” 2018
“Deep Listening,” 2018
Arlene Shechet
“Deep Listening,” 2018
Glazed ceramic, wood, paint
50 x 26 x 20" [HxWxD] (127 x 66.04 x 50.8 cm)
Inventory #SHE134
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
“Deep Listening,” 2018
Glazed ceramic, wood, paint
50 x 26 x 20" [HxWxD] (127 x 66.04 x 50.8 cm)
Inventory #SHE134
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
- 1951
- Born in New York, NY
- Lives and works in New York, NY
- M.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- B.A. New York University, New York NY
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
- 2024
- "Arlene Shechet: Girl Group," Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY
- 2023
- "Frieze Masters, Solo Presentation" Frieze London, Pace Gallery, London, UK
- "Rising Sun," Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- "Next Sentence," Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
- 2022
- "Best Picture," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Moon in the Morning," Pace Gallery, Hong Kong, HK
- "Couple of," T Space, Rhinebeck, NY
- 2022-2025
- "Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums," Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
- 2021
- "Together: Pacific Time," Pace Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
- "Making Knowing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection," The Drawing Center, New York, NY (catalogue)
- 2021-2023
- "Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition," The Helis Foundation, New Orleans, LA
- 2020
- "Together," Pace Gallery, East Hampton, NY
- "Arlene Shechet: Skirts," Pace, New York, NY (catalogue)
- 2019
- "Arlene Shechet: Sculpture," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2018-2019
- “Full Steam Ahead,” Madison Square Park Conservancy, New York, NY (Link)
- 2018
- “More Than I Know,” curated by Karin Campbell, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (Link)
- "Arlene Shechet: Some Truths," Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
- 2017
- ”In the Meantime,” Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL (catalogue)
- 2016
- "From Here on Now," Phillips Collection, Washington DC. (catalogue)
- "Turn Up the Bass," Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York, NY
- "Still Standing," Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
- "Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection," The Frick Collection, New York, NY
- "Urgent Matter," Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
- 2015
- "All At Once," ICA Boston, Boston, MA (catalogue)
- "Blockbuster," Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
- "SUM," Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
- 2014
- "Meissen Recast," RISD Museum, Providence, RI (catalogue)
- 2013
- "Slip," Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
- 2012
- "Breaking the Mold," Nature Morte Berlin, Germany
- "That Time," Anderson Gallery, VCUarts, Richmond, VA; travelled to Weathersppon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
- "Parallel Play," Dieu Donne, New York, NY
- 2011
- "The Thick of It," James Kelly Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2010
- "The Sound of It," Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
- 2009
- "Blow by Blow," curated by Ian Berry, F. Y. Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
- "Here and There," Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, CO
- 2008
- "Now & Away," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2007
- "New Work," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
- 2006
- "Thin Air," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
- "Round and Round," Hemphill, Washington, D.C. 2004
- 2004
- "Deep Blooze Series," Hemphill, Washington, D.C.
- "Out of the Blue," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2003
- "Turning the Wheel," commissioned installation, "The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art," Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
- "Arlene Shechet and Stephen Mueller," Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY
- "Building," curated by Elizabeth Brown, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- 2002
- "Flowers Found," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001
- "Puja," A/D Gallery, New York, NY
- 2000
- "Arlene Shechet," Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal, Canada
- 1999
- "Mirror Mirror," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
- 1998
- "Once Removed," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1997
- "Sculpture and Drawing," Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
- "Sculpture and Works of Paper," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1996
- "Arlene Shechet," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1995
- "Arlene Shechet," Boulder Museum of Fine Arts, Boulder, CO
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- "Drawing as Practice," National Academy of Design, Chelsea, NY
- 2022-2023
- "Drawings by Sculptors,” Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
- "Put It This Way: (Re)Visions Of The Hirshhorn Collection," Hishhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
- 2022
- "Singing in Unison: Artists Need to Create On the Same Scale That Society Has the Capacity to Destroy," Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY
- "Informal Get Together: Keltie Ferris, Joanne Greenbaum, Arlene Shechet, Jessica Stockholder," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
- "STUFF," Organized by Arlene Shechet, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
- "Old and New Dreams: Recent Acquisitions in a Collection," MoCA Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
- "Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- 2021
- "Knowledge of the Past is the Key to the Future," The Metropolitain Museum of Art, New York, NY
- "Les Flammes," Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, France
- "SHOW 4," Arfield, Kingston, NY (Link)
- 2020
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Art Omi: The Fields Sculpture Park," Art Omi, Ghent, NY
- "Abortion is Normal," Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY
- "At the Noyes House: Blum & Poe," Mendes Wood DM, and Object & Thing Eliot Noyes House, CT
- "Celebrating Women Artists from the Phillips Collection: Anonymous Was a Woman" Awardees, Digital Presentation, Philips Collection, DC
- "100 Drawings from Now," The Drawing Center, New York City, NY
- 2019-2020
- "Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950–2019," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- 2019
- "Art Omi: The Fields Sculpture Park," Art Omi, Ghent, NY
- "With a Capital P: Selections by Six Painters," Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
- "Sculpture Milwaukee," Milwaukee, WI
- "The World According to," Pace Gallery, New York, NY
- "Listening Closely," Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
- "2018 Survey of Dieu Donné Art in Paper: Selections from the Archive," Dieu Donné, New York, NY
- 2018-2019
- "On Edge," The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (Link)
- 2018
- "Class Reunion: Works from the Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection," mumok (museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien), Vienna, Austria
- "Scenes from the Collection," The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
- “Out of Control,” curated by Peter & Sally Saul, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY (Link)
- "The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects," The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
- "Paper/Print: American Hand Papermaking, 1960s to Today," International Print Center, New York, NY.
- “Molding/Mark-Making: Ceramic Artists and Their Drawings,” curated by Margaret Matthews-Berenson and Allison Peller, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY (Link)
- "Taurus and the Awakener," David Kordansky, Los Angeles, CA (Link)
- "By Fire, Ceramic Works," Almine Rech Gallery, New York, NY
- “Travel Light,” The Jewish Museum, New York, NY (Link)
- 2017
- Sculpture Park, Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur, India (Link)
- “Regarding George Ohr: Contemporary Ceramics in the Spirit of the Mad Potter,” curated by Garth Clark, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (Link)
- "Small Sculpture," Corbett vs Demspey, Chicago, IL
- "Something Living," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- “Mutual Admiration Society,” Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- "A Dazzling Decade," Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
- "I Go, You Go, Good to Go," Unclebrother/Gavin Brown, Hancock, NY
- "Nagy/Libby/Le Va," Magenta Plains, NY
- “Gray Matters,” Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
- ”Bodies of work,” curated by Molly Donovan, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- ”99 cents or Less,” curated by Jens Hoffmann, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
- “Grisaille,” curated by Michael Goodson, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
- ”Would you Rather…,” curated by Michael Smoler, BBQ LA, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Tyranny of Common Sense Has Reached Its Final Stage," The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University School of the Arts, NY
- “The State of New York Painting,” curated by Michael Walls, CUNY Kingsborough Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- “Vitreous Bodies: Assembed Visions in Glass,” curated by Lisa Tung, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, MA
- 2016
- "Infinite Blue," Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY
- "5 Years at Heddon Street," Pippy Houldswroth Gallery, London, UK
- "No Rules, No Rules," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
- "As if in a foreign country," Rosemarie Schwarzwälder Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- "Pioneer Lust," Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
- "A Whisper of Where it Came From," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
- "Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donne 2000-Present," Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; travelled to Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA; Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
- "Strange Abstraction," Fredericks & Freiser, NYC
- 2015
- "Marks Made: Prints by American Women Artists from the Early 1960s-Present," Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
- "CERAMIX: Art and Ceramics from Rodin to Schutte," Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; travelled to La Maison Rouge, Paris, and Cite de la Ceramique, Sevres, France (2016)
- "Bottoms Up: A sculpture Survey," University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
- "Other Planes of There," Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL
- "rock hound swap meet," organized by Randy Wray, Junior Projects, New York, NY
- "Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms," curated by Andria Hickey, Tanya Bonakdar, New York, NY
- "Le Musée Imaginaire," curated by Patrick Letovsky, Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France
- "Le Souffler: Schürmann meets Ludwig," Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
- "Taking Form: Quality in Clay," James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
- "Hard and Soft," ACME., Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- "Kiln," curated by Tiffany Zabludowicz, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY
- "The Botanica," presented by AA Bronson & Michael Bühler-Rose, Invisible-Exports, New York, NY
- "Now-ism: Abstraction Today," Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
- "Speaking through Paint: Hans Hofmann’s Legacy Today," curated by Stacey Gershon and Deborah Goodman Davis, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY
- 2013
- "Drifter," curated by David Rhodes, Hionas gallery, New York, NY
- "Jew York," Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
- "Room for Myth," Dodge Gallery, New York, NY
- "Ceramics," Rhona Hoffman, Chicago, IL
- "Tony Feher, Arturo Herrera, Arlene Shechet, and Kay Rosen," Sikkema Jenkins, New York, NY
- "East," Kunstsaele Berlin, Germany
- "Modern Times," Lesley Heller, New York, NY
- "Le Beau Danger," Sassa Truelzsch Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- "Fictitious Truths," curated by Kara Rooney, Rooster Gallery, New York, NY
- "Peekskill Project V: The New Hudson River School," HVCCA, Peekskill, NY
- "Walled Gardens," Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
- "Makeup on Empty Space," Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY
- "Economy of Means: Towards Humility in Contemporary Sculpture," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
- "The Annual," National Academy Museum, New York, NY
- 2011
- "Textility," curated by Mary Birmingham, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
- "Free From Order: A Delight of Inconsistencies, Amy Gatrell, Cordy Ryman, and Arlene Shechet," curated by Barry Rosenberg, UCONN Contemporary Art Galleries, CT
- "Contemporary Clay," RH Gallery
- "Paul Clay," Salon 94, Nwe York, NY
- "Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards," Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- "Invitational Exhibition of Visual Artists," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- "January White Sale," curated by Beth Rudin de Woody, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
- 2010
- "12 Material/Immaterial," Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- "XXIst International Ceramic Biennial (BICC)," Vallauris, France
- 2009
- "Dirt On Delight," ICA, curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter, Philadelphia, PA; travelled to the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- "Feelers," three-person exhibition with Sarah Massecar, Sandra Meigs, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- "The Dark Fair—Aquarium Project," curated by Scott Reeder, Cologne Art Fair, Germany
- "New Works/Old Story," Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
- "Seriously Funny," curated by Cassandra Coblentz and Claire Carter, Scottsdale Museum, AZ
- "New Now," Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
- 2008
- "True Grit, Frames, Fixations, Flirtations," curated by M. Leach, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC "Building/Beijing," US Embassy, Beijing
- "Neti Neti (not this not this)," curated by Peter Nagy, Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, NY
- "Grey," Dinter Fine Art, New York, N
- "Present Tense," Spanierman Modern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007
- "Shattering Glass," curated Neil Watson and Ellen Keiter, Katonah Museum, NY
- "Written on the Wind: The Flag Project," Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
- "In the Way Outdoor Installation," Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, NY
- 2006
- "The Bong Show or This Is Not a Pipe," Leslie Tonkonow, New York, NY
- "The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama," Fowler Museum, UCLA, CA
- 2005
- "Faith," curated by James Hyde, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
- "Glass, Seriously," curated by Lilly Wei, Dorsky Curatorial Program, Long Island City, NY
- "Seven Artists," American Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam, curated by Virginia Shore, State Department, Wash. D.C.
- "Somewhere Outside It," curated by Janet Phelps, Schroeder Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- "Monochrome Image," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
- "Riverhouse Editions: Master Prints by 44 Artists," University of Denver, Denver, CO
- 2004
- "Sidewalk Installation," Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
- "Bottle: Contemporary Art and Vernacular Tradition," curated by Richard Klein, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
- "The Buddha Project," Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
- "The Big Nothing," curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Bennett Simpson, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
- 2003
- "Some Sculptures," Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
- "According with Nadelman: Contemporary Affinities," curated by Cynthia Nadelman, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
- "Mystic," curated by Jeffrey Keough, Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA
- "Water Mark / Inside," curated by Patricia Phillips, E.H. Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
- "Water, Water," curated by Lilly Wei, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- "Vessels," curated by Joe Fyfe, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
- 2002
- "Line and Landscape," Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
- "Paper Remix: Dieu Donné Work Space Program, 1995-2000," curated by Edwin Ramoran, Dieu Donne Papermill, NY
- "Curious Terrain," Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001
- "Ganesh," Rene Blouin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- "Rags to Riches: 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donné Papermill," curated by Donna Stein Kresge, Art Museum, Mich. State University
- "Digital Printmaking Now," Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
- "A Threshold of Spirit," curated by Peter Nagy, Crossing Paths: an Installation in the Baptistry, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NY
- 2000
- "Mysticism and Desire," curated by Pat Hamilton, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Living End," curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
- "Religion: Contemporary Interpretations by Women," The Art Gallery, U. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- "Rapture," Bakalar and Huntington Galleries, Mass Art, Boston, MA
- 1999
- "Crafted Shows," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
- "Om," curated by Joe Fyfe, Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY
- "Loaf," curated by Steve Dibenedetto, Baumgartner Galleries Inc., New York, NY
- "Women in Print," Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
- 1998
- "In the Details," curated by Kiki Smith, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
- "Recent Aquisitions," John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books
- 2022
- "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Kack Shear Drawing Collection," (exhibition catalogue) Text by Claire Gilman, Jack Shear, Arlene Shechet and Jarrett Earnest.The Drawing Center, Shapco Printing, Minneapolis, MN, 2022
- 2020
- "Arlene Shechet: SKIRTS," Texts by Rachel Silveri, Deborah Solomon, Michaëla Mohrmann, PACE Publishing, NY, 2020
- 2018
- Shechet, Arlene and Alexandra Schwartz. "Vivian Springford," Alime Rech Gallery Editions: Paris (Link)
- 2017
- Arlene Shechet: From Here On Now (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Dorothy Kosinski, Klaus Ottmann, and Chris Sharp. Washington, D.C.: Phillips Collection, 2017
- Arlene Shechet: In the Meantime (exhibition catalogue). Text by John Corbett. Chicago: Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2017
- The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art. London and New York: Phaidon Press Limited; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017
- Gray Matters (exhibition catalogue). Columbus, Ohio: Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, 2017
- “Arlene Shechet.” In Vitamin C: Clay + Ceramic in Contemporary Art. New York and London: Phaidon, 2017: 268–271, Illustrated
- 2016
- Auther, Elissa. “Dump and Death.” In Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years (exhibition catalogue). London and New York: Black Dog Publishing Limited; Museum of Arts and Design, 2016: 97–109, Illustrated
- Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection (exhibition catalogue). Conversation with Charlotte Vignon, Arlene Shechet, and Henry Arnhold. New York: The Frick Collection, 2016
- Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artist Working in Paper at Dieu Donné (exhibition catalogue). Clinton, New York and Munich: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College; DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016
- Shechet, Arlene. “Alive and Well.” In Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago. Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2016: 83–85, illustrated
- Shechet, Arlene and Mary Heilmann. “Remembering Voulkos.” In Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years (exhibition catalogue). London and New York: Black Dog Publishing Limited; Museum of Arts and Design, 2016: 89–93
- 2015
- Arlene Shechet: All at Once (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Jenelle Porter, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Debra Bricker Balken, Meredith Martin, and interview with the artist by Janine Antoni. Boston and Munich: Institute of Contemporary Art; DelMonico Books, Prestel, 2015
- Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast. Texts by Dominic Molon, Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, Elizabeth A. Williams, and interview with Judith Tannenbaum. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co, 2015
- Bottoms Up: A Sculpture Survey (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Stuard Horodner and Janie Welker. Lexington: University of Kentucky Art Museum, 2015.
- 2014
- Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast (exhibition catalogue). Interview with the artist by Judith Tannenbaum. Providence: RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, 2014
- Now-ism: Abstraction Today (exhibition catalogue). Texts by David Pagel and Greer Pagano. Columbus, Ohio: Pizzuti Collection, 2014
- 2010
- Arlene Shechet: Blow by Blow (exhibition catalogue). Interview by Ian Berry. Saratoga Springs, New York: The Frances Youg Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, 2010
- Arlene Shechet: The Sound of It (exhibition catalogue). New York: Jack Shainman Gallery, 2010
- 2009
- Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Ingrid Schaffner and Jenelle Porter. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2009
- 2007
- Arlene Shechet: New Work (exhibition catalogue). Text by Peter Nagy. New York: Elizabeth Harris Gallery, 2007
- The Flag Project: Contemporary Artists Celebrate the Opening of a New Museum. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2007: 135, Illustrated
- Shattering Glass: New Perspectives (exhibition catalogue). Text by Tina Oldknow. Katonah, New York: Katonah Museum of Art, 2007
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- 2016
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- 2015
- “Arlene Shechet on a bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Artist Project Season 4, Dec. 7.
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- 2014
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- Solondz, Simone. “Shechet’s Shenanigans at the RISD Museum,” RISDxyz, Jan. 21.
- van Siclen, Bill. “Warhol exhibit at RISD Museum highlights the icon’s photographs,” Providence Journal, Jan. 26.
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- Wei, Lilly. “Claytime! Ceramics Finds Its Place in the Art-World Mainstream,” ARTnews, Jan
- 2013
- Micchelli, Thomas. “The Pursuit of Art, 2013,” Hyperallergic, Dec. 28
- Smith, Roberta. “Arlene Shechet: Slip,” New York Times, Nov. 7
- “Goings On About Town: Art,” New Yorker, Nov. 4, 2013.
- Micchelli, Thomas. “Parallel Strains: Arlene Shechet’s Ceramic Abstractions,” Hyperallergic, Oct. 19
- Abel, Ruthie. “Crafting Slip: In the Studio With Arlene Shechet,” Huffington Post, Oct. 15.
- Saltz, Jerry. “Jerry Saltz’s Five Most Anticipated,” New York Magazine, Sept. 2-9.
- Gopnik, Blake. “Precious Porcelain Turned Inside Out,” The Daily Beast, Jun 18.
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- 2012
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- Thorson, Alice. “Nerman exhibits the power of ceramics,” Kansas City Star, June 15.
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- “Töpfern ist sexy” art das kunst magazin, Mar., pg. 60.
- Ollman, Leah. “Clay keeps breaking the mold,” LA Times, Jan. 29.
- Hirsh, Faye. “Buckle and Flow,” Art in America, Jan.: 58-64. (Cover Story)
- 2011
- “The Pin-up Menagerie: A collection of 69 Beautiful Things,” PIN-UP, Fall/Winter 2011/12: 158-165.
- Hughes, Hannah. “The Thick of It at James Kelly Contemporary,” Adobe Airstream, Dec. 9.
- Wilson-Powell, Malin. “Wonderfully Weird,” The Albuquerque Journal, Dec. 2.
- Gopnik, Blake. “A Teapot from Mars?,” thedailybeast.com, July 22.
- Smith, Roberta. “Paul Clay, Salon 94 Bowery,” New York Times, June 30.
- Yablonsky, Linda. “Artifacts: Feats of Clay,” T Magazine, July 7.
- Mueller, Stephen. “Arlene Shechet at Jack Shainman,” Art in America Magazine, Jan.
- 2010
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- 2009
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- Ruth, Tara. “Double or Nothing: Mimicry in Contemporary Art using Handmade Paper.” Hand Papermaking 24
- MacMillan, Kyle, “MCA exhibits showcase big names, big ambitions from Big Apple,” Denver Post, Nov. 22.
- Regan, Kate, “‘Feelers’ at Susan Hobbs, Toronto,” ARTnews, Nov.: 125.
- “feelers: Touching a Nerve, or Three,” Canadian Art, Fall.
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- Smith, Roberta, “Why Craft Never Was a Four-Letter Word,” The New York Times, Apr. 18: C5.
- Greenbaum, Joanne. “Decorating the Void: On Clay and Dirt on Delight,” The Highlights, June.
- Smith, Roberta, “Crucible of Creativity, Stoking Earth Into Art,” The New York Times, Mar. 20: C25, C28.
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- 2008
- Pollack, Barbara, “Neti-Neti,” Time Out New York, July 31-Aug. 6: 53.
- Saltz, Jerry, “Gray,” Critics’ Pick, NYMag.com, July 23.
- De Vegh, Suzanne, “Arlene Shechet, New York,” Art Papers, July/Aug.: 66
- Goodman, Jonathan, “New York Reviews,” Sculpture Magazine, July/Aug.:. 77-8.
- Hirsch, Faye, “Arlene Shechet at Elizabeth Harris,” Art in America, Feb.
- Keiter, Ellen. Shattering Glass: New Perspectives. Exhibition catalogue. Katonah, NY: Katonah Museum
- 2007
- Genocchio, Benjamin. “Really? It’s All Made of Glass?” New York Times, Dec. 30
- Smith, Roberta, “Art in Review,” The New York Times, Sept. 14: E41.
- Nagy, Peter, “Perfumed Manifestation, the work of Arlene Shechet,” catalogue essay.
- Robinson, Walter, “Reviews: Weekend Update” Artnet.com, Sept. 19
- Strouse, Allen. “Arlene Shechet’s Military Base.” Artinfo.com, Dec. 11
- 2006
- Mahoney, J. W., “Arlene Shechet at Hemphill,” Art in America, Oct.: 201-2.
- Hyde, James, “Faith”, exhibition catalogue, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
- Ash, Elizabeth, “ART in Embassies in Hanoi,” State MAGAZINE, March
- Dung, Dinh, “An American artist talks about her work and Buddhism,” The Saigon Times Daily, Mar. 29: 7.
- “US artist Arlene Shechet to exhibit works in Ha Noi,” Vietnam News, Mar. 17: 20
- Larson, Kay, “Keeping the Faith,” ARTnews, February
- Dawson, Jessica, “Shechet, Sherwood and Bocchino at Hemphill,” The Washington Post, Jan. 7: C5
- 2005
- Morgan, Robert C., “Who takes Glass Seriously,” The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, Fall: 27-33
- Phillips, Autumn, "A Buddhist Concept on Paper," The Steamboat Pilot, Aug. 12: Arts FP
- Cover Photograph, Tricycle Magazine, Summer: 39.
- Mueller, Stephen, "Personal Statements in Just One Color," Gay City, June 23-29, p. 45
- Glueck, Grace, "An Object of Practicality, from the Inside and Out,” New York Times, Apr. 1: E34
- Klein, Richard, “Bottle: Contemporary Art and Vernacular Tradition,” New York Times, Apr. 1: E34 Wei, Lilly, exhibition essay for “Glass, Seriously,” Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
- 2004
- Morgan, Anne Barclay, “The Manifestation of Awareness," Sculpture Magazine, September, pp. 47-51
- McElroy, Joseph, “A Poetry of Transience,” Shambala Sun, March, pp. 58-62
- Schaffner, Ingrid, catalogue “The Big Nothing,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ.of Penn., Philadelphia, PA
- Lipsey, Wei, catalogue essay for “The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art.”
- Brentano, Robyn, Olivia Georgia, Roger Lipsey, and Lilly Wei. The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art.
- Exhibition catalogue. Staten Island, New York: Snug Harbor Cultural Center
- 2003
- Smith, Kiki, “Artists Choice - Arlene Shechet,” Art on Paper, cover story, Nov/Dec, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 42-45
- Pierpont, Margaret, “Natural Mastery,” Natural Health, Oct, p. 160
- Harrison, Helen. “Recycling Paper: Not Just Good for the Environment.” New York Times Jan. 5: 9.
- Cover photograph, Buddhadharma Magazine, Summer
- Keough, Jeffrey. Mystic. Exhibition catalogue. Mass. College of Art, Boston. Essay by David D. Nolta.
- Brown, Elizabeth A. Arlene Shechet: Building. Exhibition brochure. Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, U. of Wash.
- 2002
- Cover Photograph, Hand Papermaking, Vol 17, no. 1, Summer
- Johnson, Ken, "Arlene Shechet," New York Times, Art Guide. May 3
- Elliot, David, “Ganesh. Galerie René Blouin. Montreal,” Canadian Art 19, no. 1, March
- Koplos, Janet, "Arlene Shechet at A/D," Art in America, January
- 2001
- Stein, Donna, catalogue essay for “Rags to Riches, 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donne Papermill,” 57-8
- “The Artist's Way,” O Magazine, November
- “Cathedral Removes an Artwork,” The New York Times, June 26
- “Minister Wants Artwork Revised or Removed,” The New York Times, June 23
- Douglas, Sarah, “'Unsuitable' art removed from cathedral in New York,” The Art Newspaper
- 2000
- Schaffner, Ingrid, catalogue essay for “The Living End,” Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO
- Glackstern, J., “Many mysteries suggested at BMOCA's 'Living End'”, The Daily Camera, Boulder, CO, Oct. 15
- Betts, Kristie, “Artflash, the end is here,” Boulder Weekly, Boulder, CO, September 28
- Temin, Christine, “Perspectives: Assorted Artists Capture ‘Rapture’,” Boston Globe February 2
- Alvis, Robert E. Rapture, Exhibition catalogue, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
- 1999
- Cotter, Holland, “Arlene Shechet,” The New York Times, Art Guide, May 21
- Levin, Kim, "Voice Choices," The Village Voice, May 18
- Nagy, Peter, catalogue essay for "Mirror Mirror," exhibition at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NYC
- Tagore, Sundaram, "Facing East: American Artists' Encounters with India," Art India Magazine of India, April
- Fyfe, Joe, catalogue essay for "Om" exhibition at David Dorsky Gallery
- Nadelman, Elie, "Elie Nadelman: The Late Work," New York: Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, essays by Brandt Junceau and Klaus Kertess. Conversation with Arlene Shechet and Kiki Smith
- 1998
- Gockel, Cornelia, "Korper und Ofnungen," Suddeutche Zeitung, July 30
- Goldman, Robert, "Artist Diary," Artnet, Jan. 24
- Hirsch, Faye, "Working Proof," On Paper Magazine, Vol. 2, January/February
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2023
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Member
- 2021
- VIA Art Fund, Artistic Production Grant
- 2016
- CAA Artist Award for Distinguished Body of Work
- 2011
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Art
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize
- 2010
- Anonymous Was A Woman Individual Artist Award
- Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
- USA Artists: Special Projects
- 2006
- US State Department American Artists Abroad, Vietnam
- 2004
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Visual Artist Fellowship
- 1999
- New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
- 1996
- Dieu Donné Papermill, NYC, Artist Work Grant
- 1993
- New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
- 1986
- N.E.A. Visual Artist, Artist Fellowship Grant
- New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship Grant
Public Collections
- Albee Foundation, New York, NY
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, OH
- Al Shands Collection, Louisville, KY
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada
- Bard Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- Blanton Museum of Art / UT Austin, Austin, TX
- Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Candace K. Weir Foundation, New York, NY
- The Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
- Deloitte & Touche, San Francisco, CA
- Dieu Donné Papermill, NYC
- Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
- Goldman Sachs (worldwide)
- Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
- Hirshorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
- Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Lumber Room, Portland, OR
- Martin Margulies Collection, Coconut Grove, FL
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Minnesota Museum of Art, St Paul, MN
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- Mordes Collection, Palm Beach, FL
- Musuem of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA
- Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
- The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
- Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
- North Shore Hospital, Long Island, NY
- Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
- New York City Public Library, Drawing & Prints, New York, NY
- The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
- Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
- Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OH
- Princeton University Art Museum, NJ
- Rhode Island School of Design Museum, RI
- San José Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- Smith College Museum of Art, MA
- Stanford University, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford, CA
- University of California San Diego, Stuart Collection, San Diego, CA
- US Embassy, Beijing, China
- US Embassy, Nepal
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Whitespace Collection, West Palm Beach, FL
- Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
- The J.V. Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ