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Arlene Shechet creates improvisatory ceramic sculptures that effortlessly combine a range of materials, provisional arrangements, and visual paradoxes. Her intuitive and innovative work in ceramics has changed the nature of sculpture through her experiments with glazes, hybrid forms, and unconventional pedestals. Employing an experimental approach to ceramic sculpture, she tests the limits of gravity, color, and texture by pushing against the boundary of classical techniques, sometimes fusing her kiln-fired creations with complex plinths formed of wood, steel, and concrete. Shechet’s sculptures exist between the raw and the refined, humor and pathos, and figuration and abstraction. Her works shift, bend, contort, and melt with expressive movement and pop with dynamic colors, merging the traditions of decorative arts with contemporary, risk-taking sculpture. Her work playfully but knowingly investigates the history of sculptural production, highlighting the humor and pathos of the human condition.

Arlene Shechet was born in 1951 in New York, and lives and works in New York and the Hudson Valley. Shechet received a BA from New York University, and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (1978).

She has been the subject of many solo exhibitions, including All at Once, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Full Steam Ahead, Madison Square Park, New York; Phillips Collection; RISD Museum; Weatherspoon Art Museum; Anderson Gallery, Richmond; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art; International Ceramic Biennial; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; Tang Museum; ICA Philadelphia; Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; Henry Art Gallery; and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Group exhibitions include Porcelain, No Simple Matter, The Frick Collection; From Here On Now, The Phillips Collection; Making Knowing, the Drawing Center; STUFF, Pace Gallery NY; and Disrupt the View, Harvard Art Museums.

Shechet’s work is in over fifty public collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Centre Pompidou, National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Nasher Sculpture Center, Walker Art Center, and Whitney Museum of American Art.

In 2023, Shechet was elected as a lifetime member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She has received many other awards and honors including the CAA Artist Award for a Distinguished Body of Work, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Joan Mitchell Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

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.
Arlene Shechet
“Together Again: Spring,” 2023
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.
Arlene Shechet
“Moonlit,” 2022
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.
Arlene Shechet
“Together Again: Fall,” 2022
Arlene Shechet “Altered State,” 2020
Arlene Shechet
“Altered State,” 2020
Arlene Shechet “Romance Language,” 2021
Arlene Shechet
“Romance Language,” 2021
Arlene Shechet “Pulse and Powder,” 2021
Arlene Shechet
“Pulse and Powder,” 2021
Arlene Shechet “Ganesha is a Mountain,” 2020
Arlene Shechet
“Ganesha is a Mountain,” 2020
Arlene Shechet “Seeing in the Dark,” 2019
Arlene Shechet
“Seeing in the Dark,” 2019
Arlene Shechet Double Oculus, 2019
Arlene Shechet
Double Oculus, 2019
Arlene Shechet “Origins,” 2019
Arlene Shechet
“Origins,” 2019
Arlene Shechet “Love me Tender,” 2019
Arlene Shechet
“Love me Tender,” 2019
Arlene Shechet “Show Off,” 2018
Arlene Shechet
“Show Off,” 2018
Arlene Shechet “Twins,” 2019
Arlene Shechet
“Twins,” 2019
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
Tilted Channel, 2017-2018
Arlene Shechet, "Reframe," installation, 2017, Glazed ceramic, steel, paint, 13 x 12 x 8" [HxWxD], Photo credit: Adam Reich
Arlene Shechet
"Reframe," installation, 2017
Arlene Shechet, Unnamed, Unknown, and Impossible, Glazed ceramic, steel, 52.5 x 19 x 19" [HxWxD], Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
Arlene Shechet
Unnamed, Unknown, and Impossible
Arlene Shechet, Living in the Castle, 2016, Glazed ceramic, carved and painted hardwood, 63 x 26 x 16.5" [HxWxD]
Arlene Shechet
Living in the Castle, 2016
Arlene Shechet “Deep Listening,” 2018
Arlene Shechet
“Deep Listening,” 2018
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: Beyond Belief," Pace Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
"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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2024
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2023
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2022
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Taft, Catherine. "Arlene Shechet," Artforum, June (Link)
O'Brien, Johh David. "Arlene Shechet," Artillery Magazine, April (Link)
Smith, Roberta. "Drawing, a Cure for the January Blahs," The New York Times, January 20 (Link)
2021
Helfand, Glen “Glen Helfand on Arlene Shechet” Square Cyliner, March 24
Nonnenberg, Sheryl “Color Therapy’: Pace Gallery presents Arlene Shechet’s pandemic-inspired sculptures” Palo Alto Weekly, March 23
2020
Gotham Editors. "17 Artists Who Persevered in 2020," Gotham, December 2 (Link)
whitewall staff. "Arlene Shechet Offers Color Therapy and Comradery in “Together”," whitewall, August 24 (Link)
Urist, Jacoba. "Objects in Motion: in the studio with Arlene Shechet," Cultured, April 5 (Link)
Rachel Silveri, Deborah Solomon, Michaëla Mohrmann. “Arlene Shechet: Skirts”, Pace Gallery, 2020. Monograph. Michaelyn Mitchell, Ian Wardropper, Adam Gopnik, “The Sleeve Should Be Illegal & Other Reflections on Art at the Frick”, The Frick Collection in association with DelMonico Books, 2020. Contributing text.
Rhodes, David. "Arlene Shechet: Skirts," The Brooklyn Rail, April
Pfaff, Judy. "Arlene Shechet: It's a verb, a noun, but in both instances rather beautiful," Flaunt, March 30 (Link)
"These Playful Sculptures Pay Homage to the Tragic Laughs of Physical Comedy," Elephant, March 2 (Link)
Yerebakan, Osman Can. "For Artist Arlene Shechet, Architecture’s Dynamic Textures Serve as Inspiration," Architectural Digest, March 4 (Link)
Tauer, Kristin. "Artist Arlene Shechet Wants to Move You," WWD, March 4 (Link)
“Arlene Shechet brings nature into the gallery arena at Pace New York.” Wallpaper*, February 28
Hambleton, Merrell. “Arlene Shechet Creates Beauty Out of Chaos.” The New York Times, February 27
2019
Heitzman, Lorraine. "The Quirky Harmony of Arlene Shechet’s Sculpture," Art and Cake, May 20 (Link)
Reizman, Renée. “Arlene Shechet’s Gestures and Jesters.” NAD Now, May 1
Ollman, Leah. "Arlene Shechet’s new sculptures are weirdly engrossing and crazy fresh," Los Angeles Times, April 29 (Link)
Sherman, Howard. “Stealth performances, like Fiona Shaw in a park, have a profound effect on theatre.” The Stage, April 19
Belcove, Julie. "These Trailblazing Female Artists Are Finally Getting the Recognition they Deserve," Robb Report, April 11 (Link)
Kalb, Jonathan. "Fiona Shaw Performs "The Waste Land" in Madison Square Park," TheaterMatters, April 11 (Link)
Small, Zachary. "Fiona Shaw Will Perform T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land in Madison Square Park," Hyperallergic, April 11 (Link)
Barron, James. "Bringing Liberty’s Torch to Manhattan (Icy Weather Permitting)," New York Times, February 3 (Link)
2018
Solomon, Deborah. "Review: Arlene Shechet Goes Public," WNYC, December 21 (Link)
Cascone, Sarah. "How a Residency at a Toilet and Sink Factory Inspired Arlene Shechet’s New Public Art Project at Madison Square Park," artnet, December 20 (Link)
Small, Zachary. "Arlene Shechet Smuggles Politics into Madison Square Park," Hyperallergic, November 20 (Link)
"NYC restaurant serves guests wooden boxes for stowing away their phonesNYC restaurant serves guests wooden boxes for stowing away their phones," CTV News, October 30 (Link)
Carlson, Jen. "Video: Dianne Wiest Is Buried In Scorched Earth & Performing Samuel Beckett In This NYC Park," Gothamist, October 24 (Link)
"VIDEO: Dianne Wiest Totally Rocks Beckett in Madison Square Park!" Broadway World, October 24 (Link)
Feldman, Adam. "Dianne Wiest is doing Beckett in a park this week, for free, dressed as a rock, Time Out, October 24 (Link)
Libbey, Peter. "Dianne Wiest Is a Boulder, but Not for Halloween," New York Times, October 24 (Link)
"Dianne Wiest To Perform Beckett Next Week At Madison Square Park," Broadway World, October 17 (Link)
"‘Every Single Second it Changes’: Watch Sculptor Arlene Shechet Harness the Protean Power of Plaster," Artnet News, October 5 (Link)
Tilley, John Martin. “Full Steam Ahead.” Office Magazine, Oct 1
Cascone, Sarah, "Editors’ Picks: 12 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week," Artnet News (web), September 25 (Link)
Loos, Ted, "Porcelain Finds Its Outside Voice," New York Times (web), September 23 (Link)
"Morning Links: Sword Wound Edition," Art News, September 24 (Link)
"Photographer outs herself as anonymous donor of millions to female artists," CBS This Morning (web), August 23 (Link)
“’A Beautiful Land of Extremes’: See New York through the Eyes of 6 Visionary Locals.” CNN Style, June 28 (Link)
Wong, Alex, "Reflecting pond in Madison Square Park will be transformed by public installation," The Architect's Newspaper (web), June 1 (Link)
Farber, Janet L., "'More Than I Know' Shechet’s abstract sculpture at Joslyn eludes easy classification for all," The Omaha Reader (web), May 27 (Link)
Sholis, Brian. “Critics’ Picks: Judy Linn” (CUE Art Foundation exhibition review). Artforum, May 10
Bui, Phong, "Arlene Shechet: Some Truths," The Brooklyn Rail (web), May 1 (Link)
Brawarsky, Sandee, “Claudia Gould’s Aesthetic High-Wire Act,” The Jewish Week Media Group,” March 7 (Link)
Greenberger, Alex, "Arlene Shechet Joins Pace Gallery," ArtNews, March 6 (Link)
2017
“The Artist Project: What Artists See When They Look at Art,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, Phaidon
Lilley, Clare, “Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art,” Phaiden
Zappas, Lindsay Preston, ”Mutual Admiration Society at Susanne Vielmetter,” Contemporary Art Review LA (web), August 11
Sharp, Sarah Rose, “Artists Embrace the Grayscale,” Hyperallergic (web), July 20
Thorn, Bruce. “Arlene Shechet: In the Meantime at Corbett vs. Dempsey,” New Art Examiner, July
Gilson, Nancy, “‘Gray Matters’ exhibit features female works of grisaille,” The Columbus Dispatch (web), June 26
Zappas, Lindsay Preston. “Would you rather...,” ArtReview, May
Crain, Jonathan. “Fired Up,” The Window, Barneys New York, Spring
Almino, Leticia Wouk. “The Transporting, Tactile Pleasures of Porcelain,” Hyperallergic.com, February 21
McQuaid, Cate. “Glassy-eyed, in a very good way, at MassArt,” The Boston Globe, February 2
Jenkins, Mark, “For artist Arlene Shechet, the Phillips is full of inspiration,” The Washington Post (web), January 18
2016
Sutton, Benjamin. “Best of 2016: Our Top NYC Art Shows, Arlene Shechet: Turn Up the Bass, Sikkema Jenkins & Co.” Hyperallergic.com, December 27
Frankel, David. “Arlene Shechet, The Frick Collection.” Artforum, Nov 2016
Martin, Allison. “Arlene Shechet: Turn Up the Bass as Sikkema Jenkins & Co.” artefuse.com, November
Murtha, Chris. “Critic’s Pick Arlene Shechet.” artforum.com, October 28
Heinrich, Will. “Arlene Shechet: Turn Up the Bass.” The New York Times, October 20
Auther, Elissa. “Dump and Death,” in Voulkos: The Breakthrough Years (London: Black Dog Publishing, Limited, 2016, 95-109
Scherer, Barrymore Laurence, “Of Meissen men...and women at the Frick,” Antiques, July/August
Scott, Andrea K, “Earth Angel,” New Yorker (web), June 27
Vereshaka, Kati. “A Passion for Porcelain,” Epoch Times (web), June 24
Rapaport, Brooke Kamin, “Body-To-Body Experience,” Sculpture Magazine, June, pg. 30-35.
McTwigan, Michael. “Curiouser and curiouser,” Ceramic Review, May/June
Camhi, Leslie. “Porcelain Comes to Life at Sculptor Arlene Shechet’s New Exhibition at The Frick Collection,” Vogue May 26
Dailey, Meghan. “Contemporary Ceramics, Up Against 18th Century Pieces – Literally,” New York Times, May 24
Greenberger, Alex, “Carmen Herrera, Rosalind Krauss, Arlene Shechet Among Winners of 2016 CAA Awards,” Artnews, January 4
2015
“Arlene Shechet on a bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Artist Project Season 4, Dec. 7.
Behrendt, Sascha. “Unruly Grace: Arlene Shechet in Boston,” ArtCritical.com, Sept. 8.
Bui, Phong. “Arlene Shechet with Phong Bui,” BrooklynRail.org, Sept. 8.
Kapplow, Heather. “Arlene Shechet’s Unified Theory of Ceramics,” Hyperallergic.com, Sept. 2.
Walsh, Peter. “Arlene Shechet – Restoring the Wonder of Fine Ceramics,” ArtFuse.com, Aug. 4. Saccoccia, Susan. “ICA exhibit piques viewers’ imaginations,” BayStateBanner.com, July 24.
Green, Tyler. Interview with Arlene Shechet on the Modern Art Notes Podcast, MANPodcast.com, July 22.
Carlson, Eryn. “’Arlene Shechet: All at Once,’ by Jenelle Porter,” BostonGlobe.com, July 21.
Cotter, Holland. “Arlene Shechet Has a First Museum Retrospective in Boston,” NYTimes.com, July 17.
Greenberger, Alex. “’To Know More Strangely, Adds Mystery’: Arlene Shechet on her elusive ceramics and her ICA Boston
show,” ArtNews.com, July 14.
Belcove, Julie L. “Material Matters,” 1stDibs.com, July 6.
Bergeron, Chris. “At Boston’s ICA, sculptor Arlene Shechet challenges convention,” ProvidenceJournal.com, June 25.
Smee, Sebastian. “Sculptor Arlene Shechet evokes inner life in new ICA exhibition,” BostonGlobe.com, June 18.
Sheets, Hilarie M. “As the Art World Swoon over Playful Ceramics, Arlene Shechet Hits Her Stride,” Artsy.net, June 9.
“Arlene Shechet, The story behind an artwork, in the artist’s own words,” Blouinartinfo.com/Modern Painters, June.
Grabner, Michelle. “Previews: Arlene Shechet; All at Once,” Artforum, May, Pg. 186.
“Spotlight: Arlene Shechet; All at Once,” Harvard Magazine, May - June, Pg. 16F
Porter, Jenelle. Arlene Shechet: All at Once. London: Prestel, 2015.
Tuttle, Kate. “35 must-see spring and summer arts events in New England,” Bostonglobe.com, Mar. 27.
Dobrzynski, Judith H. “Spring Museum Exhibitions, From Masks to Renoirs,” New York Times, Mar. 19, F18.
Ollman, Leah. “In ‘Hard and Soft,’ four sculptors explore contradictions in clay,” LATimes.com, Mar. 12.
“New Acquisitions,” American Ceramic Circle Spring 2015 Newsletter
2014
“Art in the Twenty First Century: Secrets,” featuring Arlene Shechet, Elliot Huntley and Trevor Paglen. ART21 Season 7, PBS, Oct. 31.
Woodward, Daisy. “Arlene Shechet: Ceramic meets paper,” AnOthermag.com, May 13.
Apperley, Bree. “Eye Candy: Arlene Shechet,” siteunseen.com, Apr. 29.
Ventura, Anya. “Review: Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast,” BigRedandShiny.com, Apr. 2.
Cassidy-Geiger, Maureen. “A Bull in a China Shop: Reimagined Porcelain at the RISD Museum,” Departures.com, Mar. 20.
Hamer, Katy Diamond. “Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast, RISD Museum,” FlashArtOnline.com, Mar. 4.
d’Annunzio, Grazia. “Gioco di Specchia,” Architectural Digest Online/ADtoday.it, Feb. 18.
Walsh, Brienne, “The Alchemist: Arlene Shechet Converts ‘White Gold’ into Artworks,” ArtinAmerica.com, Jan. 27.
Gissler, Glenn. “‘Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast’ at the RISD Museum,” glenngissler.com, Jan. 22
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.
“Breaking the Mold,” Elle Decor, Jan/Feb.
Shechet, Arlene. “500 Words,” Artforum.com, Jan. 15.
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.
Ryan, Paul. “Reviews: Arlene Shechet, Anderson Gallery” Sculpture Magazine, June, pg. 73-4. Castro, Jan. “Living in the Present, Arlene Shechet,” Ceramics: Art & Perception, June-Aug. Benschop, Jurriaan, “Berlin: Arlene Shechet, Nature Morte,” Artforum, Feb., Pg. 259
2012
Kley, Elisabeth. “Arlene Shechet: Dieu Donne,” ARTnews, June.
Thorson, Alice. “Nerman exhibits the power of ceramics,” Kansas City Star, June 15.
McLister, Iris. “Critical Reflections: Arlene Shechet The Thick of It,” The: Santa Fe Monthly Magazine, Mar.
“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
Saltz, Jerry. “Top Ten of 2010,” New York Magazine, Dec. 13.
Howe, Liz. “Arlene Shechet: Working on the Edge,” Ceramics Monthly, Dec.
artcritical.com. Audio from the Sept. Review Panel: Lance Esplund, Faye Hirsch, Andrea Scott, and David Cohen.
Rooney, Kara. “Arlene Shechet: The Sound of It,” The Brooklyn Rail, November
Saltz, Jerry. “ART: Dishy Ceramics,” New York Magazine, Oct. 3.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Goings on About Town: Art: Arlene Shechet,” New Yorker, Sept. 28.
“Art: Listings”, Time Out
Dickson, Jane. “Arlene Shechet,” bombsite.com. Sept.
Berry, Ian. Arlene Shechet: Blow by Blow. Exhibition catalogue Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College
2009
Schaffner, Ingrid, and Jenelle Porter, "Dirt On Delight: Impulses That Form Clay. Exhibition catalogue. Phila. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania.
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.
Moser, Gabrielle, “Sarah Massecar, Sandra Meigs, Arlene Shechet, feelers,” Esse, Fall, No. 67.
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.
Gopnik, Blake, “Clay’s Big Day,” The Washington Post, Mar. 1: M6-7.
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