Hilda Shen

Hilda Shen’s Their Landscapes inaugurates Solo Artist Projects (SAP), a MOCA initiative dedicated to presenting compelling artistic voices through one-person exhibitions of new work. The Brooklyn-based artist will present an arrangement of recent ceramic sculptures and prints in the museum’s Cheng Gallery. Shen’s artistic practice is characterized by an inquisitive scrutiny of nature and an instinct for deconstruction. The forms can appear both ancient and futuristic, naturally occurring and handmade, undergoing construction and decay. Their details and motifs open up conversations that cut across post-minimalism, Chinese landscape painting, and architectural space. About the artist Hilda Shen was born in Minneapolis (1954) and spent much of her childhood in upstate New York before settling in New York City in the 1970s. Her father grew up in Beijing while her mother was raised in Hangzhou. Shen studied classical music at Oberlin College before shifting to the visual arts. She lives and works in Brooklyn. Shen’s sculpture, prints, drawings, and installations have been shown throughout the New York City area, Seattle, and Beijing, and most recently in a solo show at Starr Suites in Brooklyn. She has created large installations at WaveHill in the Bronx, the Tenri Cultural Center in NY, China2000 in NY, and the Smithsonian Flushing Town Hall in Queens. She has been an artist in residence at Willapa Bay AIR, The Bloedel Reserve, Millay Colony for the Arts, Yosemite National Park, and Platte Clove. Her work is in private collections in the United States, Belgium, and Beijing. Shen’s work has been reviewed in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, ArtAsiaPacific, and ARTnews. About Solo Artist Projects MOCA’s Solo Artist Projects (SAP) embraces a broad and open-ended exploration of contemporary art, presenting a wide range of mediums, practices, traditions and ideas. It will feature artists of Chinese descent, living and working in New York City. SAP will be a space for artists with established careers, emerging artists, those who live and work in and around Chinatown, and art historical figures who deserve institutional attention. We will begin accepting submissions for Solo Artists Projects through an open call process in early 2027, eligible to NYC-based artists of Chinese descent. Details forthcoming on MOCA’s website. Hilda Shen: Their Landscapes, Solo Artist Projects, and related programs are made possible with generous support from Bonnie G. Wong and Linda Wong MacLeman, and Café Royal Cultural Foundation. Additional support provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.