"Part of a pioneering movement."
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Tiffany Shlain (b.1970, California) is a interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, installation, social practice and time-based media, exploring the intersections of feminism, technology, neuroscience, and ecological time. Her practice translates long-term research into material and immersive forms that interrogate dominant historical narratives and propose alternative frameworks for understanding the past, present, and future.
Her work has been presented at major cultural institutions including the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Northern California, as well as in public installations on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and Madison Square Park in New York. Her ongoing moveable monument project Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring has served as galvanizing artwork that brings together people working to expand and protect women's rights. It been installed around the country and is currently on view at the National Women's Hall of Fame in New York.
Her recent collaborative exhibition with Ken Goldberg, Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time & Technology, was presented as part of the Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative in Los Angeles and continues to tour, most recently at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art’s in San Francisco and named by Artnet as one of the "Must-See Museum Exhibitions."
In parallel to her exhibition practice, Shlain has developed an extensive body of films and written work that extend her inquiry into time, perception, and human connection. Her films have received over 65 awards, with multiple premieres at Sundance, and her book 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week received the Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award. She is the founder of the Webby Awards and has been recognized by the Albert Einstein Foundation’s Genius100 and the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement.
Shlain is represented by Nancy Hoffmann Gallery in New York. She lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.
We Are Here is a 9 min film exploring the creative process and ideas behind Shlain’s feminist history tree ring moveable monument sculpture as well as highlights from each place it's been installed.
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