Jenni Sorkin

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Jenni Sorkin
Born
Jennifer Sorkin

(1977-08-29) August 29, 1977 (age 46)
Alma mater Bard College,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Yale University
Occupation(s) Art history, art critic, curator, writer, educator
Known for Art history, art criticism
Movement Feminist art, crafts
Websitewww.arthistory.ucsb.edu/people/jenni-sorkin

Jenni Sorkin (born August 29, 1977) is an American art historian, curator, and educator. She is best known for her writing in art criticism, and for highlighting work by feminist artists and artists working in fiber and associated crafts.

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Biography

Jenni Sorkin born in Chicago, Illinois on August 29, 1977. She received a PhD in Art History from Yale University in 2010. [1] She also attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bard College. [2]

Sorkin is the author of the book Live Form: Women, Ceramics, and Community (2016), and her essays have appeared in exhibition catalogs for various artists. [3] She is on the faculty of the department of art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. [4]

Sorkin was the co-curator (with Paul Schimmel) of Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947–2016, the inaugural exhibition at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel in Los Angeles. The exhibition featured sculptures by 34 women artists.[ citation needed ]

In 2021, Sorkin published Art in California, which provides a chronology of art-making in a state at the intersection of migration and global politics, including the institutions and networks that have shaped the radical art movements of California. [5]

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References

  1. "Jenni Sorkin: Bio". UC Santa Barbara, Department of Art History. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. "Art Scholar Jenni Sorkin to deliver lecture: Doing Inclusive and Revisionist Ceramic History". Alfred University News. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  3. "Jenni Sorkin | History of Art and Architecture - UC Santa Barbara". www.arthistory.ucsb.edu. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. "Jenni Sorkin | History of Art and Architecture - UC Santa Barbara". www.arthistory.ucsb.edu. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  5. Chaim, Jordan Karney (November 2, 2021). "California's Radical and Multicultural Art History, No Longer Dismissed". Hyperallergic. Retrieved December 29, 2021.