Jenni Sorkin

Jenni Sorkin (born August 29, 1977) is an art historian born in Chicago, Illinois . She received a PhD in Art History from Yale University in 2010.[1] She is best known for her writing in art criticism, and for highlighting work by feminist artists and artist working in fiber and associated crafts. She is the author of the book Live Form: Women, Ceramics, and Community[2]' (published in 2016), and her essays have appeared in exhibition catalogs for artists such as Joan Snyder,[3][4][5] M. C. Richards,[6] Barbara Kasten,[7] John Cage,[8] Judy Chicago,[9]Beatrice Wood,[10] and Carolee Schneemann.[11] She is on the faculty of the department of art history at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Jenni Sorkin
Born
Jennifer Sorkin

(1977-08-29) August 29, 1977
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
NationalityAmerican
Known forArt history, art criticism, curator, writer
MovementFeminist art, crafts
AwardsArt Journal Award
Websitewww.arthistory.ucsb.edu/people/jenni-sorkin

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 features sculptures by 34 women artists.

References
  1. "Jenni Sorkin: Bio". UC Santa Barbara, Department of Art History. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  2. Sorkin, Jenni (July 2016). Live Form: Women, Ceramics, and Community. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226303253.
  3. Sorkin, Jenni (2004). Joan Snyder: Works on Paper. Alexandre Gallery.
  4. Herrera, Hayden (March 31, 2006). Joan Snyder. Harry Abrams. ISBN 0810992183.
  5. Butler, Connie (March 2, 2007). WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution. MIT Press. pp. 303–304. ISBN 0914357999.
  6. Molesworth, Helen (October 13, 2015). Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300211910.
  7. Deschenes, Liz (May 26, 2015). Barbara Kasten: Stages. JRP Ringier. ISBN 3037644109.
  8. Kamps, Toby (September 25, 2012). Silence. The Menil Collection. ISBN 0300179642.
  9. Sorkin, Jenni (February 16, 2009). When Women Rule the World: Judy Chicago in Thread. Textile Museum of Canada / ABC Art Books Canada. ISBN 0973665696.
  10. Clark, Garth (March 31, 2012). Beatrice Wood: Career Woman—Drawing, Paintings, Objects, and Vessels. Santa Monica Museum of Art. pp. 6–13. ISBN 0974510890.
  11. Butler, Connie (March 2, 2007). WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution. The MIT Press. pp. 295–296. ISBN 0914357999.
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