Arlene Shechet — À propos — Slash Paris

Arlene Shechet is a sculptor known for her eclectic approach, combining unexpected materials and moving fluidly between intimate and monumental scales. Splicing wood with steel, stacking ceramic on concrete, and pairing rough hand-worked textures with smooth planes, Shechet’s sculptures unfold organically, alive with intention and discovery.

Among the major exhibitions and institutional projects devoted to Arlene Shechet are the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, in 2015; The Frick Collection, New York, and The Phillips Collection, Washington, in 2016; Madison Square Park, New York, in 2018; and Storm King Art Center, New York, in 2024. In 2023, she was elected a lifetime member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work is held in more than fifty public collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.