Jenni Sorkin


Jenni Sorkin is an art historian born in Chicago, Illinois. She received a PhD in Art History from Yale University in 2010. 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', and her essays have appeared in exhibition catalogs for artists such as Joan Snyder, M. C. Richards, Barbara Kasten, John Cage, Judy Chicago,Beatrice Wood, and Carolee Schneemann. She is on the faculty of the department of art history at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Sorkin was the co-curator 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.