Shana Hoehn American, b. 1991

In a practice spanning sculpture, video, and drawing, Shana Hoehn (b. 1991, Texarkana, Texas) calls attention to Western oppressive gender norms by inverting viewers’ expectations of common symbols. Many of her works mimic an arched back, drawing on the way this position appears in cheerleading, horror films, weapon decorations, and on the hood ornaments of classic cars.. Drawing from her personal and historical research, Hoehn transforms found objects, wood, and metal through traditional and digital fabrication techniques.

Hoehn received her MFA from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Sculpture and Extended Media and earned a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has been the subject of solo and two-person exhibitions at Jack Barrett Gallery, New York City, NY (2023); Frieze LA with Make Room, Los Angeles, CA (2023); Prairie, Chicago, IL (2023); Make Room Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Art Pace, San Antonio, TX (2022); Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2021), among others. Recent group exhibitions include Strong Winds Ahead at Ghebaly Gallery; Machines of Desire at Simon Lee Gallery, London (2022); Cared For at The Blaffer Museum in Houston (2022); Slowed and Throwed at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston (2020-21); Prescribed Liberalism at P.  Bibeau, New York (2022); I Believe in God, Only I Spell it Nature at Lodos Gallery, Mexico City (2021). Hoehn has participated in various international residencies, including a Fulbright Fellowship in Mexico (2013-2014), Artpace International Artist in Residence in San Antonio (2021), the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Netherlands (2019-2020), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2013), the Core Program at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2016-18), and SOMA Summer in Mexico City (2016). Hoehn's work has received notable coverage in publications including Artforum, The Brooklyn Rail, and ARTnews, among others.