TIFFANY SHLAIN

 

My work explores feminism, technology, neuroscience, nature, and time through sculpture, lightboxes, photography, and time-based media. These works are material translations of ideas I have developed over nearly three decades as a filmmaker and writer.

 

Central to my practice are tree-ring sculptures that challenge patriarchal timelines embedded in historical narratives. Beginning with deep research, I distill moments that are profound, peculiar, and unresolved, hand-burning them into wood through pyrography. Across my work, I use scale, geometry, and layered histories to shift perspective, expose contradictions, and propose alternative ways of understanding the past and imagining the future.

 

Working across both object-based and social practice, public programs, talks, and participatory experiences form a parallel and essential dimension of my work. These engagements extend the artwork into shared, lived space—activating dialogue, collective reflection, and new forms of connection.