TIFFANY SHLAIN

Honored by Newsweek as one of the "Women Shaping the 21st Century," Tiffany Shlain is a multidisciplinary artist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, national bestselling author, and the founder of the Webby Awards. Working across mediums, Shlain's work explores ideas in feminism, philosophy, technology, neuroscience, and nature. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Sundance Film Festival and US embassies globally.

 

Her sculpture  Dendrofemonology A Feminist History Tree Ring was installed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  and was in Madison Square Park in NYC for a Mobilization for Women's Rights and the Planet to kick off Climate Week Sept 2024. Highlights can be seen in her new short film We Are Here. Nancy Hoffman Gallery presented her acclaimed solo exhibition You Are Here. Dendrofemonology is currently on view at 21c Museum's exhibition The Future is Female along with 50 feminist artists including Jenny Holzer, Carrie Mae Weems, Zoë Buckman, Mickalene Thomas, and Andrea Bowers until June 2026.

 

Her joint exhibition with Ken Goldberg for the Getty's PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative Ancient Wisdom for A Future Ecology: Trees, Time & Technology at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and will travel to di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art's new location in San Francisco's Minnesota Street Project, opening Jan 20, 2026.

 

Her awards and distinctions include selection by the Albert Einstein Foundation for their Genius100 list, the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Intellectual Activity, and inclusion in NPR’s list of best commencement speeches for her campus wide address at UCBerkeley. Shlain is known for her dynamic cinematic talk experiences and speaks internationally.

 

Her films have received over 65 awards, and have had multiple premieres at Sundance. Her recent film on neuroscience The Teen Brain was executive produced by Goldie Hawn. Shlain’s national bestselling book, 24/6: Giving up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection, received the Marshall McLuhan Outstanding Book Award. Her writing includes her screenplay Connected included in the UCLA Library of Congress collection and she has been writing a monthly newsletter Breakfast @ Tiffany's for 29 years.  

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Tiffany's own account of her background here.

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