Jennifer Chai Shear (b. 1987 Taipei, Taiwan) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in New Jersey.

Edu:

2020 - 2023 / MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University / New Brunswick, NJ
2005 - 2010 / BFA Pratt Institute / Brooklyn, NY

Recent Exhibitions:

2023 / Unlife / Group show curated by Maren Karlson featuring works by Sophie Friedman-Pappas, Jasmine Gregory, Brook Hsu, Sarah Pucci, Jennifer Chai Shear, and Martin Wong / Soft Life at Paul Soto / Los Angeles, CA
2023 / Playback / Rutgers in New York MFA Exhibition / Westbeth Gallery / New York, NY
2023 / Harm Reduction Collection / LACA / Los Angeles, CA
2023 / Eternal Springs, Ecstatic Trip / Picture Room, Brooklyn, NY

Etc:

2023 / Zines: An Independent Publishing Primer with Ice You, Rutgers Art and Design Spring Festival / New Brunswick, NJ
2022 / Some Follow Up Questions Rutgers in New York 2022 / Co-organized with Jason Hirata, Park McArthur, and Nora Nomile / New York, NY
2021 - 2022 / Visiting Artist Lecture Series Coordinator for Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University / New Brunswick, NJ
2019 / Harm Reduction with Jen Shear / SFABF / San Francisco, CA
2019 / Wide Rainbow collage workshop with the Downtown Women's Center for "Under the Sun" / LAABF / Los Angeles, CA
2019 / Shorts 2 / Curated by Jen Shear / The Classroom at the LAABF / Los Angeles, CA
2018 / Collage workshop with No School / 2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA
2018 / Year of the Doggo, in collaboration with Angela Dimayuga / 356 Mission / Los Angeles, CA
2017 / The Wandering Line / Curated by Jen Shear for NIAD Art Center's "Affordable Art Online" exhibition series / Richmond, CA
2017 / Shorts 1 / Curated by Jen Shear / The Classroom at LAABF / Los Angeles, CA

Residencies:

2018 / The Range / Saguache, CO