Jennifer Chai Shear (b. 1987 Taipei, Taiwan) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and facilitator at Studio Route 29. She currently lives in Philadelphia, PA.

Edu

  • 2020 – 2023: MFA Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
  • 2005 – 2010: BFA Pratt Institute


Recent Exhibitions

2026:

  • Tomorrow is Not Better on the Other Side of the Grass / Bruno's
  • The Sleepover / White Columns Online

2025:

  • Words That Start / Studio Route 29

2024:

  • Files / Kunsthalle Zurich
  • Unlife Part 2 / Soft Opening

2023:

  • Unlife Part 1 / Paul Soto
  • Harm Reduction Collection / LACA


Teaching

  • University of Pennsylvania – Graphic Design 1
  • Rutgers University – Drawing + Print


Awards

  • 2025: Illuminate the Arts Grant

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Toy(ota) No Aura Jennifer's Body Candy Crush DBMH My Life, My Leather, My Love New York Harm Reduction Reader