Jessica Ryan Shearer

Reviews, Profiles, and Interviews

“Jessi Stegall Is Offering Odes.” Boston Art Review. February 26, 2024

“Cammie Staros Unearths the Male Chauvinism of Hellenic Art.” Hyperallergic. January 28, 2024.

“Building Worlds of Resistance: A Conversation with Arghavan Khosravi.” Boston Art Review. October 17, 2023.

“Elizabeth Colomba’s “Mythologies” Reclaims Whitewashed Narratives.” Boston Art Review. August 25, 2023.

“Speculative Narratives for Corrective Futures: In Conversation with Elisabeth Subrin.” Boston Art Review. May 18, 2023

“Reclaiming Agency Over Trauma.” Hyperallergic. May 15, 2023

“Visits and Vigils: Crystalle Lacouture’s Material Memories.” Boston Art Review, Issue 10: RECALL. Spring/Summer 2023.

“What Do Bostonians Think of the New MLK Monument?” Hyperallergic. January 25, 2023

“Woven Choreographies: Inside the Movement with Bhen Alan.” Boston Art Review. November 30, 2022

“Joiri Minaya Breaks Through the Camouflage.: Hyperallergic. November 9, 2022

“Tending the Flame: The Creative Community on Combating Burnout.” Boston Art Review, Issue 09: BURNOUT, Fall/Winter 2022.

“Uncharted Territories: A New Look at Landscapes.” Boston Art Review. July 5, 2022.

“Searching for Home in a Fractured Fairy Tale: Raida Adon’s Strangeness,” Boston Art Review, Issue 08: FACE TO FACE, Spring/Summer 2022.

“At Praise Shadows, Pandemic Ennui: All Lit Up,” Boston Art Review. March 8, 2022.

Short and Sweet: Picks and Quicks

“Prima Materia: The Periodic Table in Contemporary Art” and “The Living Forest: UÝRA,” part of “Take the Day: Fourteen Exhibitions That Warrant Art-Filled Trips Across New England.” Boston Art Review. June 21, 2023.

“Spirits: Tsherin Sherpa with Robert Beer,” and “Elisabeth Subrin: The Listening Takes,” part of “Thirteen Art Exhibitions to Catch Around New England as Winter Turns into Spring.” Boston Art Review. February 13, 2023.

“The Willing” by Helina Metaferia and “Being Muholi: Portraits as Resistance,” part of “Our Favorite Art Moments of 2022. Boston Art Review. December 30, 2022.

“Peter Sacks: Resistance,” “Quantum Sanctuary,” and “No Vehicles in the Park” part of “Twelve Fall Exhibitions to Check Out in Boston and Beyond,” Boston Art Review. October 17, 2022.

“Mysteries and Monsters Take Over the Emerald Necklace with Boston Cyberart’s “ALPHA 60” AR exhibit,” and “Wendy Red Star’s Travels Pretty Brings Art Along for the Ride,” part of “The New Public Art Projects That Are Keeping Us Outdoors.” Boston Art Review. August 23, 2022.

“52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone,” and “SHELTER 2022-2023,” part of “Day-trip Worthy Exhibitions to See This Summer Around New England.” Boston Art Review. June 15, 2022.

“Eva Lewis: Disparate,” “Being Muholi: Portraits as Resistance,” and “Matthew Angelo Harrison: Robota,” part of “Mark Your Calendars: Eight Shows to Check Out in Greater Boston This Spring.” Boston Art Review. March 29, 2022.