Lyric Shen

Lyric Shen (born 1993) is an American visual artist. Her interdisciplinary practice is focused on sculpture and tattooing, and also includes working in ceramics, installation art, movement-based performance, works on paper, and metal fabrication. Shen’s work engages themes of memory, labor, sexuality, material culture, and collective production; and she is a sex workers' rights activist. Shen is based in Los Angeles, California.

Early life and education Lyric Shen was born in 1993 in Goleta, California,

Shen studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art (class of 2022), Her ceramic works often incorporate soda-fired stoneware techniques and emphasize surface treatment and sculptural form. In addition to ceramics, Shen produces metal-based sculptural works that combine industrial materials with organic and synthetic elements. According to Cultured magazine, Shen’s work has been noted for its material experimentation and engagement with contemporary ceramic discourse. The artist uses the mediums of movement, ceramic, paper, metal, and tattoo art. There is an occlusion (2025) solo exhibition, Silke Lindner, New York City, New York

Group exhibitions Wall Sits (2019), group exhibition, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany