Jasmin Sian: In Conversation
Thurs, July 23, 2026
7–8:15 pm
Jasmin Sian, dovecote: a tree-pee in Bugoy’s favorite spot with Mrs. Manok in mom’s garden, Philippines, 2025. Gouache, lacquer ink, graphite, and cutouts on deli bag paper, 3 ⁵∕₈ × 5 3/4 in. (9 × 14.4 cm). Collection of the artist; courtesy the artist and Anthony Meier, Mill Valley. Photography by Christopher Burke
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Floor 6, Sondra Gilman Study Center
Open to Contemporaries and Contemporaries Patron members
Contemporaries members are invited to an evening with artist Jasmin Sian, in conversation with Biennial Curatorial Assistant Beatriz Cifuentes and Rubio Butterfield Family Fellow Carina Martinez. Sian will discuss her use of found materials, her labor-intensive process, and the tender regard she holds for the natural world, whose flora and fauna feature prominently in the works currently on view in the 2026 Biennial. A selection of collection works by other artists chosen by Sian will be on view for the occasion.
This program will take place in the Museum’s Sondra Gilman Study Center.
Jasmin Sian works with pencil, gouache, and an X-Acto knife to produce intimately scaled works that explore flora and fauna through a refined interplay of ink and negative space. Working on found materials—book pages, candy wrappers, and intricately cut deli paper—she transforms everyday ephemera into highly resolved compositions. Born in the Philippines and based in New York, her practice draws from both the city’s parks and gardens and the remembered landscapes of her childhood.
