The exhibition Lee ShinJa: Drawing with Thread at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (through Feb. 1, 2026) presents over forty works spanning more than five decades of the Korean artist Lee ShinJa’s career, from the 1950s to the early 2000s. It highlights her pioneering innovations in fiber art—incorporating found materials like grain sacks and mosquito nets, then advancing into large-scale weavings and sculptural textiles that blur craft and fine art. The show is the artist’s first major museum retrospective in North America and offers visitors both her monumental finished works and the seldom-seen maquettes and sketches that reveal her inventive process.

Rodney will be joined by Nick Despota and Jeanette Pettibone to discuss the exhibition.