Events

Radcliffe Fellowship Talk by Jen Bervin
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
February 18, 2026
Artist Party: Ruth Asawa (Poetry reading)
Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
November 22, 2025, 7-10pm
Tissage, langage, écriture : penser et pratiquer la recherche-création
Université d’Angers
Angers, France
June 11–13, 2025
Surfacing Craft in the Archive
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library, 5:30pm
Cambridge, Massachusetts
May 1, 2025

Residencies

Écrivaine en résidence à la Fondation Jan Michalski
Montricher, Switzerland
November 16 – December, 16 2026
Radcliffe Fellowship, The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
September 1, 2025 – May 30, 2026

Exhibitions

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
The Aldrich Decennial: I Am What Is Around Me
Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart and Caitlin Monachino
Ridgefield, Connecticut
June 7, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Catharine Clark Gallery
Run Fast, Bite Hard
Curated by Anton Steubner
San Francisco, California
March 14 – April 11, 2026
Fotografiska Shanghai
SPACE: Internal Illuminations
Curated by Iris Long
Shanghai, China
November 12, 2025 – March 2026

Recent Publications

Weaving at Black Mountain College
Exhibition catalogue by Michael Beggs and Julie J. Thomson
Yale University Press, 2023
Concordance Omission
Artist Book by Jen Bervin
Granary Books, 2023
Jen Bervin: Shift Rotate Reflect
Exhibition catalogue edited by Kendra Paitz
University Galleries of Illinois State University, 2022

news

"An unclassifiable artist and a deep reader, Jen Bervin has expanded the notion of what it is to be a poet in the 21st century." —John Yau
Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025–2026 Fellows

Harvard Radcliffe Institute proudly announces its 26th class of fellows, who will pursue an array of projects that advance bold new thinking across disciplines. Coveted yearlong Radcliffe fellowships provide a rare opportunity to pursue ambitious projects in the unique environment of an interdisciplinary institute for advanced study within Harvard University. Each fellowship cohort draws leading scholars in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and arts—along with writers, journalists, playwrights, and other distinguished professionals. This year, Radcliffe received 1,677 applications for roughly 50 fellowship slots. Watch Jen Bervin's Radcliffe talk here.

Selected Press

Jen Bervin’s work has been covered in national and international publications and media outlets such as NPR, The Nation, Artforum, Art in America, Frieze, The New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, Hyperallergic, and The New Yorker.

'Shift Rotate Reflect' redux at University Galleries: A risk that's right
Lauren Warnecke, WGLT NPR
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Poetry in the Expanded Field
John Yau, Hyperallergic
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Jen Bervin: Catharine Clark Gallery
Dan Beachy-Quick, ARTFORUM
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Critics' Pick: Jen Bervin at Des Moines Art Center
Jessica Baran, ARTFORUM
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BOMB: Jen Bervin and Dianna Frid in conversation
BOMB Magazine #137
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