Warren King: Homecoming Opens at Lynden Sculpture Garden, June 20
Artist Reception, June 24
Warren King: Homecoming, an exhibition of intricate corrugated cardboard sculptures that explore the migration of the artist’s family from Shaoxing, China, to Wisconsin, opens at the Lynden Sculpture Garden on Saturday, June 20, 2026. This coincides with our annual HOME World Refugee Day Celebration at Lynden. Each summer, we choose an exhibition that reflects on migration and displacement as part of our summer HOME programming. The exhibition remains on view through Sunday, November 15, 2026.
The Lynden Sculpture Garden is located at 2145 West Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI 53217. Gallery hours are daily 10 am-5 pm; closed Thursdays. Admission is always free. A catalogue is available.
There will be an artist reception on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, from 5-7 pm. The artist will lead an informal gallery tour at 5:30 pm.
Warren King will be in Milwaukee through June 24, working with the K-12 teachers in Lynden’s Innovative Educators Institute. He is available for interviews.
More information at: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/WarrenKing
Family histories, myth, and memories not only survive migration and cultural transplantation; they persist at the foundations of identity. Warren King’s sophisticated sculptures explore his family’s origins in Shaoxing, China, their journey to the suburbs of Wisconsin, and how he understands this displacement in light of his own Western upbringing. King’s sculptures often combine thematic and aesthetic elements from Chinese and Western traditions, masterfully working cardboard into near life-size figures and wall pieces that recall traditional lacquerware and woodcarving.
“Long ago,” writes the artist, “a sense of disconnection kept me from embracing my Chinese roots, and a similar feeling of alienation drove me from Wisconsin. It was the effort to unravel my own tangled heritage that eventually helped me to grasp the meaning of home.”
This exhibition originated at the James Watrous Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, where it was co-curated by Jody Clowes and Warren King. The exhibition at Lynden is presented in collaboration with the Organization of Chinese Americans-Wisconsin.
About the Artist
Warren King (b. 1970) is an American artist based in New York City. He deploys figurative sculpture, relief art, and installation to strengthen connections to the diasporas and communities to which he belongs, particularly his personal relationship to the people, histories, and myths of his Chinese ancestry. Most of his works are made from corrugated cardboard, although he has recently begun using other sculptural media.
King was born in Madison and raised in Muskego and Brookfield. He has also lived in California and Sweden. He received engineering degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University, and he is a recent recipient of the Alex J. Ettl Grant from the National Sculpture Society, as well as the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship for Craft/Sculpture.
About the Lynden Sculpture Garden
The Lynden operates as a laboratory at the intersection of art, nature, and culture. Since opening to the public in 2010, we have worked with artists, educators, students, and our community to create, support, and share experiences that integrate our collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures and temporary installations, Lynden’s community of artists, and the natural ecology of our 40-acre site. The sculpture garden is open to art and nature lovers of all ages daily, 10 am-5 pm; closed Thursdays. Free admission is made possible in part by the generosity of the Mangiamele Arts Foundation. Annual memberships are available.
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