Eric Shiner is the President of Powerhouse Arts, a Brooklyn nonprofit supporting creative expression. He has held leadership roles at Pioneer Works, White Cube New York, and Sotheby’s and was director of The Andy Warhol Museum (2010-2016). As a leading scholar on Warhol and Asian contemporary art, he has curated notable exhibitions internationally, including The Warhol Museum’s Andy Warhol retrospective that traveled across Asia from 2012 to 2014. Shiner has also served on the board for Visual AIDS, The Romare Bearden Foundation, Art at a Time Like This, and BOMB Magazine. He lives in New York with his partner, Dr. Ishaan Kumar, and their dachshund, Juno.

Yayoi Shionoiri is the VP of External Affairs and General Counsel at Powerhouse Arts, and is an interdisciplinary art lawyer and art historian who lives in Brooklyn. She is delighted to return to the New Social Environment (past NSEs here and here), and is honored to often contribute to the Rail, including the Critics Page on Art Law & Art and the Law, featuring contributions from art lawyers and artists exploring the intricate connections between artistic practice and the law.