Jacksun Bein (b. Louisiana) is an artist and writer interested in subject-object relations (aka body-sculpture relations), psychosexuality, and limits of control. Bein’s work operates as performative networks utilizing writing, sculpture, and images. Alongside an artistic practice, Bein is working on long term research of American prison museums. 

Bein graduated from The Cooper Union (2024) with the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation Prize and Fred A. Lane Award. He is currently an editor for incarcerated writers through USC Dornsife’s Prison Education Program and is pursuing a certificate in Critical Philosophy at The New Centre for Research & Practice. Fellowships and residencies include the Prepared Table Fellowship at Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought with the Amistad Research Center (2023), the Benjamin Menschel Creative Inquiry Fellowship (2024), and SunShip Studios at Arts Letters and Numbers (2023).