Whitney Lynn is an artist whose work considers the past’s influence on the present and the role of images in the construction of power, illusion, myth and desire.
Working across a wide array of forms Lynn has staged performance projects at the SFMOMA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the de Young Museum; screened videos at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Listasafn Árnesinga Art Museum, Armory Center for the Arts, and El Espacio 23; and created public art for the San Diego International Airport, inside the Reno City Hall lobby, and alongside the Burke-Gilman trail in Seattle.
Lynn was the first-ever National Artist-in-Residence at The Neon Museum, Las Vegas (2016), and invited to complete additional project-based residencies at the Internet Archive (2019), de Young Museum (2017), LightSource (2019), and Jack Straw Cultural Center (2023). She is currently an Artist Fellow with Black Cube, a non-profit museum that produces site-specific contemporary art in the public realm.
Born on a military base in Arizona, Lynn attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, received a BFA in Sculpture + Extended from Virginia Commonwealth University, and MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an Associate Professor in Photo/Media + New Genres at the University of Washington.
Working across a wide array of forms Lynn has staged performance projects at the SFMOMA, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the de Young Museum; screened videos at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Listasafn Árnesinga Art Museum, Armory Center for the Arts, and El Espacio 23; and created public art for the San Diego International Airport, inside the Reno City Hall lobby, and alongside the Burke-Gilman trail in Seattle.
Lynn was the first-ever National Artist-in-Residence at The Neon Museum, Las Vegas (2016), and invited to complete additional project-based residencies at the Internet Archive (2019), de Young Museum (2017), LightSource (2019), and Jack Straw Cultural Center (2023). She is currently an Artist Fellow with Black Cube, a non-profit museum that produces site-specific contemporary art in the public realm.
Born on a military base in Arizona, Lynn attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, received a BFA in Sculpture + Extended from Virginia Commonwealth University, and MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. She is currently an Associate Professor in Photo/Media + New Genres at the University of Washington.
Upcoming:
Atomic Open House, Black Cube, Armagosa Valley, Nevada
One Minute Volume 12 (traveling exhibition)
curated by Kerry Baldry
Listasafn Árnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland
One Minute Volume 12 (traveling exhibition)
curated by Kerry Baldry
Listasafn Árnesinga Art Museum, Hveragerði, Iceland
Recent:
Close Up Film Centre, London, England
Visualcontainer [.BOX], Milan, Italy
Cube Cinema, Bristol, England
Storyhouse Cinema, Chester, England
Visualcontainer [.BOX], Milan, Italy
Cube Cinema, Bristol, England
Storyhouse Cinema, Chester, England
Selected Press
SELECTED REVIEWS, FEATURESHall W. Rockefeller, “Women of the Pacific Northwest: Whitney Lynn,” less than half
Kim Beil, “An Act of Gathering: Whitney Lynn Interviewed by Kim Beil: A public artwork layers history and language,” BOMB
Charles Desmarais, "Whitney Lynn’s ‘Sirens’ Enchant at Bass & Reiner, San Francisco Chronicle
Kristen Peterson, “Biblical Temptresses In Neon: San Francisco-Based Whitney Lynn Looks At Las Vegas In The Larger Context Of Time,” Las Vegas Weekly
Sarah Corsa, “Artist explores ‘industry of fantasy’ in Las Vegas,” Las Vegas Review-Journal
SELECTED INTERVIEWS
Fred Wasser, “Las Vegas: Glass Half Full Or Half Empty?,” KNPR RADIO
Elif Bereketli, Interview, TRT World, (Turkish News Broadcast)
Carlos Nieto, “Whitney Lynn and Till the Teeth New Media Gallery Podcast,” New Media Gallery Podcast
Internet Archive Artist in Residence feature
SELECTED REVIEWS AND FEATURES: CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Kimberly Chun, “‘Mistaken Impressions’ explores the inspiration of trash,” SF Chronicle
Charles Demarais, “Make no mistake, catch latest Root Division exhibit,” SF Chronicle
Multiples and Editions
Available through Open Editions, Auxiliary Projects, and Catharine Clark Gallery
Residencies
The Neon Museum, Las Vegas; de Young Museum; Internet Archive; Jack Straw New Media Residency; LightSource SFFellowships
Black Cube Artist Fellow, Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Scholar, Mellon Faculty Fellowship, Hermine Pruzan Faculty FellowshipTeaching
Current: Associate Professor, University of Washington, SeattlePast: Stanford University, UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco, Sonoma State University, University of the Pacific, et al.