Whitney Lynn (b. 1980 Williams Air Force Base, AZ)
Whitney Lynn is an artist who was raised throughout the United States in a military family and is currently based between Seattle and Miami.
Her work restages props, artifacts, and familiar gestures to examine the false certainties and buried narratives that quietly structure what is inherited, valued, feared, and believed.
Lynn’s work across sculpture, video, performance, and installation has been presented around the world at venues that include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, El Espacio 23, Centro Bahía, and Listasafn Árnesinga Art Museum. She has created public art projects for the San Diego International Airport, the city of Reno, and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Lynn is currently completing Atomic Open House, a monumental installation sited adjacent to the former Nevada Test site.
Lynn is currently an Artist Fellow with Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum and recently received an Artistic Production Grant from the VIA Art Fund. She was previously an Artist-in-Residence at The Neon Museum, Internet Archive, and de Young Museum. Her work has been featured in numerous news outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle, The Denver Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, BOMB Magazine, and TRT World.
After (briefly) attending (and dropping out of) the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Lynn went on to receive a BFA in Sculpture + Extended from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. While living in the Bay Area, Lynn taught at numerous institutions including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco, Sonoma State, and SFAI. She is currently an Associate Professor in Photo/Media + New Genres at the University of Washington and Chair of the Division of Art.
Whitney Lynn is an artist who was raised throughout the United States in a military family and is currently based between Seattle and Miami.
Her work restages props, artifacts, and familiar gestures to examine the false certainties and buried narratives that quietly structure what is inherited, valued, feared, and believed.
Lynn’s work across sculpture, video, performance, and installation has been presented around the world at venues that include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, El Espacio 23, Centro Bahía, and Listasafn Árnesinga Art Museum. She has created public art projects for the San Diego International Airport, the city of Reno, and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Lynn is currently completing Atomic Open House, a monumental installation sited adjacent to the former Nevada Test site.
Lynn is currently an Artist Fellow with Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum and recently received an Artistic Production Grant from the VIA Art Fund. She was previously an Artist-in-Residence at The Neon Museum, Internet Archive, and de Young Museum. Her work has been featured in numerous news outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle, The Denver Post, Las Vegas Review-Journal, BOMB Magazine, and TRT World.
After (briefly) attending (and dropping out of) the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Lynn went on to receive a BFA in Sculpture + Extended from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. While living in the Bay Area, Lynn taught at numerous institutions including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco, Sonoma State, and SFAI. She is currently an Associate Professor in Photo/Media + New Genres at the University of Washington and Chair of the Division of Art.
Production still: Cowboy Movie
CONTACT: whitneylynnstudio AT gmail DOT com
Upcoming:
Multiples and Editions
Available through Open Editions, Auxiliary Projects, and Catharine Clark Gallery
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
Brangien Davis, “ArtSEA...new installations at the University of Washington’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery...,” PBS Crosscut
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
Recent Fellowships & Awards
VIA Art Fund Production Grant,Black Cube Artist Fellow, Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Scholar, Mellon Faculty Fellowship, Hermine Pruzan Faculty Fellowship
Residencies
The Neon Museum, Las Vegas; de Young Museum; Internet Archive; Jack Straw New Media Residency; LightSource SF
Teaching
Current: Associate Professor, University of Washington, SeattlePast: Stanford University, UC Berkeley, University of San Francisco, Sonoma State University, University of the Pacific, et al.