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, Armory Center for the Arts, and El Espacio 23; and created public art for the San Diego International Airport, alongside the Burke-Gilman trail in Seattle, and on bus bench billboards across Miami.
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, Armory Center for the Arts, and El Espacio 23; and created public art for the San Diego International Airport, alongside the Burke-Gilman trail in Seattle, and on bus bench billboards across Miami.
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.
Selected Press
SELECTED REVIEWS, FEATURES
︎Hall 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
︎Hall 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.