| Whitney Lynn | |
| Birth Place: | Maricopa County, Arizona, U.S. |
| Education: | Virginia Commonwealth University (BFA) San Francisco Art Institute (MFA) |
| Discipline: | Art |
| Sub Discipline: | Visual art Sculpture Performance art |
| Workplaces: | University of Washington |
Whitney Lynn is an American contemporary artist and academic. Much of her work is sculptural and performance-based, incorporating found objects and materials from various cultural and historical sources.[1] Her work deals with topics of boundaries and containment,[2] issues of power and control, concepts of perception and value,[3] and relationships of art history and vernacular forms.
Lynn was born on Williams Air Force Base in Maricopa County, Arizona. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the VCU School of the Arts in 2004 and Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute.[4] [5]
She has taught at Stanford University[6] and is currently an Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Visual Art at the University of Washington.[7]
Lynn has produced exhibitions, installations, performances, and artist-led participatory projects for the de Young Museum,[8] The Neon Museum,[9] San Diego International Airport,[10] the Internet Archive, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.[11]