Billie Grace Lynn
EDUCATION
1997 Center for Electronic Art, San Francisco, CA
1994-1995 Electronic Arts, San Francisco State University
1989 M.F.A. in Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute
1984 B.A. in Philosophy/Religious Studies, Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008 Solo exhibition, Hospitalfield Residential Arts Centre, Arbroath, Scotland, UK
2007 Solo exhibition, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
2006 Oh Say Can You See, Deluxe Arts, Miami, Florida
2005 Mortification, Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus Art Gallery
2005 Metaphor & Mimesis, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, New York (two-person show)
2005 Uncanny, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida
2003 Child’s Play, Dowd Fine Arts Center, Cortland, New York (two-person show)
2003 Living Room, installation at Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
2002 Apotropaic, Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
2002 Innards, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, New York
2000 Acquired Identity, First Street Gallery, Eureka, California
1998 Ceramic Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
1998 Biggin Gallery, Auburn, Alabama
1996 69 Belcher Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994 Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, China
1994 Body Surveillance, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, California
1998 Pull Gently, Please, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
1987 North and South, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Living in Your Imagination: SPACES 30th Anniversary, group exhibition, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2008 Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate, group exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
2007 Group exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
2007 New Art South Florida, MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, Miami, Florida
2007 Animals in Art, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
2007 Individual Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, Florida
2007 Digital VD: Viral Video Art, traveling group exhibition, curated by Moira Payne, Eddie Summerton and Michael Windle. Venues include:
- Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 26, 2007
- The Ice Box, Crane Arts Center Philadelphia, September 2007
- Galerie Weissraum, Kyoto, Japan, September 20, 2007
- Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland, October 20, 2007
- Groenhazengracht 1, Leiden, Netherlands, October 6, 2007
- Mat's Flat Ul. Holowki, Warsaw, Poland, October 20, 2007
- Margaret St. Gallery, Birmingham City University, UK, November 2007
2007 Artscapes, installation at Barnes Park, Miami-Dade Department of Parks & Recreation, Miami, Florida
2007 Transcience, ATHICA, Athens, Georgia
2006 ½ MV2, Area 405, Baltimore, Maryland
2006 The Pain of Others, Edge Zones, Miami, Florida
2006 Adding Insult to Imagery, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania
2005 OmniArt 3, MIART Foundation, Miami, Florida
2005 Dimensions Variable, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri
2005 Zoo, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
2005 Dissent, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2005 Babes in Toyland, Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, Ohio State University, Marion, Ohio
2005 OmniArt 2, MIART Foundation, Miami, Florida
2004 OmniArt, MIART Foundation, Miami, Florida
2004 Southern States Sculpture Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana
2004 Play Things, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York
2003 Wind Art, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
2003 Selections III, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2002 Color, Culture, Complexity, Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Animals in Art, Allegheny College, Meadsville, Pennsylvania
2001 Stroke of Installation, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
1999 Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Lincoln Center, New York, New York
1998 Labyrinth: A Day of the Dead Exhibition, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California
1997 From Coast to Coast, Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California
1997 Discards, Secession/Gallery Catherine Clark, San Francisco, California
1994 It’s About Power, 69 Belcher Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
1993 Group Six, 69 Belcher Street Gallery, San Francisco, California
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008 “Azar Nafisi, Bowfire and SPACES Gallery.” Busta, William, and Lynn, Billie. Interview with Dee Perry. Around Noon. WCPN. 29 Apr. 2008. (radio interview)
2008 Douglas Max Utter, “Finding the Future”, Cleveland Free Times, April 23, 2008, Volume 15, Issue 51.
2008 Roni Feinstein, “After the Fair(s),” Art in America, March 2008, p. 85. (photo)
2008 “A Trio of White Elephants Has Found Shelter in Arbroath,” The Press and Journal, March 6, 2008.
2008 Brett Sokol, “The Magic City: A Week of Brilliance, Bootlegging & Balderdash,” Ocean Drive Magazine, January 2008, p. 194-198.
2007 Brett Sokol, “Hot Picks: Miami Galleries,” Miami Herald, December 8, 2007, p. A25.
2007 Julie Phillips, “Creature Feature: Exhibit Examines Human Relationship to our Fine, Furry Friends,” Athens Banner-Herald, October 11, 2007.
2007 Adrianna Herrera, “El MoCA y su viaje al fondo del arte,” El Nuevo Herald, September 16, 2007
2006 Roni Feinstein, “Billie Grace Lynn at the Lowe Art Museum,” Art in America, April 2006, p. 166
2006 Javier Martínez de Pisón, “The Great Difference,” Arte al Dia, March 2006, p. 58-60
2005 Omar Sommereyns, “Bloody Flags and Floating Villas,” Miami Sun Post, December 1, 2005
2005 Patrice Grell Yursik, “Kinetic Expressions,” Miami New Times, September 1, 2005
2005 Adrianna Herrera, “Objetos asombrosos hechos de miedo y deseo,” El Nuevo Herald, August 21, 2005
2005 “Best of Miami – Best Outdoor Art,” Miami New Times, p. 91, May 12, 2005
2005 Douglas Max Utter, “Opposites Attract – A Range of Artists Use Extremes to Make Political Statements,” The Plain Dealer, May 6, 2005
2005 Kurt Moore, “’Babes’ Breaks the Rules,” The Marion Star, January 13, 2005
2004 Alfredo Triff, “A Fine Sense of Place,” Miami New Times, December 23, 2004
2004 Ellen Portnoy, “Retro Active,” Syracuse New Times, August 25, 2004
2003 “CraftWorld,” American Craft, Vol. 63, No. 6, December 2003/January 2004, p. 12 (photo)
2003 Amy Bracken Sparks, “Selections III @ SPACES,” ANGLE Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 7, September 2003, p. 7
2003 Dan Tranberg, “Playful Show Remains Provocative,” The Plain Dealer, July 30, 2003, p. E5
2003 Lyz Bly, “Fractured Fairytales,” The Cleveland Free Times, July 2-July 8, 2003
2002 Catherine Fox, “Shades of Racism,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 6, 2002, p. Q6
2002 Peter Kendron, “BU Art Display Centers on Victims of Sept. 11,” Press Enterprise, November 28, 2002, p. 24
2002 Nick Petruncio, “Images Honor Those Who Died on Sept. 11, 2001,” The Daily Item/Susquehanna Today, November 17, 2002, p. E1
2002 Cathy Byrd, “Is There a ‘Post-Black’ Art?” Art Papers, November/December 2002, p. 35-39
2002 Richard Huntingdon, “Life Stages,” The Buffalo News, September 20, 2002
2001 Nicole Miller, “In Arlington, a Real Breakthrough,” The Washington Post, October 19, 2001
2000 Interview with Wendy Butler, KHSU radio, Humboldt State University, October 6, 2000
1997 Dan Schillaci, “Talking with Billie Grace Lynn – Remembering the Body,” West Magazine
1989 Peter Stack, “A Womb with a Viewpoint,” San Francisco Chronicle
1989 Harry Roche, “Tableaux Vivant,” San Francisco Chronicle
1989 Alexander Cockburn, “Flags, Labia, Fax Machines,” The L.A. Weekly
1989 David Bonetti, “Gallery Charged with Censorship,” San Francisco Examiner
1989 Jesse Hamlin, “San Francisco Art Show on Censorship Knocks Helms,” San Francisco Chronicle
1989 Mark Van Proyen, “Rehearsals for Death,” Artweek
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-present Assistant Professor, Sculpture, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
March 2006 Visiting Artist, Altos de Chavon, La Romana, Dominican Republic
2001-2004 Assistant Professor, Sculpture, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
1998-2001 Assistant Professor, Sculpture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1998 Adjunct Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
1993-1994 Faculty, Sculpture and Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1990-1994 Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
1989-1990 Adjunct Professor, Hayward State University, Hayward, California
1988-1989 Associate Faculty, Extension Program, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1988 Associate Faculty, Core Program, San Francisco Art Institute
1986-1987 Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute
1984 Foundry Assistant, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1995-1997 Designer/Partner, Furniture & Product Design, Delta Z, San Francisco, California
1990-1994 Exhibit Developer, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, California
1989-1990 Director, Ghostown Gallery, Oakland, California
RESIDENCIES
2008 Hospitalfield Residential Arts Centre, Arbroath, Scotland, UK
2003 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
2001 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1994 The Exploratorium, AIR Interactive Sound Festival
1991-1994 Headlands Center for the Arts Residency
AWARDS & GRANTS
2007 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists
2006 Creative & Scholarly Research Award, University of Miami, College of Arts & Sciences
2006 Florida Visual Artist Fellowship
2005 Florida Artist Enhancement Grant
2005 General Research Support Award, University of Miami
2002 Faculty Research Grant, Penn State University
2002 Institute for the Arts & Humanities Grant, Penn State University
2002 Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, awarded by the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance
2002 Kinetic-art.org International Kinetic Art Competition, 2nd Place, Engineering Ingenuity
2001 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Fellowship
1995 Art Matters, Inc. Fellowship
1992 New Langton Arts, NEA Artist Project Grant
1989 Harold E. Weiner Memorial Prize, awarded by the San Francisco Art Institute
1987 Jack K. and Gertrude Murphy Fine Arts Fellow, awarded by the San Francisco Foundation
PUBLIC LECTURES
2008 Visiting Artist, Northeastern University, Department of Art + Design, Boston, Massachusetts
2008 Visiting Artist, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland, UK
2007 Panel co-chair, “Art & Society,” SECAC, Charleston, West Virginia
2006 Panel member, “Ambushed II,” SECAC, Nashville, Tennessee
2006 Visiting Artist, University of Maryland, Baltimore
2006 Visiting Artist, American University, Washington, D.C.
2006 Lowe Docents Guild, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture, Altos de Chavon, La Romana, Dominican Republic
2005 Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Miami, Florida
2005 Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
2003 University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2002 Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
2000 First Street Gallery, Eureka, California
1999 Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1998 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1998 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1997 The Tinkers Workshop, Berkeley, California
1996 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1995 Brooklyn Community College, Brooklyn, NY
1995 Quinnipiac College, Hamden, Connecticut
1994 Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
The Gap/Banana Republic, San Francisco, California
Chris Cornyn, Cornyn Partners, San Francisco, CA
UCSF Stanford Health Care, Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, San Francisco, California