Associate Professor, Photo/Media + New Genres ART 218wlynn@uw.eduPersonal WebsiteOffice Hoursemail for appointmentFields of Interest Conceptual Art Installation Material Culture Performance Art Photo/Media Post-Studio Practices Public Art Site Specific Art Video Art Visual Culture New GenresBackground and ExperienceSummaryEducationMFA, New Genres, San Francisco Art InstituteBFA, Sculpture + Extended Media, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityMusic Performance, San Francisco Conservatory of MusicWhitney Lynn works across a wide range of media to explore the role of images in the construction of myth, illusion, power and desire. Recent investigations examine the archetype of the femme fatale, the subversive potential of floral art, perceptual traps, and shifting depictions of forbidden knowledge. Lynn has exhibited internationally at venues including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Torrance Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and CCA Wattis Institute. She has created site-responsive public art for the San Diego International Airport, alongside the Burke-Gilman Trail in Seattle, in the City of Reno's City Hall lobby, and in the form of bus bench billboards throughout Miami. She was the first National Artist-in-Residence at The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, and also an artist-in-residence at the de Young Museum and the Internet Archive. She is currently an Artist Fellow with Black Cube Nomadic Museum . Lynn started teaching at the University of Washington in 2018. She previously taught at Stanford University, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the University of California, Berkeley. Research + Creative Work Whitney Lynn, After the Fall (installation view) Whitney Lynn, Fool (still from three-channel video) Whitney Lynn, Not Seeing is a Flower (site-specific project for San Diego International Airport) Selected Publications + Projects "An Act of Gathering: Whitney Lynn Interviewed by Kim Beil: A public artwork layers history and language," a feature written by Kim Beil for BOMB Magazine about Lynn's public art project in Seattle. Published on July 5, 2021. https://bombmagazine.org/topics/whitney-lynn Read more Hall W. Rockefeller, “Women of the Pacific Northwest: Whitney Lynn,” less than half, June 29, 2020. https://lessthanhalf.org/50-women/2020/6/29/women-of-the-pacific-northwest Read more Whitney Lynn. "Biblical Temptresses in Neon: San Francisco-Based Whitney Lynn Looks at Las Vegas in the Larger Context of Time," a review written by Kristen Peterson for Las Vegas Weekly about Lynn's residency at The Neon Museum. Published on June 29, 2016. Read more Courses Taught Winter 2024 ART 285 A: Introduction to New Genres ART 400 A: Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Senior Studio Autumn 2023 ART 285 A: Introduction to New Genres ART 590 A: Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Practices Spring 2023 ART 285 A: Introduction to New Genres ART 485 A: Alternative Contexts: Site Responsive Interventions Winter 2023 ART 375 A: Interdisciplinary Visual Art Seminar ART 590 A: Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Practices Spring 2022 ART 360 A: Topics in Studio Art and Practice ART 421 A: Time-Based Art Winter 2022 ART 200 A: Artist Mindset Autumn 2021 ART 285 A: Introduction to New Genres ART 400 A: Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Senior Studio Spring 2021 ART 485 A: Alternative Contexts: Site Responsive Interventions Winter 2021 ART 200 A: Artist Mindset ART 458 A: Alternative Approaches to Drawing Autumn 2020 ART 285 A: Introduction to New Genres ART 360 A: Topics in Studio Art and Practice: Readymades and Remixes Winter 2020 ART 340 B: Advanced Photomedia ART 590 A: Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Practices Autumn 2019 ART 280 A: Media, Time, and Technology Arts ART 360 A: Topics In Studio Art And Practice: Collaboration Spring 2019 ART 360 A: Topics in Studio Art and Practice: Site-Responsive Interventions ART 360 E: Topics in Studio Art and Practice: Time Based Art Winter 2019 ART 131 A: Alternative Approaches to Art and Design ART 458 A: Alternative Approaches to Drawing Autumn 2018 ART 246 A: Works on Paper/Monotype Related News Related News Featured on Crosscut: Jacob Lawrence Gallery and three faculty Oct 5, 2023 Public art in Seattle’s light rail stations has a deeper backstory than you’d think Dec 9, 2022 New Courses in the Arts for Non-Majors Feb 23, 2021 Support for Faculty Projects Apr 9, 2020 Cobblestones and Lumber: UW x SFAI Apr 8, 2019 New Faculty for 2018 Oct 1, 2018