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ABOUT LYNN

Reworking the narrative through material and process

Cynotype image from old family photograph and hand drawn elements

South African-born North Essex-based artist;

 

fabric, paper, bronze

stitch, direct casting

threads, wire, screws and metal,

rusting away, sanding down, 

the smell of beeswax and turps.

 

absence/ presence 

recapture, retelling, 

process obsessed, taking my time

exploring ideas/research through making

the feel of fabric and yarn between fingers, 

the needle marking the surface, unpicking, redoing

(re)found text

changing meaning, recreating a new story.

 

recreating, reworking the story, 

layers of meaning

ambiguity, peeling away

the supposed truth.

EDUCATION

Masters in Fine Art (Distinction), Norwich University of the Arts. 2022.

BA(Hons) Creative Textile Crafts (2:1), University of Huddersfield. 2002.

 

EXHIBITIONS

2023, Colchester Art Society Winter Exhibition, The Minors, Colchester, UK.

2023, Hidden by East 22, Undercroft Gallery, Norwich, UK.

2023, Visual Art Open 2023 (longlisted), Visual Artists Association, UK.

2023, Colchester Art Society Summer Exhibition, Old Bank Studios, Harwich, UK.

2023, Mixtape No.5 by Cultivate Gallery, Online.

2023, Colchester Art Society Spring Exhibition, Benham Gallery, Colchester, UK.

2022, MA Showcase, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK.

2022, East 22: Work in Progress, The Shoe Factory, St. Mary’s Works, Norwich, UK.

2022, Contemporary Textiles, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK.

2021, Scratch, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK.​

2018, IG11 Art Trail, Barking, Essex, UK.

2018, Studio 3 Arts Summer Exhibition, Studio 3 Arts, Barking, Essex, UK.

2018, Echoes, Morley Gallery, London, UK.

2006, Jabulisa: The art and craft of KwaZulu-Natal, Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg and touring round KwaZulu-Natal Art Museums, South Africa.

2005, Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa.

2004, Collabarts Exhibition; Margate Art Museum, KZN, South Africa.

2003, Annual Open Exhibition, Margate Art Museum, Margate, KZN, South Africa.

2003, Bbac Embroidery Exhibition, Arts Depot at the Bull Theatre, London, UK. 

2002, Open Exhibition, Café Gallery Projects, London, UK.

2002, Textures, Surface Gallery; Nottingham; UK.

 

            

COMMISSIONS

 

2006, Series of embroidered cushions, ArtLink Gallery, KZN, South Africa.

2006, Commission of embroidered fabric lengths, Stephen Falke, South Africa.

2002; Commission of paintings and photographs, Moore Stephens LLP Chartered Accountants, London, 

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