Difference between revisions of "Lynn Hershman Leeson"
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| − | '''Lynn Hershman Leeson''' | + | Over the last five decades, artist and filmmaker '''Lynn Hershman Leeson''' has been internationally acclaimed for her art and films. Hershman Leeson is widely recognized for her work investigating issues including the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression. |
| − | Leeson | + | Lynn Hershman Leeson is a recipient of many awards including a Siggraph Lifetime Achievement Award, Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. And in 2022, she was awarded a special mention from the Jury for her participation in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. In 2023, Pratt Institute of Art in NY awarded her with an Honorary Doctorate. Creative Capital awarded her with their Distinguished Artist Award in 2023. SFMOMA acquired the museum’s first NFT from Hershman Leeson in 2023. |
| − | + | Her six feature films—''Strange Culture, Teknolust, Conceiving Ada, !Women Art Revolution: A Secret History, Tania Libre'', and ''The Electronic Diaries''—are in worldwide distribution. Artwork by Lynn Hershman Leeson is featured in many public collections including the Museum of Modern Art and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. | |
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| + | She is represented by Bridget Donahue, New York, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, Waldburger Wouters, Brussels, and ShanghART, China. [https://www.lynnhershman.com/about/ (2025)] | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
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* editor, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18358 Clicking In: Hot Links to a Digital Culture]'', Seattle: Bay Press, 1996, x+371 pp. | * editor, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18358 Clicking In: Hot Links to a Digital Culture]'', Seattle: Bay Press, 1996, x+371 pp. | ||
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* ''[[Media:The_Art_and_Films_of_Lynn_Hershman_Leeson_Secret_Agents_Private_I_2005.pdf|The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secret Agents, Private I]]'', ed. Meredith Tromble, forew. Robin Held, University of California Press, and Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, 2005, 229 pp. | * ''[[Media:The_Art_and_Films_of_Lynn_Hershman_Leeson_Secret_Agents_Private_I_2005.pdf|The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secret Agents, Private I]]'', ed. Meredith Tromble, forew. Robin Held, University of California Press, and Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, 2005, 229 pp. | ||
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| + | * ''Lynn Hershman Leeson: Civic Radar'', ed. Peter Weibel, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2016. | ||
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| + | * ''Lynn Hershman Leeson: Anti-Bodies'', ed. Sabine Himmelsbach, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2019. | ||
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| + | * ''Lynn Hershman Leeson. The Floating Museum 1974–1978'', San Francisco: Hotwire Productions, 2021. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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| + | * [https://www.lynnhershman.com/ Website] | ||
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| + | * [https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/lynn-hershman-leeson/ Profile on AWARE], 2024 | ||
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| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqnNFVfheVY Video Art and Social Intervention: The Identities, Avatars, and Algorithms of Lynn Hershman Leeson], video, 2023, 71 min | ||
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| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ZGlWB36J8 Lynn Hershman Leeson's seductive chat bot], video, SFMOMA, 2013 | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Hershman_Leeson Wikipedia] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Hershman_Leeson Wikipedia] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 28 March 2025
Over the last five decades, artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has been internationally acclaimed for her art and films. Hershman Leeson is widely recognized for her work investigating issues including the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression.
Lynn Hershman Leeson is a recipient of many awards including a Siggraph Lifetime Achievement Award, Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. And in 2022, she was awarded a special mention from the Jury for her participation in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. In 2023, Pratt Institute of Art in NY awarded her with an Honorary Doctorate. Creative Capital awarded her with their Distinguished Artist Award in 2023. SFMOMA acquired the museum’s first NFT from Hershman Leeson in 2023.
Her six feature films—Strange Culture, Teknolust, Conceiving Ada, !Women Art Revolution: A Secret History, Tania Libre, and The Electronic Diaries—are in worldwide distribution. Artwork by Lynn Hershman Leeson is featured in many public collections including the Museum of Modern Art and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
She is represented by Bridget Donahue, New York, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, Waldburger Wouters, Brussels, and ShanghART, China. (2025)
Publications[edit]
- editor, Clicking In: Hot Links to a Digital Culture, Seattle: Bay Press, 1996, x+371 pp.
- The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secret Agents, Private I, ed. Meredith Tromble, forew. Robin Held, University of California Press, and Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, 2005, 229 pp.
- Lynn Hershman Leeson: Civic Radar, ed. Peter Weibel, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2016.
- Lynn Hershman Leeson: Anti-Bodies, ed. Sabine Himmelsbach, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2019.
- Lynn Hershman Leeson. The Floating Museum 1974–1978, San Francisco: Hotwire Productions, 2021.
Links[edit]
- Profile on AWARE, 2024
- Video Art and Social Intervention: The Identities, Avatars, and Algorithms of Lynn Hershman Leeson, video, 2023, 71 min
- Lynn Hershman Leeson's seductive chat bot, video, SFMOMA, 2013
