BIOGRAPHY
Lynn Hershman Leeson is internationally recognized for her pioneering contributions to the fields of photography, video, film, performance, artificial intelligence, bio art, installation and interactive as well as net-based media art. Her work investigates the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression. She is a recipient of the Siggraph Lifetime Achievement Award, Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, USA Artist Fellowship, San Francisco Film Society’s “Persistence of Vision” Award and the College Art Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She received a Special Mention at the 2022 Venice Biennial.
Her six feature films are all in worldwide distribution and have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival and The Berlin International Film Festival, amongst others. Her artwork is featured in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Tate Modern, The National Gallery of Canada, and the Walker Art Center, in addition to many celebrated private collections. A retrospective of Hershman Leeson’s work, ‘Lynn Hershman Leeson: Twisted’ was held at the New Museum in July 2021. Hershman Leeson taught in the Department of Art and Art History from 1993 to 2004.
COURSES TAUGHT
Lynn Hershman Leeson visited UC Davis from May 22 to 26, 2023. Hershman Leeson held screenings of her work on May 23 and May 24 and gave a public lecture on May 25 at Wright Hall. She worked extensively with graduate students through individual studio visits and critiques.
PUBLIC LECTURE
A recording of Lynn Hershman Leeson's public lecture is available to UC Davis community members via this Kerberos-password protected link [click here].
Banner image: Lynn Hershman Leeson, "Logic Paralyzes the Heart,” 2022. Courtesy of the artist; Altman Siegel, San Francisco; and Bridget Donahue, New York. Photograph by Andrea Rossetti.