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JAMES PEARSON DUFFY DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY

JOVA LYNNEVisting Artist/Curator Lecture

Wednesday, November 136:00pm

157 Art Building

LYNNE IS A DETROIT BASED, INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND CURATOR BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORKCITY. LYNNE IS A GRANTEE OF THE ASTRAEA FOUNDATION'S GLOBAL ARTS FUND, WHICH HASSUPPORTED HER WORK ON MEDIA BASED PROJECTS IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA AND BERLIN, GERMANY INADDITION TO HER WORK IN DETROIT. LYNNE'S WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN NATIONALLY ANDINTERNATIONALLY IN CITIES SUCH AS WARSAW POLAND, DETROIT, PHILADELPHIA, SAN FRANCISCO ANDNEW YORK CITY, USA. AS A CO-FOUNDER OF BOTH FLEX COLLECTIVE AND BULK SPACE ARTIST RESIDENCY, LYNNE ISDEDICATED TO CREATING SPACE FOR ARTISTS TO OFFER EACH OTHER SUPPORT, AND ADDRESS THEIRNEEDS. LYNNE MOVED TO DETROIT IN 2015 AND PURSUED A MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY ATCRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART, WHICH SHE OBTAINED IN MAY OF 2017. LYNNE IS CURRENTLYCOMPLETING HER SECOND YEAR AS A FORD FOUNDATION CURATORIAL FELLOW AT THE MUSEUMCONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT.

THE EMPRESS, DIGITAL PRINT, 2017