Lynn Hershman Leeson

Lynn Hershman Leeson
Born
Lynn Lester Hershman

(1941-06-17) June 17, 1941 (age 83)[1]
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
EducationCase Western Reserve University,
San Francisco State University
Occupation(s)Artist, filmmaker, new media art
Known for
Notable work
Awards
  • D.velop Digital Art Award
  • Sloan Prize for Writing and Directing
  • Siggraph Distinguished Artist Award
  • IFP Pixel Market Prize[2]
Websitelynnhershman.com

Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman;[3] born June 17, 1941) is an American multimedia artist and filmmaker.[4] Her work with technology and in media-based practices is credited with helping to legitimize digital art forms.[5] Her interests include feminism, race, surveillance, and artificial intelligence and identity theft through algorithms and data tracking.

Hershman Leeson has been described as a "new media pioneer" for her integration of emerging technologies into her work[6] and is one of five artists that art historian Patrick Frank examines in his 2024 book Art of the 1980s: As If the Digital Mattered.[7]

  1. ^ "Timeline". Lynn Hershman Leeson. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ "The Flickering Flame takes out the ARTE International Prize for The Pixel Market 2014". October 14, 2014. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. ^ Bravo, Tony (April 6, 2022). "At 80, S.F. artist celebrated by industry that once shunned her". Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. ^ "Lynn Hershman Leeson". art21.org. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  5. ^ Tromble, Meredith (2005). "The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secret Agents, Private I. University of California. pp. xi. ISBN 978-0-520-23970-8.
  6. ^ Steinhauer, Jillian (2021-07-08). "Lynn Hershman Leeson: The Artist Is Prescient". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  7. ^ [1] Art of the 1980s: As If the Digital Mattered by Patrick Frank, Walter de Gruyter GmbH