Lynn Hershman Leeson
| Lynn Hershman Leeson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1941 (age 75–76) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Residence | San Francisco, California and New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Case Western Reserve University, San Francisco State University |
| Occupation | Artist, filmmaker |
| Notable work | America's Finest, Synthia, CybeRoberta, Tillie, Agent Ruby, DiNA, Conceiving Ada, Teknolust, Strange Culture, !Women Art Revolution |
| Awards | d.velop digital art award [ddaa], Sloan Prize for Writing and Directing, Siggraph Distinguished Artist Award, IFP Pixel Market Prize |
| Website | Lynn Hershman Leeson |
Lynn Hershman Leeson (born 1941) is an American artist and filmmaker. Her work combines art with social commentary, particularly on the relationship between people and technology. Leeson's work in media-based technology helped legitimize digital art forms.
Leeson's work has as its themes: identity in a time of consumerism, privacy in an era of surveillance, interfacing of humans and machines, and the relationship between real and virtual worlds. Her work grew out of an installation art and performance tradition, with an emphasis on interactivity. With a practice spanning more than 40 years, Leeson has worked in performance, moving image, drawing, collage, text-based work, site-specific interventions, and later new media / digital technologies, and interactive net-based works.
Her projects explore technology in digital media and science. Leeson was the first artist to launch an interactive piece using Videodisc, a precursor to DVD (Lorna, 1983–84), as well the first artist to incorporate a touch screen interface into her artwork (Deep Contact, 1984-1989). Her networked robotic art installation (The Difference Engine #3, 1995-1998) is an example of her tendency to expand her artwork beyond the traditional realms of art.
Work by Lynn Hershman Leeson is featured in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the William Lehmbruck Museum, the ZKM (Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Canada, di Rosa, the Walker Art Center and the University Art Museum, Berkeley, in addition to the private collections of Donald Hess and Arturo Schwarz, among many others. Commissions include projects for the Tate Modern, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, de Young Museum, Daniel Langlois and Stanford University, and Charles Schwab.
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