Lynn silverman biography

  • Lynn Silverman (American, b.
  • After graduating with a BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute, New York, Lynn moved to Australia.
  • 1952 Born in Baltimore, MD. Lives and works in Baltimore, MD. EDUCATION.

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         Living and working overseas for over two decades brought Lynn into contact with a variety of people and social situations.  She relished the cultural differences encountered in each of the countries that she called home.  Settling in was not just a matter of figuring out local logistics, but more importantly, immersing herself in the history and artistic heritage of the country.
         After graduating with a BFA in Photography from Pratt Institute, New York, Lynn moved to Australia.  She was drawn to Australia’s vast inland desert landscape, which was the subject of her first one-person exhibition, Horizons(1981), at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.
         In 1983, Lynn moved to the United Kingdom.  While teaching photography at several art schools, Lynn published four books, Furniture Fictions(1989), 1:1 (1993), Corporation Ho

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    Lynn Silverman

    1952     Born in Baltimore, MD. 
                 Lives and works in Baltimore, MD.
     

    EDUCATION

    1992     MA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths' College, London
    1974     BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York


    SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2022     Lynn Silverman and Jason Sloan: Memory Form, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore,
                             MD (collaboration)
    2020     Photographs bygd Lynn Silverman: Lookout, 1988-2017, Washington County Museum                         
                             of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
    2018

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    Lynn Silverman

    Lynn Silverman (American, b. 1952) is a distinguished photographer who was born in Syracuse, New York.  After graduating from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, she emigrated to Sydney, Australia where she taught for 6 years.   Following a brief period back in the United States, Silverman emigrated to Britain where she was awarded a Master of Arts from Goldsmith’s College in London.  The experience of living on three different continents has had a profound effect on the way Lynn sees the world, which is reflected in her practice.  Silverman eventually returned to the United States where she became a long-standing Professor of Photography at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and where she is now currently Professor Emeritus. Silverman’s career is marked by myriad important solo and group exhibitions worldwide, and her work is the subject of many books, catalogues, scholarly journals, and even a

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