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Claire R Lynch born in Arlington, VA

Currently a Studio Artist at Workhouse Arts Center in Virginia

Education

2019 MFA Rinehart School for Sculpture,

Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)

2014 BA Art Practice, Stanford University

Public Art

2019 Feathers,

Lake Roland Art on the Trail, Baltimore, MD

Juried Exhibitions

2019 Twisting Fibers,

Rhode Island Art League, RI

Dark Passenger,

Fox Gallery 3, Baltimore, MD

Honeysuckle Words,

Area 405, Baltimore, MD

2018 Mirror,

CardinalSpace Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2016 Contemporary Fiber Art Show,

Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Old ruminations, Of haunting imaginations. A

place of dark contentment, And no more

resentment.

Fred Lazarus IV Center, Baltimore, MD

2018 Familiar Drift,

Fred Lazarus IV Center, Baltimore, MD

Shifts,

Valleyfest, Arlington, VA

2016 Feathers,

Root Division Residency, San Francisco, CA

2014 Befriending Demons,

Recology Residency, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2019 Intersecting Spaces

Broadmead Retirement Community, MD

2018 Freshly Picked Rhinos,

Sheila and Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Collective Presence,

Hamilton Collective Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2017 Documented,

Fox Gallery 3, Baltimore, MD

2016 Annual Auction,

Root Division Residency, San Francisco, CA

Rock, Paper, Scissors,

Ark Art Gallery, San Jose, CA

Blue,

Little Raven Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Big Bash,

Root Division Residency, San Francisco, CA

2015 Annual Auction,

Root Division Residency, San Francisco, CA

Far Away,

Stanford, CA

Frame By Frame,

Stanford, CA

2014 Engineering Career Fair,

Stanford, CA

Awards

2019 Nominated Outstanding Student Achievement,

International Sculpture Competition

2019 Sidney Lake Award,

Maryland Institute College of Art, MD

2017 Graduate Merit Scholarship,

Maryland Institute College of Art, MD

2016 Best in Show, Contemporary Fiber Art Show

Santa Cruz Art League

2014 Louis Sudler Prize for Performing and Creative

Arts, Stanford University, CA

Residencies and Fellowships

2024 - present

Studio Artist at Workhouse Arts Center

Lorton, VA

2019 Amalie Rothschild ’34 Fellowship

Maryland Institute College of Art, MD

2018 Perna Krick ‘31 and Reuben Kramer ‘32

Fellowship, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD

2016-17   Artist in Residence at Root Division,

San Francisco, CA

2015-16   Blau Gold Teaching Fellow at Root Division,

San Francisco, CA

2014 Artist in Residence at Recology,

San Francisco, CA