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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
2017 - 19 Mentored by master sculptor Jann Rosen-Queralt
2012 - 14 Mentored by master sculptor Terry Berlier
2014 Workshop with master sculptor Bernie Lubell
2013 Workshop with master sculptor Linda Fleming
Public Art
2019 Feathers
Lake Roland Art on the Trail, Baltimore MD
2018 Shifts
Valleyfest, Arlington VA
2015 Far Away
Pigott Theater, Stanford CA
Juried Exhibitions
2025 Mid-Atlantic Juried Exhibition
McGuffey Art Center, VA
2025 Surface
d’Art Center, Norfolk VA
2025 Make Your Mark
Floyd Arts Center, Floyd VA
2019 Twisting Fibers
Rhode Island Art League, RI
2019 Dark Passenger
Fox Gallery 3, Baltimore MD
2019 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
Fred Lazarus IV Center, Baltimore MD
2018 Familiar Drift
Fred Lazarus IV Center, Baltimore MD
2016 Feathers
Root Division Residency, San Francisco CA
2014 Befriending Demons
Recology Residency, San Francisco CA
Group Exhibitions
2025 W6 Group Exhibition
Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA
2025 Flourish
Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA
2019 Intersecting Spaces
Broadmead Retirement Community, MD
2018 Freshly Picked Rhinos
Sheila and Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore MD
2018 Collective Presence
Hamilton Collective Arts Gallery, Baltimore MD
2017 Documented
Fox Gallery 3, Baltimore MD
2016 Annual Auction
Root Division Residency, San Francisco CA
2016 Rock, Paper, Scissors
Ark Art Gallery, San Jose CA
2016 Blue
Little Raven Gallery, San Francisco CA
2016 Big Bash
Root Division Residency, San Francisco CA
2015 Annual Auction
Root Division Residency, San Francisco CA
2015 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
2017 Graduate Merit Scholarship,
Maryland Institute College of Art
2016 Best in Show, Contemporary Fiber Art Show
Santa Cruz Art League
2014 Louis Sudler Prize for Performing and Creative Arts,
Stanford University
Artist-in-Residence
2024 - Workhouse Arts Center
Lorton VA
2016-17 Root Division
San Francisco CA
2014 Recology
San Francisco CA
Fellowships
2019 Amalie Rothschild ’34
Maryland Institute College of Art
2018 Perna Krick ‘31 and Reuben Kramer ‘32
Maryland Institute College of Art
2015-16 Blau Gold Fellow
Root Division, San Francisco CA