about
Ms. Lynn’s sculpture has been exhibited nationally and internationally and can be found in numerous public and corporate collections, including: Canadian Museum of History; Canadian Clay & Glass Museum; Claridge Collection; Foreign Affairs Canada – Berlin Embassy Collection; Glasmuseum-Denmark; Kamloops Public Art Gallery; Xerox of Canada Collection; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; and the Corning Museum of Glass.
In 2010 she was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) and in 2021 she was a winner of the Governor General’s Award in Visual & Media Arts (Saidye Bronfman Award), Canada’s foremost distinctions for excellence in visual and media arts.
In 2010 she was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) and in 2021 she was a winner of the Governor General’s Award in Visual & Media Arts (Saidye Bronfman Award), Canada’s foremost distinctions for excellence in visual and media arts.
artist statement
Glass has long been a favoured material, which I chose to explore with a sculptural perspective. While investigating the optical properties of glass, I realized the constraints posed by being limited to one material. Drawing on my experience with metal, the integration of glass and bronze provided a means to establish a dialogue between these two disparate materials and explore the tension that exists between strength and fragility.
I see my sculpture as an investigation of the archaeology of daily life, exploring both form and material, to create contemporary objects that have an implied reference to once-familiar tools, utensils and functional objects. The sculptural qualities of these familiar objects hold a particular fascination for me as I ponder their use and the aesthetic decisions of their makers, and then re-interpret design and scale, which results in objects that offer impractical solutions for imagined tasks.
