Meredith Lynn
Assistant Professor
Department of Art
Meredith is a multi-media artist and curator who considers the environment, land policy, and climate change through her interdisciplinary practice. Working with long-time collaborator Katie Hargrave (Professor of Art, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), her installations incorporate video, sculpture, photography, and textile to unpack the impacts of tourism and capitalism on popular depictions of the landscape. Her work has recently been shown at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. Her studio-based and curatorial practice has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Florida, and the Andy Warhol Foundation. She teaches drawing, theory, and critical practices in the Department of Art.
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Education
BFA – Cornell University
MFA – University of Iowa
Teaching Areas
Drawing, Modern and Contemporary Theory and Practice
Research Areas
Meredith’s curatorial area of expertise is in contemporary art with a particular focus on community engagement and environmental art. In recent curatorial projects she has explored topics such as climate change, public health, and community resiliency. In her studio work, she uses a variety of media including installation, paint, books, and digital processes to explore issues of land ownership and management. With collaborator Katie Hargrave, she has done a series of projects in State and National Parks across the country.
Meredith has also conducted research on curatorial work as labor and has presented nationally on advocacy for museum workers.
Select Scholarly/Creative Works & Awards
Meredith’s artwork has recently been shown at the Knoxville Museum of Art (Knoxville, TN), Atlanta Contemporary (Atlanta, GA), Granary Arts (Ephraim, UT), the New Museum at Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN), the Morris Graves Museum of Art (Eureka, CA), the Wiregrass Museum of Art (Dothan, AL).
Meredith’s work has been supported through several grant opportunities, including the National Endowment for the Arts Art Works program (2020 and 2018), the Florida Council on Arts and Culture (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), the Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant (2018), the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program (2017), the Indiana Arts Council Masterpiece Grant (2016), and the Art(ists) on the Verge Fellowship (2015).