Lynn Tomaszewski is an interdisciplinary artist whose work has been shown in solo and group shows throughout the United States and Europe. Her conceptually driven work explores how technology facilitates, alters, and influences perception and, subsequently, how perception constructs ideas. Her paintings, installations, coding, and video work often accumulate images into unified fields that function as visual field theory on human behavior.
She has participated in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and been an affiliate artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Upcoming activities include a solo show at the Thelma Sandoff Center for the Arts (March 2016) and participation in "Super Natural" at the JM Kohler Art Center (March-Sept., 2016). Tomaszewski’s work is in the public collections of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Center for Contemporary Art in Sacramento, California. She is currently the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
CURRICULUM VITAE
GRANTS, AWARDS, COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES
2008 Mary Nohl Suitcase Fund Award
2008 Purchase Award, Great Lakes Drawing Biennial
2007 Juror’s Award, 2nd Place, Beloit & Vicinity
2006 Mary Nohl Suitcase Fund Award
2005 Sabbatical Award, MIAD
2004 Walker Art Center Purchase Award, Minnesota Print Biennial
2003 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant semi-finalist
1999 Artist's grant, Vermont Studio Center
1993 Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin County, CA
1992 Commission, Bus Shelter Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
(Upcoming Solo), Thelma Sandoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
2014
Phenomenal Agglomerative, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Agglomophenomena, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, MD
2011
Drams, Whits, Scintillas (Collaboration with Kevin Schlei),
Lynden Sculpture Garden, River Hills, WI
2010
Staring Down the Void, Curfman Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
2009
Little Things, Cochenour Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Superorganism, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin Sheboygan
2008
Superorganism, Hoffmaster Gallery, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2006
Sabbatical Work, River Level Gallery, Milwaukee Inst. of Art & Design, WI
New Work, UA Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003
Adenine Sky, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
Maps and Schemata, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Littorals, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
(Upcoming) Super Natural, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2015
45 North-2, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
Unusually Natural, Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
2014
45 North, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI
2013
Wisconsin Triennial,
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art,
Madison, WI
2012
Fop's Banquet: An Exhibition in 3 Acts,
Portrait Society Gallery,
Milwaukee, WI
Laws of Nature 2, Racine Arts Council ARTSPACE,
Racine, WI
2011
Small Works,
Wallace L. Anderson Gallery,
Bridgewater State University,
Bridgewater, MA
Laws of Nature,
EFFJAY Projects,
Sheboygan, WI
Inaugural Show, EFFJAY Projects,
Sheboygan, WI
2010
Water Matters, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
Game Play, Osborne Gallery, Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE
TEMPO, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Women and Water, K.E. Nash Gallery, Univ. of Minn., Minneapolis, MN
Eight Counties, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2009
The Intimate Page, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Out of the Suitcase 3, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Lineweight, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2008
Big, big bangs, small, small bucks, Dean Jensen Gallery,
Milwaukee, WI
Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, Eastern Michigan University,
Ypsilanti, MI
Digital Art & Video, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN
2007
Knopow/Tomaszewski, Temporary Contemporary, Milwaukee, WI
Salomi/Tomaszewski, Wisconsin Arts Board Gallery, Madison, WI
Beloit and Vicinity, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, WI
2006-2004
Incidental, Gallery Co, Minneapolis, MN
Techni-color, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Minnesota National Print Biennial, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, U of Minn. Twin Cities
2003
Coon & Tomaszewski, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL
Brave New World, OIA Gallery, New York, NY
Wisconsin Artist Biennial, Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Destination 2: Space, Gas Light Building, Milwaukee, WI
2002
Joint Printmaking Invitational, Warsaw Academy of Art, Warsaw,
Poland
Long Beach Island Fdn. of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
Glow, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Digital Visions, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
2001
Wall to Wall, No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory,
Minneapolis, MN; Traveled to Legion Arts Center in Cedar
Rapids, IA
Size Matters, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
Post Milennial Musings, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999
Nature as Source, Allegheny College, Meadville, PN
Devotions, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, MD
AIR Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mary Louise Schumacher, “Tomaszewski's pulsating humanist chapel at the Portrait Society Gallery,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 31, 2014.
Katie Vaughn, "A State of the Arts Celebration at MMoCA," Madison Magazine, September 20, 2013.
Judith Ann Moriarty, "Art Through a Hole in the Wall," Sheperd Express, July 11, 2012.
Judith Ann Moriarty, "Genius Touch at Lynden Sculpture Garden," Sheperd Express, April 25, 2011.
Mary Louise Schumacher, “A Preview of This Fall's Art Scene,” JSOnline, September 20,
2010.
Mary Louise Schumacher, “Weird, wonderful science,” JSOnline, August 17,
2007.
Mary Louise Schumacher, ”Art in 2006,” Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, December
28, 2006.
Dorota Biczel Nelson, “Lynn Tomaszewski: Sabbatical Work,” Susceptible to
Images, October, 2006.
Mary Louise Schumacher, ”MIAD Professor Maps out Exhibit,” Milwaukee
Journal/Sentinel, September 26, 2006.
Debra Brehmer, “Eye Spy: 3 Picks for the Week,” Susceptible to Images, July
31-Aug. 6, 2006.
Mary Louise Schumacher, “Perfect Dots of Paint,” JSOnline, July 28, 2006.
Mary Louise Schumacher, “Kittens, Trash, the universe, and Barcaloungers, Oh
my!,” JSOnline, July 27, 2006.
Mary Louise Schumacher, “Gallery Night & Day,” Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel,
July 26, 2006.
Mary Abbe, "Prints in the Snow,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 23, 2004.
Barbara Pollack, “Gene Therapy: Four New Exhibits Showcase DNA-doctored
Art,” Time Out New York, March 27-April 3, 2003.
Sarah Boxer, “The Art of the
Code, or, at Play with DNA,” Weekend Fine Arts Leisure, The New York Times,
March 14, 2003.
Mary Louise Schumacher, "Art Seen,” Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, August 9,
2003.
Doug Hanson, "Soap Factory Show," Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 27, 2001.
Paul Frederick, "New Exhibits Open at College," The Derrick/ The News-Herald,
November 12, 1999.
Michele French, "CAC Reaches Out for Relevant Material," Chico
Enterprise-Record, February 20,1994.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2014
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
2013
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
2010
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2008
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2003
Moraine Valley College
CURRENT POSITION
2014-Present
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1998-2014
Professor, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, WI
EDUCATION
1994 MFA San Francisco Art Institute
1989 BFA University of Wisconsin-Madison, with distinction