Billie Grace Lynn
Biography
Billie Grace Lynn is an artist who builds kinetic sculptures. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami in Florida. She received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989, and her BA in Philosophy/Religious Studies from the Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1984. She also attended the Multimedia Studies Program at San Francisco State University and the Center for Electronic Art in San Francisco. She has received several awards and grants, including taking second place in the Engineering Ingenuity division of the 1st International KAO Kinetic Art Competition in 2002. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and in Europe.
Artist Statement (from her website http://www.billiegracelynn.com/) :
"This has always been the work of art: to inspire the senses -- to make the body feel -- without necessarily direct experience, through signs, colors, sounds, movement, and so on. At its highest, the experience and the making of art are identical.
"Accordingly, my work is usually interactive and kinetic in nature. I strive to make pieces in which the viewer interface is both the form and function of the piece. I want people to remember themselves, in much the same way that babies discover their fingers. When my work is successful, the piece is completed by the viewer-participant and she/he continues her/his journey more aware and delighted in being a body."
