Linn Meyers bio

linn meyers

Born in Washington, DC, 1968
Studied at Cooper Union, New York, New York (B.F.A. Painting, 1990)
California College of Arts, Oakland (M.F.A., Painting, 1993)
Lives and works in Washington, DC

Over the past seven years, I have used rules and systems in my drawings. Originally, I felt that this mathematical approach would lead to images that were rock solid, controlled, and somehow undeniable. But, in reality, it is the loss of some of these qualities that makes the images interesting. The slightest involuntary movement of my body causes an ever-so-minor slippage in the line, which, over the course of the drawing, has a ripple effect. I find myself embracing these patterns of imperfection.

My studio practice focuses on the uniqueness of each line and each image. At Tamarind, I learned that with lithography I was able to make one image that could be printed on multiple sheets of paper and repositioned by means of two, four, or six times on a larger sheet of paper. This discovery had a dramatic impact on the images I completed during my residency and it will have ongoing consequences in my studio practice.

Selected recent exhibitions

Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, New York; Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; G Fine Art, Washington, DC; reDefined, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Project Room, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York; Ernden Fine

Art, Provincetown, Massachusetts; DC Now, Second Street Gallery
Charlottesville, Virginia

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania;

New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut; Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC; Round, George Billis Gallery, New York

2002   The Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 4drawing artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia; Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, Arizona; George Billis Gallery, New York

2001   Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC; Gestures, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh; Aether, Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh

2000    George Billis Gallery, New York; Modern/Modular, Gallery Bershad,
             Somerville, Massachusetts; 15xxx, University Art Gallery, University of Ohio, Akron; Lumenroom, Three Rivers Gallery, Pittsburgh

1999    Shimmer, Signal 66, Washington, DC; Not a Theme Show, Pittsburgh
             Center for the Arts

Selected collections and awards
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
New Britain Museum, Connecticut
Cooper Union, New York
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania
Sprint, Kansas City, Missouri

2005 DC Commission on the Arts, Washington. DC. grant
2004 Fifth Floor Foundation, New York, grant
2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, grant
1990 Cooper Union, New York, Excellence in Drawing Award
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, Alex Katz Scholarship