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Claire R Lynch born in Arlington, VA
Currently a Studio Artist at Workhouse Arts Center in Virginia
Education
2019 Maryland Institute College of Art | MFA Rinehart School for Sculpture
2014 Stanford University | BA Art Practice
Awards
2019 International Sculpture Competition | Nominated Outstanding Student
Achievement
2019 Maryland Institute College of Art | Sidney Lake Award
2017 Maryland Institute College of Art | Graduate Merit Scholarship,
2016 Santa Cruz Art League | Best in Show Contemporary Fiber Art Show
2014 Stanford University | Louis Sudler Prize for Performing and Creative Arts
Artist-in-Residence
2024 - Workhouse Arts Center | Lorton VA
2016-17 Root Division | San Francisco CA
2014 Recology | San Francisco CA
Fellowships
2019 Maryland Institute College of Art | Amalie Rothschild ’34
2018 Maryland Institute College of Art | Perna Krick ‘31 and Reuben Kramer ‘32
2015-16 Root Division, San Francisco CA | Blau Gold Fellow
Publications
2025 University of Pennsylvania | Penn Journal of Arts and Sciences, Summer 2025 Edition
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA | Mixed State
2019 Fred Lazarus IV Center, Baltimore MD |
Old Ruminations, Of Haunting Imaginations
2018 Fred Lazarus IV Center, Baltimore MD | Familiar Drift
2016 Root Division Residency, San Francisco CA | Feathers
2014 Recology Residency, San Francisco CA |Befriending
Demons
Juried Exhibitions
2025 McGuire Woods Law, LLP Tysons, VA | Workhouse Arts
Center Art Loan
2025 Windows on Wisconsin Art Exhibition 5500 Wisconsin
Ave, MD | WOW 10
2025 Art Works, Richmond VA | Mental Health Matters
2025 Glen Echo Parks, Glen Echo MD | 54th Annual Labor
Day Art Show
2025 Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern PA |
Art Ability International
2025 Wilson Arts Center, Wilson NC | National Multi Media
Juried Art Show
2025 d’Art Gallery, Denver CO | Spot On #6
2025 McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA | Mid Atlantic
Juried Exhibition
2025 d’Art Center, Norfolk VA |
Surface: A National Exhibition
2025 Floyd Arts Center, Floyd VA | Make Your Mark
2025 Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA | W6 Exhibition
2025 Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA | Flourish
2019 Rhode Island Art League, RI | Twisting Fibers
2019 Fox Gallery 3, Baltimore MD | Dark Passenger
2019 Area 405, Baltimore MD | Honeysuckle Words
2018 CardinalSpace Gallery, Baltimore MD | Mirror
2016 Root Division, San Francisco CA | Annual Auction
2016 Art League, Santa Cruz CA | Fiber Art Show
2016 Root Division, San Francisco CA | Big Bash
2015 Root Division, San Francisco CA | Annual Auction
Group Exhibitions
2025 Workhouse Arts Center, VA | Figures
2019 Broadmead Retirement Community, MD | Intersecting
Spaces
2018 Sheila and Richard Riggs Gallery, MD | Freshly Picked
Rhinos
2018 Hamilton Collective Arts Gallery, Baltimore MD |
Collective Presence
2017 Fox Gallery 3, Baltimore MD | Documented
2016 Ark Art Gallery, San Jose CA | Rock, Paper, Scissors
2016 Little Raven Gallery, San Francisco CA | Blue
2015 Stanford CA | Frame By Frame
2014 Stanford CA | Engineering Career Fair
Public Art
2019 Lake Roland Art on the Trail, Baltimore MD | Feathers
2018 Valleyfest, Arlington VA | Shifts
2015 Pigott Theater, Stanford CA | Far Away