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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


Juried Exhibitions

2025 Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern PA | Art Ability International Juried Exhibition

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 Juried Exhibition of Unique Texture and Pattern

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


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


Group Exhibitions

2019 Broadmead Retirement Community, MD | Intersecting Spaces

2018 Sheila and Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore 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


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 Penn Journal of Arts and Sciences, Summer 2025 Edition | University of Pennsylvania.