Leilani Lynch – Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist

Leilani Lynch, curator of The Bass Museum of Art in Miami, Florida, will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 5:30 p.m. CDT via Zoom. The lecture is free and open to the public and available via Zoom. Lynch has curated solo exhibitions with Mika Rottenberg (2017), Karen Rifas (2018) and Aaron Curry (2018), in addition to co-organizing exhibitions with Ugo Rondinone, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Laure Prouvost, and Paola Pivi. Originally from the San Francisco Bay area, Lynch relocated to Miami in 2011 when she was chosen for an Art Table Summer Mentored Internship at The Bass, assisting the Knight Curatorial Fellow in planning the museum’s public art program Temporary Contemporary. After the internship, Lynch joined The Bass as Assistant to the Director/Curatorial Assistant. Before rejoining The Bass in 2015, she served as Exhibitions Manager at Locust Projects, Miami’s longest-running alternative arts space, producing site-specific experimental exhibitions with international artists. Lynch has recently participated in panels for ArtTable and ICOM, as well as served on juries for Art Center, South Florida and Apexart, New York. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in the History of Art from University of California, Berkeley, with an emphasis in modern and contemporary art. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln School of Art, Art History & Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to Nebraska each semester to enhance the education of students. Event photo by Tiffany Sage.