Residencies
Audain Distinguished Artist in Residence
Sean Lynch
We are pleased to announce Irish artist Sean Lynch as the Fall 2016 Audain Distinguished Artist in Residence. Lynch is a skilled storyteller with a knack for unearthing little-known or underappreciated stories. While he employs an ethnographic approach to researching the characters and situations that inhabit these stories, his retellings are sympathetic to the eccentricities of his subjects and their social and historical contexts.
As part the residency, Lynch will be presenting his first solo exhibition in Canada, opening November 23 at Charles H. Scott Gallery.
Vancouver Days, a collection of Lynch’s texts co-published by Charles H. Scott Gallery and Publication Studio Vancouver will also be produced on the occasion of his residency and exhibition.
Public Programmes
Sean Lynch
Exhibition
November 23–February 5, 2017
Charles H. Scott Gallery
Artist Talk
November 23, 6 PM
Charles H. Scott Gallery
BIOGRAPHIES
Sean Lynch has exhibited throughout Europe and North America, including solo exhibitions at Modern Art Oxford, Dublin City Gallery, the Frankfurter Kunstverein and the Rose Art Museum in Boston. Lynch represented Ireland at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Along with artist Michele Horrigan, Lynch runs Askeaton Contemporary Arts in County Limerick and has curated exhibitions for galleries in Ireland and the UK. He studied fine art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt. Lynch is represented by Kevin Kavanagh in Dublin and Ronchini Gallery in London.
Audain Distinguished Artist Talk
The Audain Distinguished Artist in Residence program has been hosted by Libby Leshgold Gallery and Emily Carr University since 2013. The program brings internationally renowned artists to Vancouver to support engagement with local communities and the creation of new works. Operating at the interstices of the teaching and learning environment, the gallery and the studio, the residency encourages experimentation, collaboration and meaningful international exchange.