Nathan Lynch was raised in Pasco, Washington an agricultural community in the shadow of Hanford Nuclear Power Plant. The futility of this environmental contradiction gave Lynch an acute sense of location and deep appreciation for irony. In the five formative years after graduation Lynch worked as the prop master for a local community theatre, the effects of which are still being realized in his current body of work. His concerns for political conflict and environmental upheaval are filtered through notions of absurdity, hand fabrication and the dramatic devices of storytelling.
As a sculptor, designer and performance artist, Lynch has made collaboration and experimentation major components of his practice. Recent projects include More Than What My Hands Can Hold at Gallery 16, Doubledrink - a two person drinking fountain for Headlands Center for the Arts, and nest module design for Cassin’s Auklets on the Farallon Islands. At the University of Southern California Lynch studied with Ken Price, and later earned an MFA at Mills College with Ron Nagle. Mills fostered a rich interdisciplinary culture including work with contemporary composers and poets, lead by the warmth and support of artist Ann Chamberlain. Lynch is an Assistant Professor of Art at California College of the Arts.
nlynch (at) cca.edu
painting by the great Steuart Pittman
photo by Ekaterina Izmestieva for Studio Ahead