BIO & CV
Janelle Lynch (b. 1969) is an American large-format (8-x-10-inch) photographer and educator. For nearly twenty years, she has been actively engaged with the medium, creating long-term projects in the United States, Mexico, and Spain. She has three monographs published by Radius Books: Los Jardines de México (2011), Barcelona (2013), and Another Way of Looking at Love (2018), which includes an essay by Darius Himes.
Lynch’s photographs form part of public and private collections worldwide, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA; and Fundación Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain. She has exhibited internationally, including one-person museum shows at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL; and Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Mexico City, Mexico. Her work has been written about and published in international periodicals and journals.
Lynch’s practice has been supported by substantial 8x10 Film Grants from Kodak in 2007, 2008, and 2011. She is a faculty member at the International Center of Photography and an occasional contributor to Afterimage, The Photo Review, and photo-eye.
In 1999, Lynch received an MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts. In 2003, she completed the Master Class in Photography, a one-on-one tutorial, with Stephen Shore at Bard College. In 2012-2013 she was a Fellow at The Writers’ Institute, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY. Since 2015 she has been studying drawing and painting at the New York Studio School with the artist Graham Nickson.
EDUCATION
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, 2015-2019
The Writers' Institute, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, 2013
Master Class in Photography, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2003
M.F.A., Photography and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 1999
B.A. Liberal Arts, The New School, New York, NY 1995
MONOGRAPHS
Another Way of Looking at Love, Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM, 2018.
Janelle Lynch: Barcelona, Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM, 2013.
Los Jardines de México, Photographs by Janelle Lynch, Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM, 2011.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
New York Public Library, New York, NY
New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, NY
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Foundación Vila Casas, Barcelona, Spain
Centro Cultural Banco de Brasil, Brasília, Brazil
Centro de Fotografía, Tenerife, Spain
Fundación AMYC, Madrid, Spain
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Salta, Argentina
United States Embassy, Brasília, Brazil
Villa Noailles, Hyères, France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY (September 13, 2019 - February 16, 2020) (forthcoming)
2014
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY (June 13 - November 16, 2014) (catalog)
2013
Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, Germany (September 14 - December 7, 2013)
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL (January 25 - April 14, 2013)
2012
Radius Books Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (July 25 - September 7, 2012)
2011
Photographic Resource Center, Boston (November 29, 2011 - February 5, 2012)
Museo Archvio de la Fotografía, Mexico City, Mexico (February 27 - May 8, 2011)
2009
Galería 3 Punts, Barcelona, Spain (September 17 - November 7, 2009) (catalog)
2008
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Salta, Argentina (Fall 2008)
Photofusion, London, England (June 27 - July 28, 2008)
2007
Centro Cultural Banco de Brasil, Brasília, Brazil (October 30 - December 9, 2007) (catalog)
Galería 3 Punts, Barcelona, Spain (September 20 - November 3, 2007) (catalog)
RO Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina (July 27 - August 28, 2007) (catalog)
2006
Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada (November 4 - December 2, 2006)
2005
Furman University, Greenville, SC
2003
University of California Berkeley, San Francisco Extension, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY (July 13, 2018-October 28, 2018)
2017
Art Museum of the Americas (November 7, 2017 - June 22, 2018)
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY (October 7, 2017 - January 21, 2018)
2016
Christie's, New York, NY (September 24 - 27, 2016)
Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (June 16 - September 11, 2016)
Colby College Museum of Art ("Photography and the Changing Landscape," a book exhibition.) (Spring 2016)
2015
Círculo de Bellas Artes, Tenerife, Spain (November 11 - December 5, 2015)
2014
Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise, Nantes, France (September 12 - October 12, 2014)
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY (June 13 - November 16, 2014)
Palau Solterra, Foundació Vila Casas Museum of Contemporary Photography, Catalonia, Spain (Spring 2014)
2013
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ (Spring 2013)
Galería 3 Punts, Barcelona, Spain (July - August 2013)
Wall Space, Santa Barbara, CA (March 27 - May 5, 2013)
2012
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ (Fall 2012)
Galería 3 Punts, Barcelona, Spain (July - August 2012)
Wave Hill, Bronx, NY (catalog) (April 3 - August 19, 2012)
2011
Book Award Exhibition, Recontre d’Arles, Arles, France (July 4 - September 18, 2011)
Book and Magazine Show, Photo Ireland, Dublin (July 15 - 31, 2011)
2010
Make Art Public, Montreal, Canada (Spring - Summer 2010)
Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo, Brasília, Brazil (Fall 2010)
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY (Spring 2010)
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY (February 6 - June 6, 2010)
2009
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ (September 17, 2009 - August 22, 2010)
2008
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY (November 21, 2008 - April 19, 2009)
2007
George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, NY June 2 - September 30, 2007)
Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères, Hyères, France (April 27 - June 3, 2007) (catalog)
Centro Cultural Correios, Río de Janeiro, Brazil (June 13 - July 29, 2007)
Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art (Descubrimientos), Photo España, Madrid, Spain (May 30 - July 22, 2007)
2006
PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY (Spring 2006)
2005
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY (Fall 2005)
Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON (Fall 2005)
2002
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Fall 2002)
Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of NY at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY (Fall 2002)
Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY (Spring 2002)
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY (Spring 2002)
2001
Molloy College Art Gallery, Long Island, NY (Fall 2001)
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE (Summer 2001)
Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2000
Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College (SUNY), Jamestown, NY
1999
Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institution, NY
AWARDS/GRANTS/HONORS
2019
Prix Pictet, London, England, Nominee
2017-2019
The Hermitage Artist Retreat, Englewood, FL, Artist-in-Residence
2015
Prix Pictet, London, England, Nominee
2013
The Cord Prize, London, England, Finalist
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, Artist-in-Residence
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY, Commission
AIGA, New York, NY, 50 Books/50 Covers Award for Barcelona (Radius Books)
2011-2012
Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, Commission
2011
Kodak, Rochester, NY, 8x10 Film Grant
2010
Prix Pictet, London, England, Nominee
2009
Santa Fe Prize for Photography, Santa Fe, NM, Finalist
2008
Kodak, Rochester, NY, 8x10 Film Grant
2007
Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères, Hyères, France, Photography Prize Finalist
Kodak, Rochester, NY, 8x10 Film Grant
Photo España Descubrimientos, Madrid, Spain, Finalist
Air France, Paris, France, Travel Grant
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fraction Magazine, "Another Way of Looking at Love: Photographs by Janelle Lynch,“ Lauren Greenwald, May 6, 2019.
Elizabeth Avedon Blog, Best Photography Books of 2018 “Another Way of Looking at Love,” Elizabeth Avedon, December 11, 2018.
Don't Take Pictures, "Photo of the Day: Summer Wreath by Janelle Lynch," November 27, 2018.
Lescratch, "Another Way of Looking at Love," November 13, 2018.
The Photograph Collector, "Another Way of Looking at Love," February 2018, v. XXXIX, No. 2, p. 9.
Du Magaine, "Akna, by Janelle Lynch," May 2016, pp. 80-81.
Fraction Magazine, "Presence by Janelle Lynch," April 2016.
Coda Quarterly, “A Rigor Runs Through It," Beth Venn, Fall 2015.
Crónica ambiental, “Hallazgos invisibles," Vesta Mónica Herrerías, August 30, 2015.
The Photo Review, “Janelle Lynch: Barcelona, ”Stephen Perloff, February 2015, v. 31, no. 1, p. 44.
Don't Take Pictures, "Rule Breakers: Janelle Lynch," Paula Tognarelli January 21, 2015.
Presence: Janelle Lynch, "Pulled, As if By Force," Nancy Weekly, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, June 2014 (catalog essay).
Elizabeth Avedon Blog, “Janelle Lynch: Presence,” Elizabeth Avedon, July 26, 2014.
L’Oeil de la Photographie, “Janelle Lynch, Presence,” July 14, 2014.
Buffalo News, “Janelle Lynch honors Charles Burchfield with new photographs,” Colin Dabkowski, June 11, 2014.
F-Stop, “Janelle Lynch: Presence,” June 6, 2014.
Musée, "Barcelona Photographs and Writings by Janelle Lynch," February 5, 2014.
Construction, “Barcelona,” Janelle Lynch, January 16, 2014.
Lenscratch, “Janelle Lynch: Barcelona,” Aline Smithson, January 13, 2014.
Tricycle, “Parting Words,” Spring 2014, p. 120.
LensCulture, “Book Review: Barcelona, by Janelle Lynch,” 2013.
Elizabeth Avedon, “BOOKS 2013: My Top Ten and More,” Elizabeth Avedon, December 28, 2013.
photo-eye “Barcelona,” George Slade, November 18, 2013.
L'Oeil de la Photographie, “Janelle Lynch: Barcelona,” Laurence Cornet, December 12, 2013.
The Buffalo News, “In ‘Barcelona,’ Janelle Lynch explores kinship with Charles Burchfield,” Colin Dabkowski, December 12, 2013.
The Post-Journal, “A Mysterious Transmission,” Dusten Rader, August 1, 2013, p. E1.
The Post-Journal, “Emerging from Solitude,” Dusten Rader, May 19, 2013, p. E1.
Santa Barbara Independent, “Jardiniere,” Charles Donelan, May 1, 2013, p. C9.
The Post-Journal, “Frame of Mind,” Dusten Rader, January 27, 2013, p. 1.
The Boston Globe, “Exploring Mexican gardens of uncommon beauty,” Mark Feeney, December 2, 2011, p. 6.
Photo District News, “Notable Books, 2011: Part 2,” November 2011.
photo-eye Magazine, “Los Jardines de México,” Faye Robson, October 17, 2011.
Photo District News, “Landscaping Inside the Garden,” Conor Risch, July 2011, pp. 103-105.
The Santa Fe New Mexican, Pasatiempo, “Photo Synthesis,” Paul Weideman, July 22, 2011, pp. 28-29.
Las Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, “Los Jardines de México,” June 2011, p. 9.
El Confidential, “Janelle Lynch fotografía en 'Los jardines de México' la muerte y la vida,” June 2011.
La Jornada, “Un Jardín representa los aspectos del ciclo de la vida,” Jorge Caballero, May 31, 2011, p. 31.
Chilango, “En el Museo Archivo de la Fotografía Soledad, Extravío y Paisaje,” Fernando Delmar, February 25, 2011.
La Vanguardia (Dinero),“Río industrial (una elegía),” Juan Bufill, September 20, 2009, p. 16.
La Vanguardia (Culturas), “Janelle Lynch: Riu Llobregat,” September 30, 2009, pp. 16-17.
Bonart, “Janelle Lynch: El Riu Llobregat o l’elegia d’allò que va ser,” S. Muñoz D’Imbert, September, 2009, p. 77.
MU, “Janelle Lynch: Riu Llobregat,” October 2009, no. 82, pp. 22-23.
Metropolitan, “Arts: Quick Picks,” October 2009, no. 153, p. 31.
MU, “Janelle Lynch: River,” Inés Ruiz, March 2008, no. 66, pp. 15-16.
Cultura e Pensamento, “Janelle Lynch: River,” December 2007, no. 3, pp. 62-63.
La Vanguardia, “Ritmo de Ruinas,” Juan Bufill, October 13, 2007, p. 45.
Galería Antiqvaria, “Janelle Lynch: River,” Marila Gómez Alarcón, October 2007, no. 264, p. 84.
Photo-International, “Portfolio: Janelle Lynch," Hans-Michael Koetzle, September-October 2007, no. 5, pp. 50-57.
Kwartalnik Fotografia, “Janelle Lynch's Photographic River,” Ireneusz Zjedzalka, no. 23/2007, pp. 28-33.
Foto & Video, “Janelle Lynch: Akna,” Irina Tchmyreva, October 2007, no. 10, pp. 28-33.
Ambito Financiero, “Janelle Lynch: River,” August 10, 2007, sec. 2, p. 3.
Arte al Día, “Rio Abajo,” Marcela Costa Peuser, August 2007, p. 34.
ARTIST TALKS AND LECTURES
2019
Artist talk, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (forthcoming)
2018
Artist talk, Another Way of Looking at Love, One Grand Books, Narrowsburg, NY
Book presentation, Another Way of Looking at Love, The Golden Notebook, Woodstock, NY
2015
Visting Artist, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
2013
Artist talk, Society for Photographic Educators Northeast Regional Conference, Portland, ME
Artist talk, Photo Alliance, San Francisco, CA
Artist talk, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Artist talk, Los Jardines de México, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
2012
Artist talk, Los Jardines de México, LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
Artist talk, Los Jardines de México, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY
Book presentation, Los Jardines de México, The New School, New York, NY
Host, Landscape Night, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Book presentation, Los Jardines de México, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Artist talk, Los Jardines de México, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Book presentation, Los Jardines de México, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Book presentation, Los Jardines de México, Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM
Book presentation, Los Jardines de México, Kowasa, Barcelona, Spain
Panel discussion, Los Jardines de México, Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Mexico City, Mexico
2009
Artist talk, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Artist talk, Centre de la Imatge i Technologia Multimedia, UPC, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Visiting Artist, Vital Signs 2: Place, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Artist talk, Galería 3 Punts, Barcelona, Spain
Artist talk, RO Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina
ARTIST'S WRITINGS
photo-eye, "The Heavens by Barbara Bosworth," December 2018.
photo-eye, "Good Luck with the Future," by Rita Puig-Costa Serra and Dani Pujalte, March 16, 2018.
Afterimage, The Helsinki School: From the Past to the Future, Fall 2015, Vol. 43, No. 3, p. 43.
photo-eye, "Where Mimosa Bloom," by Rita Puig-Costa Serra February 19, 2015.
photo-eye, "The Way to the Golden Mountain," by Xiaoxiao Xu December 31, 2014.
photo-eye, "Ana Mendieta: Traces,” December 8, 2014.
photo-eye, "Tochter," by Clara Bahlsen October 9, 2014.
Loupe, "Public Art: Its History and Reach," June 2013, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 25-28.
“The Window,” in Barcelona (Photographs and writings by Janelle Lynch), Radius Books, July 2013.
Burchfield Penney Art Center, "2013 Artist in Residence Blog,” 2013
The Photo Review, "Historia, memoria y silencios,” 2013, vol. 30, no. 3, p. 45.
photo-eye, "War is Only Half the Story, Vol. V, The Aftermath Project,” March 21, 2013
photo-eye, "New Colour Guide by John MacLean,” February 7, 2013
Afterimage,"Historia, memoria y silencios by Lorena Guillén Vaschetti,” January/February 2013, vol. 40, no. 4, p. 43.
Loupe, “A Digital Legacy: Christine Elfman in Context,” June 2012, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 26-30.
Loupe, “Jesseca Ferguson: Photo Objects,” June 2012, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 2-9.
Loupe,“Michael Kolster: A River Lost and Found,” June 2012, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 7-10.
Loupe, “Richard Sobol: Island of Dreams,” June 2012, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 11-15.
MU, “Fotografía en Libros - Desde Arles,” October 2009, no. 82, pp. 22-23.
MU, “AIPAD Fería de Fotografía, NYC, Speers y Core,” May 2009, no. 79, pp. 11-13.
MU, “Arles Book Award Exhibit,” September 2008, no. 71, pp. 18-21.
MU, “City’s Edge: Photographs by Daniel Traub,” June 2008, no. 69, pp. 30-31.
PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-present
Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2018
Visiting Critic, Photography Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2015
Visiting Critic, Photography Program, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
2014
Visiting Critic, Photography Department, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2013
Visiting Critic, Department of Fine Arts, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
2011
Visiting Critic, Department of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA
Faculty, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, CITM, Barcelona, Spain
2007-2011
Visiting Art/Photography Teacher, Benjamin Franklin International School, Barcelona, Spain
2000-2002
Faculty, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY
2000-2001
Instructor, Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
2000
Instructor, New England Craft School Travel Program, Santa Fe, NM
Instructor, New England Craft School, Sunderland, MA
1999-2000
Assistant Teacher, BFA Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1998-1999
Assistant Teacher, BFA Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1997-1998
Assistant Photography Teacher, Institute for Collaborative Education, New York, NY