Nathan Lynch nlynch@cca.edu

Education

Mills College: Master of Fine Art, Studio Art

University of Southern California: Bachelor of Fine Art, Studio Art; Magna Cum Laude

Teaching Experience

Chair and Assistant Professor,Ceramics Department, California College of the Arts, 2006

Color and Form, Spring 2005

Interdisciplinary Critique, Fall 2004

Color and Form, Fall 2004

Color and Form, Fall 2004

Comparative Methods: Time and Space, Spring 2004

Combined Media: Ceramics and Performance Art, Fall 2003

Comparative Methods: Multiplicity and Singularity, Fall 2003

Beginning Ceramics, Summer 2003

Beginning Ceramics, Spring 2003

Beginning Ceramics, Fall 2002

Visiting Professor of Studio Art, Mills College

Advanced Ceramics, ArtS, 291/391, Spring 2005

Ceramics, ArtS 091(191): Spring 2004

Ceramics, ArtS 091(191): Spring 2001

Adjunct Faculty, University of Southern California

Beginning Ceramics, Art 112: Fall 2001

Beginning Ceramics, Art 112: Fall 2001

Visiting Lecturer, College of Marin

Ceramics, Spring 2004

Visiting Instructer, El Camino Community College

Ceramics, Art 61AB: Fall 2001

Public Lectures

Salon Series, Headlands Center for the Arts, April 2003

Visiting Artist, Princeton University, February 2002

Visiting Artist, University of Pennsylvania, February 2002

Upcoming Exhibitions

Guns and Roses, (solo), Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA, 2005

Solo and Exhibitions

Together and Alone, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA, 2005

UNDERCOVER, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 2004

Room for the Longest Word, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA, 2002

Strawberry Duplex, Bookwalter Gallery, Richland, WA, 1997

Solid Space; University of Southern California, Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1997

Selected Group Exhibitions

Election 2004: The State of the Union, Sante Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, 2004

The Hunt: Ritual and Narrative, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID, 2004

Untethered, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA, 2004

New Work: Faculty 2004, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, 2004

Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2004

Petting Zoo, Art Basel, Miami, FL, 2003

Unnatural Materials, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, 2003

For Example, Michael Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2003

Fashion is Art, Bumpershoot, Seattle, WA, 2003

New Work: Faculty 2003, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, 2003

Terra Forma, Arts Benicia; Benicia, CA, 2003

Add, Drop, Add, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, 2002

Visual Lexicon, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA, 2001

Abominable, Vagabond Gallery, Palmer, AK, 2001

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition; Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA, 1999

Bay Area Sculpture Biennial; Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA, 1998

Sculpture Pro-Am, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA, 1998

The Lite Light Show, Lime Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 1996

Performances

The Lowtones: Chamber Music; Lincoln Center, New York, NY, 2003

Where is Your Wheel? Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2003

Airpocket: ON THE RUNWAY, Bumpershoot, Seattle, WA, 2003

The Fountain Etudes, performed by The Brentano String Quartet, Kojiro Umezaki (Shakuhachi), Taplin Concert Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2003

Airpocket: THREE HOLE PUNCH, Headlands Center for the Arts, S.F. CA, 2002

Airpocket; VOW, Windhover Center for Performing Arts, Gloucester, MA, 2002

Gutterball, Headlands Center for the Arts, S.F. CA, 2002

Where is Your Wheel?; Vermont, New Hampshire, N.Y.C., San Francisco; Mar. 2000-present

Aerovox: Chamber Music, with Dylan Bolles; Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA, 2001

Air Pocket; with Dylan Bolles, Venue 9, San Francisco, 1999

Bibliography

SPARK, KQED Public Television, July 2, 2003

Baker, Kenneth. "Sculptor Lynch's 'Where is Your Wheel?'" San Francisco Chronicle, B10, May 12, 2001.

Baker, Kenneth, “More ‘Close Calls’ at Headlands,” San Francisco Chronicle, D1, Jan. 20, 2004.

Bauer, Ian. “Big wheel keep on turnin’,” The Montclarion, pA1, A10, Feb. 23, 2001. (reproduction)

Berry, Colin. “Untethered,” KQED radio, California Report, March 26, 2004.

Coffey, Ted. "Happy: A Roonerspism on Aesthetic Response” Princeton University, p. 12, March 1, 2001. (reproduction)

Koppman, Debra. “UNDERCOVER,” Artweek, p. 5, June 2004.

Lubin, Erin. “Just Looking,” Marin Independent Journal, C3, January 19, 2004.

Meade, Fionne. “Fashion is Heavy Accessories”, Fashion is Art (exhibition catalog), p.20, 2003.

"Room For The Longest Word", The Fremont Bulletin, Feature, September 21, 2002.

"Room For The Longest Word", EastBay Express, Billboard Opener October 2, 2002.

Feature Friday, San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook, September 27, 2002.

Van Proyen, Mark. “’Close Calls’ at Headlands Center for the Arts,” Artweek, p. 14, April 2004.

Residencies

Headlands Center for the Arts, Affiliate Artist, 2001-03

Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 2002

Vermont Studio Center, 2000

Honors and Awards

Headlands Center for the Arts, Curator, LiveArt: Music & Literature in Performance, 2003-4

Faculty Development Grant, California College of the Arts, 2003

Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center 2000

Trefethen Scholarship, Mills College 1998

Alumni Scholarship, Mills College 1997

Collections

Washington State, Office of Public Instruction, Olympia, WA

Katy Makins, Los Angeles, CA

Rachel Major and Phillip Bensaid, San Francisco, CA

Barbara Schauffler, Lafayette, CA

Harry S. Dent Foundation, Oakland, CA

References available upon request