contact: jf@jflynch.com

JF Lynch was born in Boston in 1980. He received his MFA in Painting and Drawing from Pratt Institute in 2011 and his BFA in illustration from the Art Institute of Boston in 2002 . He was the Visual Arts Editor for apt Literary Journal from 2007-2012 and co-curated the pop-up gallery Botanic in Bushwick from 2012-2014. JF currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY with his with wife, illustrator/ designer Robin E. Mork.

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Born

Boston, 1980 Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education

M.F.A. (with distinction) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY - 2011

B.F.A. Art Institute of Boston, Boston MA - 2002

Lorenzo DiMedici Art Institute of Florence, Florence, Italy - 2000

Residencies

2013-2014 Contemporary Arts Center at Woodside, Troy NY

Select Exhibitions

2019 (SOLO) Word Drawings - curated by Peter Gynd, Lesley Heller Gallery , NY NY

2018 Night Regulation - curated by Patrick Neal, Radiator Gallery , LIC NY NY

2016 (SOLO) Whisper Party–Martin Gallery at Muhlenberg College, PA

2015 Group Salon – curated by John Baber Lesley Heller Workspace NY,NY | ChiChi Factory Show- curated by Kira Bucca - ChiChi Factory Industry City BK NY | Making History- curated by Krista Saunders & Dexter Wimberly, Storefront Ten Eyck Gallery, BK NY

2014 Echo Art Fair – c: Christopher Stout, BACG, Buffalo, NY | BACG loves... - c: Christopher Stout & Drew Van Deist, Brooklyn Fire Proof East | Kiki Bouba – c: John O'Connor Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY | Pratt MFA Alumni Exhibit - c: Honey Ramka Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2013 RANSOM - Brooklyn Wayfarers, Brooklyn, NY | Yo Brooklynites III - Hadas Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | Bushwick Art Crit Group - inaugural presentation - Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY | Art For Music's Sake - Rogue Space, New York, NY | 100 NY Artists - Pop Up Art Shop, Barranquilla, Colombia

2012 Of Mind, Body & Soul – c: Peter Gynd, Fowler Arts, Brooklyn, NY | Pledge-a-sketch (NYFA Relief Benefit) –Times Square Art Sq., New York, NY | Year Two (Sandy Benefit) – c: Lia Post, Fowler Arts, Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn Go – a Brooklyn Museum event, Brooklyn, NY

2011 The Drawing Show – c: P.M. Nicholson, Botanic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | @ deKalb – c: P.M. Nicholson, Botanic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | Additional Matter – c: May Shetrit, Lyons Wier Project Space, NY, NY | Chain Letter – SamsØn Projects, Boston, MA | Yo Brooklynites! – Hadas Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | MFA Group show – Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY, NY | Pratt Harlem Project – c: Heather Darcy Bhandari & Elissa Levy, NY, NY | First Appearance: J.F. Lynch - DeKalb Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)