Lynn Hershman Leeson

Overview

Lynn Hershman Leeson has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. She has shown in institutions and biennials including the Venice Biennale (2022); The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2022); The Shed, New York (2019); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2019); Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (2018); Whitney Museum of American Art (2017); as well as international exhibitions including the Gwangju Biennial, Korea (2021) and Riga Biennial of Contemporary Art (2018). In 2021, her solo exhibition, Twisted, was installed at The New Museum in New York. Her retrospective exhibition, Civic Radar, traveled between Germany and San Francisco from 2014 and 2017. Solo exhibitions of Hershman Leeson’s work have been held at Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf (2025); Altman Siegel, San Francisco (2022); bürobasel, Basel (2021); Rozenstraat, Amsterdam (2021); Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Comunidad de Madrid (2019); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2018); Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel (2018); Modern Art Oxford (2015); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2013), and the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2007). Her films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival, among others. Hershman Leeson lives and works between San Francisco and New York City.