Painter
Member of Flag since
2015
Lynn’s Bio:
Born in 1949, in south Florida, Lynn Foskett was educated in the South, Midwest and Northeast, including study abroad. Receiving a strong visual arts background in her early college career, with a focus in fashion illustration, she earned her BFA degree in painting from Northern Illinois University. Returning to Florida, Foskett joined the Professional Association of Visual Artists (PAVA) and was juried into the Florida Artists Group (FLAG).
Foskett continues to grow her work through participation in area programs and workshops such as: programs offered by Creative Pinellas; Morean Arts Center (juried into the BIG INK woodblock print workshop); and workshops led by established artists: photographer Anna Tomczak, printmaker Linda Berghoff, and mixed-media artist Elena De La Ville.
Her work is exhibited throughout Florida, in 2019 as Artist in Residence for Pinellas Community Foundation’s Act II: Aging in Place program and the Gallery221@HCC exhibition: 130 Years: Lynn Foskett, Leslie Neumann, and Roberta Schofield. She was one of the nine recipients of the Creative Pinellas 2019/20 Emerging Artist Grant.
Foskett’s work is held in private and public collections throughout the United States and Canada.
Artist Statement:
While traditional approaches continue to inform my work, experimentation with different mediums, tools and materials is central to my practice. These have included: sewn and stuffed canvas forms; oil and cold wax medium; digital drawing; handmade books; shaped and layered substrates; and incorporating found objects to name a few.
My current work is an exploration of our perceptions and how we make sense of them, as conveyed through the filter of memory. I often use the chair as a metaphor for this exploration – as a “conveyance of memory,” if you will.
Education:
1975 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
1970 Associate Degree, Garland Jr. College, Boston, MA
Awards and Honors:
Florida Artists Group Annual Exhibitions, 2015 – 2020; 2020 Best of Show/Elizabeth
Morris Genius Award; 2017 Honorable Mention
Creative Pinellas 2019/20 Emerging Artists Grant Recipient, 2020 Grantees Exhibition
Alliance for the Arts 33rd Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition,
2019 Honorable Mention
Pinellas Community Foundation Artist in Residence and ACT II: Aging in Place
Grant Recipient 2018 -2019
Art Center Sarasota Florida’s Finest, 2017 Merit Award
Professional Association of Visual Artists
Annual Member Show,
2012 Honorable Mention
Pasco Arts Council 2007 – 2015, 2015 Second Place, 2013 Best of Category (Drawing),
2009 Best of Category (Mixed Media), 2007 Honorable mention
Select Group Exhibitions:
2017 67th Annual FLAG All Member Exhibition
Coral Springs Contemporary Art Museum,
Coral Springs FL
FLAG Area Member Exhibition – Cornerstone Gallery,
St. Petersburg College, Clearwater FL
Juried, “Florida’s Finest” Exhibition – Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL
99th Annual Member Show – Morean Arts Center,
St. Petersburg FL
Juried, “On Your Mark” Exhibition – Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin FL
2016 66th Annual FLAG Member Exhibition – Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs, Bonita Springs FL
PAVA Exhibition, Brighthouse Corporate Offices gallery, Clearwater FL
2015 FLAG 65th Annual Member Exhibition – Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs FL
Juried, Las Damas de Arte 31st Annual “Sunday in the Arts,” – Scarfone-Hartley Gallery,
University of Tampa, Tampa FL
97th Annual Member Show – Morean Arts Center,
St. Petersburg FL
2014 Juried, 63rd Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Juried, PAVA Annual Spring Show – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Juried, Las Damas de Arte 30th Annual “Sunday in the Arts,”
Scarfone-Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
2012 Juried, PAVA Annual Spring Show – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
2011 “Embracing Creativity,“ by Invitation, Pasco Art Center, New Port Richey FL
Other Select Exhibition:
ArtFields Annual Juried Art Competition for Southern Artists, ArtFields,
Lake City SC 2020
Sunday in the Arts, Annual Juried Exhibition, Las Damas de Arte, Tampa Women’s
Alliance 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020
Solo Show, Take A Seat…Lynn Foskett, Pinellas Community Foundation, “Festivale 50,
The Gallery at Creative Pinellas
130 Years: Lynn Foskett, Leslie Neumann, and Roberta Schofield Exhibition,
Gallery221@HCC, Tampa FL, 2019
Solo Show, The Empty Chair: Exploring the Chair as Metaphor, Pasco Fine Arts
Council, New Port Richey FL, 2018
All Florida Exhibition, Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota, 2017 and 2018
All Florida Artists Show, 63rd Annual, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton FL, 2014
Solo Show, A Linear Perspective, Artists Faire Gallery, Tarpon Springs FL 2013
Invitational, Embracing Creativity, Pasco Arts Council, New Port Richey FL 2011
Professional Associations and Affiliations:
FLAG (Florida Artists Group)
PAVA (Professional Association of Visual Artists)
Pasco Arts Council
Tarpon Springs Public Art Committee, Chairman