Five decades with artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson

​Season 3 of Artwrld Sesions is presented in partnership with Rhizome, the international hub for new media art.

​Each session is recorded for a live online audience and co-presented by Michael Connor, Executive Director of Rhizome, and Josh Goldblum, Artwrld Founder and CEO. This week we welcome internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson.

​Hershman Leeson will present a selection of works spanning 5 decades of work, including her current exhibition Deep Fake at Hoffman Donahue in Los Angeles which fuses celebrity portraits in her Hero Sandwiches series to expose how gender and identity are constructed.

​Following the presentation, Hershman Leeson will field questions from the audience.

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About Lynn Hershman Leeson
Over the last five decades, artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson has been internationally acclaimed for her art and films. Hershman Leeson is widely recognized for her innovative work investigating issues including: the relationship between humans and technology, identity, surveillance, and the use of media as a tool of empowerment against censorship and political repression.

​Lynn Hershman Leeson is a recipient of many awards including a Siggraph Lifetime Achievement Award, Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica, and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. And in 2022, she was awarded a special mention from the Jury for her participation in the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. In 2023, Pratt Institute of Art in NY awarded her with an Honorary Doctorate.

About Rhizome
Rhizome champions internet art and culture through commissions, exhibition, and digital preservation, online at rhizome.org and in partnership with its longtime affiliate and host, the New Museum in New York City.

​​Founded in 1996 by artist Mark Tribe as an intimate email list connecting some of the first artists to work on the web and now—more than twenty years later—a thriving nonprofit with robust, multi-tiered programming, Rhizome has played an integral role in the history, definition, and growth of art engaged with the internet.

​About Artwrld

​​Artwrld is a social discovery app that makes the art world more welcoming, accessible and easier to explore. Now live in NYC and LA. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ More at: artwrld.com