Current
“Lynn Hershman Leeson is the inaugural portraitist of the information age— a supremely astute observer of the protocols and institutions that at once consolidate, mediate and invert the interests of contemporary identity.”
—Dr. Pamela Lee
Read a recent New York Times feature (Nov. 8, 2019) on Lynn Hershman Leeson and her career.
Below is a frequently updated list of current and recent exhibitions and screenings.
Current
SFMOMA Film Program: No Time to Rest!
SFMOMA
San Francisco, California
November 11 – December 22, 2020
www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/no-time-to-rest
I Yield My Time. Fuck You!
Altman Siegel
San Francisco, California
October 29 – December 19, 2020
altmansiegel.com
We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz
Jewish Museum
New York, New York
October 1 – January 24, 2021
thejewishmuseum.org
States of Mind: Art in American Democracy
Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University
Houston, Texas
September 19 – December 19
moody.rice.edu
UPCOMING
Lynn Hershman Leeson: twisted
New Museum
New York, New York
June 2021
newmuseum.org
Gwangju Biennale 2021: Minds Rising, Spirits Turning
Gwangju, Korea
February 26 – May 9, 2021
www.gwangjubiennale.org
New Time, Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century
UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley, California
February 24th – August 29th, 2021
bampfa.org
Past
Film Retrospective: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Porto. Agora – Cultura e Desporto
Porto, Portugal
August 30th – September 13th, 2020
www.publico.pt/2020
UNCanny valley: Being Human in the age of AI
De Young
San Francisco, California
February 22 – October 25, 2020
deyoung.famsf.org
Fluidités: l’humain qui vient
Le Fresnoy
Tourcoing, France
February 8 – April 29, 2020
lefresnoy.net
The Question of intelligence – AI and the future of humanity
Parsons School of Design, The New School
New York, New York
February 7 – April 8, 2020
newschool.edu/parsons
D3us EX M4CH1NA – Art and Artificial intelligence
LABoral | Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial Gijón, Spain
November 22 2019 – May 16, 2020
http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org
Writing the History of the Future
ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Karslruhe, Germany
Ongoing from February 2019
zkm.de
The electronic diaries of Lynn Hershman Leeson (2019)
New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival
Park City, Utah
January 24 – February 1, 2020
sundance.org
Hadaly and sowana, cyborgs and witches
Espace multimédia gantner
Bourogne, France
October 12, 2019 – January 25, 2020
espacemultimediagantner.cg90.net
Manual override
The Shed
New York, New York
November 13, 2019 – January 12, 2020
theshed.org
Anozero – Coimbra biennial of contemporary Art
Coimbra, Portugal
November 2 – December 29, 2019
anozero-bienaldecoimbra.ptt
Speed Show: Face The Face
Internet Cafe – Midnightshop
Berlin, Germany
July 5, 2019, 7:00 – 10:00 pm
speedshow.net
Surrogates
Kayne Griffin Corcoran
Los Angeles, California
May 11 – July 6, 2019
kaynegriffincorcoran.com
Snap + Share: Transmitting Photographs from Mail Art to Social Networks
SF MoMA
San Francisco, California
March 30 – August 4, 2019
sfmoma.org
Uncanny Values
Vienna Biennial for Change 2019
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
Vienna, Austria
May 29 – June 10, 2019
mak.at
First Person Plural
Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo
Madrid, Spain
February 15 – June 16, 2019
ca2m.org
Architecture Effects
Guggenheim Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain
December 5, 2018 – April 28, 2019
guggenheim-bilbao.eus
Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art 1965-2018
Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, New York
September 28 2018 – April 14, 2019
whitney.org
West by Midwest
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
November 17, 2018 – January 27, 2019
mcachicago.org
The New Art Festival ’18
Presented as part of the Hands-On program
National Museum of Natural History and Science
Lisbon, Portugal
November 9 – 30, 2018
thenewartfest.com
Artificial Paradise? Immersion in Space and Time
Künstlerhause Halle für Kunst and Medien
Graz, Austria
September 23 – November 29, 2018
km-k.at
DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics
Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre
London, England
August 22 – October 14, 2018
southbankcentre.co.uk
Art in Motion. 100 Masterpieces with and through Media
ZKM
Karlsruhe, Germany
July 14, 2018 – February 24, 2019
zkm.de
Artist Talk With Lutz Roewer (Forensic) and Anna Gritz (Curator at KW Institute for Contemporary Art)
KW on Location
Berlin, Germany
June 17, 2018
kw-berlin.de
Screening of Conceiving Ada & VertiGhost at Art Basel
Art Basel Film Programme
Presented by Shanghart Gallery, Brussels & Gallery Waldburger Wouters, Brussels
Basel, Switzerland
June 14, 2018
artbasel.com
Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art
Riga, Latvia
June 2 – October 28, 2018
rigabiennial.com
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Anti-Bodies
House of Electronic Arts Basel (HeK Basel)
Basel, Switzerland
June 2 – August 5, 2018
hek.ch
Lynn Hershman: Alter Ego (Roberta Breitmore Series)
ShanghART Singapore
Singapore
June 1 – August 16, 2018
shanghartgallery.com
Objects Like Us
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Berlin, Germany
May 20, 2017 – January 13, 2019
aldrichart.org
First Person Plural
Presented by KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Berlin, Germany
May 19 – July 15, 2018
kw-berlin.de
The Novalis Hotel
Presented by KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Berlin, Germany
May 19 – June 17, 2018
kw-berlin.de
A Manual for Automatons, Bionic Beings and Cyborgs, 1962-1982
Anglim Gilbert Gallery
San Francisco, California
April 26 – May 26, 2018
anglimgilbertgallery.com
Flashes of the Future
Ludwig Forum
Aachen, Germany
April 20 – August 19, 2018
ludwidforum.de
Cellular World
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art
Gallery of Modern Art
Glasgow, Scotland
April 19 – October 7, 2018
galleryofmodernart.com
Solo Exhibition
Paul van Esch and Partners at SHOWROOM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
April 20 – August 19, 2018
paulvanesch.com
Screening of Tania Libre at EPOS Art Film Festival
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
Tel-Aviv, Israel
March 2018
filmart.co.il
ADAA Art Fair
Presented by Anglim Gilbert Gallery
New York, New York
February 28 – March 4, 2018
artdealers.org
WCA Lifetime Achievement Award
Women’s Caucus for Art
Los Angeles, California
February 24, 2018
nationalwca.org
CAA Distinguished Feminist Award – Visual Artist
College Art Association
Los Angeles, California
February 21, 2018
collegeart.org
Artist Talk: Lynn Hershman Leeson
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
February 8, 2018
harvard.edu
Art in the Age of the Internet
ICA Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
February 7 – May 20, 2018
icaboston.org
Untitled Art Fair
Presented by Anglim Gilbert Gallery
San Francisco, California
January 12-18, 2018
untitledartfairs.com
How to Haunt a Ghost: A Conversation with Lynn Hershman Leeson
FOG Design + Art Fair
San Francisco, California
January 11, 2018
fogfair.com
VertiGhost
Legion of Honor
San Francisco, California
December 16, 2017 – March 25, 2018
legionofhonor.org
vertighost.net
Screening of Tania Libre at DART Film Festival
Girona & Zumzeig Cinemas
Barcelona, Spain
November 27 – December 4, 2017
dart-festival.com
Affect Me – Social Media Images In Art
Kai 10 | Arthena Foundation
Düsseldorf, Germany
November 11, 2017 – March 10, 2018
kaistrasse10.de
Lynn Hershman Leeson Solo Booth at FIAC
FIAC 2017 International Contemporary Art Fair
Booth presented by Waldburger Wouters Gallery
Paris, France
October 19 – 22, 2017
fiac.com
Screening of Tania Libre at CAST
Cornubian Arts & Science Trust
Helston, Cornwall, UK
October 20, 2017
c-a-s-t.org.uk
Being Modern: MoMA in Paris
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Paris, France
October 11, 2017 – March 5, 2018
fondationlouisvuitton.fr
Making/Breaking the Binary: Women, Art & Technology (1965-1985)
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery
University of the Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 9 – December 8, 2017
parts.edu
Exhibition of Infinity Engine at Future Shock
SITE Santa Fe
Santa Fe, New Mexico
October 7, 2017 – April 29, 2018
sitesantafe.org
The Policeman’s Beard Is Half Constructed: Art In The Age of Artificial Intelligence
Bonner Kunstverein and Artothek
Bonn, Germany
September 22, 2017 – November 19, 2018
bonner-kunstverein.de
Screenings of Tania Libre in Canada
Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto, Canada
June 14 & 16, 2017
ago.ca
Screening of Tania Libre at SF DocFest
The Vogue Theater
San Francisco, California
June 9, 2017
sfindie.com
Screening of Tania Libre in Los Angeles
Laemmle’s Royal Theater
Los Angeles, California
June 2-8, 2017
laemmle.com
Screening of Conceiving Ada at SIWFF
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival
Seoul, South Korea
June 2, 2017
siwff.or.kr
Screenings of Tania Libre at MoMA
Museum of Modern Art
New York, New York
Special introduction by director Lynn Hershman Leeson and Robyn Hullihan of the Trust for Trauma Journalism on May 18th
May 18-24, 2017
moma.org
Civic Radar Book Discussion and Signing
In conjunction with Civic Radar
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, California
April 19, 2017
ybca.org
West Coast Premier of Tania Libre
San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco, California
April 11, 2017
sffs.org
ARTSpeak: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Fashion Institute of Technology
ARTSpeak Lecture Series
New York, New York
April 6, 2017
fitnyc.edu
Screening of Teknolust with Director Q&A
Fashion Institute of Technology
Film + Media Screening Series
New York, New York
April 4, 2017
fitnyc.edu
US Premier of Tania Libre at MoMA
Modern Mondays
Museum of Modern Art
New York, New York
February 27, 2017
moma.org
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Secrets From The Crypt
Anglim Gilbert Gallery
San Francisco, California
February 22 – April 1, 2017
anglimgilbertgalllery.com
World Premier of Tania Libre at Berlinale
Berlin International Film Festival
Panorama Category
Berlin, Germany
February 14, 2017
berlinale.de
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Civic Radar
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, California
February 10 – May 21, 2017
ybca.org
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Remote Controls
Bridget Donahue
New York, New York
January 27 – March 12, 2017
bridgetdonahue.nyc
Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art 1905-2016
Whitney Museum
New York, New York
October 28, 2016 – February 5, 2017
whitney.org
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Moss Art Center at Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
October 20 – December 10, 2016, with keynote presentation on October 21st
artscenter.vt.edu
Lynn Hershman: Body Collage
Armory Gallery, School of the Visual Arts at Virgnia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
October 18 – November 8, 2016
gallery.vt.edu
Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic
Haus der Kunst
Munich, Germany
October 10, 2016 – March 16, 2017
hausderkunst.de
Trans Genesis: Evaporations and Mutations
Vilma Gold
London, UK
October 4 – 29, 2016
vilmagold.com
Transitions
Zuckerman Museum of Art Galleries
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
September 10 – December 4, 2016
zuckerman.kennesaw.edu
Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool
Gladstone Gallery
Brussels, Belgium
September 9 – 24, 2016
gladstonegallery.com
The Politics of Portraiture
Jessica Silverman Gallery
San Francisco, CA
June 24 – August 27, 2016
jessicasilvermangallery.com
Art Basel
Galerie Waldburger Wouters
Basel, Switzerland
June 16 – 19, 2016
artbasel.com
Tania Bruguera: A State of Vulnerability (Rough Cut Screening)
Tate Modern
London, UK
June 8, 2016
tate.org.uk
Shapeshifters
Shulamit Nazarian
Los Angeles, California
June 4 – July 9, 2016
shulamitnazarian.com
Caméra(Auto)Contrôle
Centre de la photographie, Genéve
Geneva, Switzerland
June 1 – July 31, 2016
centrephotogeneve.ch
Constellated
Anglim Gilbert Gallery
San Francisco, CA
June 1 – July 16, 2016
anglimgilbertgallery.com
The Campaign for Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, California
May 14 – September 18, 2016
sfmoma.org
Dead Ends
Long Island City, New York
May 8 – 15, 2016
primaryworksurface.org.uk
!Women Art Revolution (Screening)
NW Film Center, Portland Art Museum
Portland, Oregon
April 15 – June 6, 2016
nwfilm.org
Flavr Savr
The Pit
Glendale, California
April 10 – May 22, 2016
the-pit.la
Lynn Turning into Roberta
Vilma Gold Gallery
London, UK
March 19 – April 16, 2016
vilmagold.com
Cyborgs and Self-Promotion
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
March 10 – 29, 2016
clevelandart.org
Real Fine Arts Presents, New York
New York, New York
March 2 – 6, 2016
realfinearts.com
Liquid Identities
Lehmbruck Museum
Duisburg, Germany
February 27 – June 5, 2016
lehmbruckmuseum.de
Concept, Performance, Documentation, Language
Mitchell Algus Gallery
New York, New York
February 20 – April 17, 2016
mitchellalgusgallery.com
The Imitation Game
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester, United Kingdom
February 13 – June 5, 2016
manchesterartgallery.org
Electronic Superhighway
Whitechapel Gallery
London, UK
January 29 – May 15, 2016
whitechapelgallery.org