Lynn Hershman Leeson
1941–
Introduction
Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman; born June 17, 1941) is an American multimedia artist and filmmaker. Her work with technology and in media-based practices is credited with helping to legitimize digital art forms. Her interests include feminism, race, surveillance, and artificial intelligence and identity theft through algorithms and data tracking.
Hershman Leeson has been described as a "new media pioneer" for her integration of emerging technologies into her work and is one of five artists that art historian Patrick Frank examines in his 2024 book Art of the 1980s: As If the Digital Mattered.
Wikidata identifier
Q6709060
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Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, art critic, cinematographer, computer artist, digital artist, installation artist, multimedia artist, performance artist, photographer, sculptor, video artist
ULAN identifier
500073057
Names
Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Lynn Hershman Lesson, Lynn Lester Hershman, Lynn Hershman
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed June 30, 2025.
