ARTIST STATEMENT
Lynse Cooper
My practice is often a tribute.
My artistic practice often acts as a way to revere, memorialize, or honor those who are most important to me. My work concentrates on themes of death & grief, decay & preservation, loss, isolation, and memory. While historically, I have explored these themes through a domestic lens, I have recently begun to do so by photographing the natural landscape.
My practice is heavily research-based and I utilize a hybrid of image-making tools, including digital, analog, and cameraless photography, to render both figurative and abstract images. The resulting artworks construct narratives around friendship, family, representations of the body, and absence.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lynse Cooper
Lynse A. Cooper (b. 1993) is an artist working primarily in photography. Her work concentrates on themes of death & grief, decay & preservation, loss, isolation, and memory. Her practice is often a way to honor, revere, or memorialize those most important to her. She is a 2023 Cadogan awardee from the San Francisco Foundation and a 2024 Barclay Simpson Scholarship recipient from California College of the Arts. She was also included in Root Division’s Introductions 2023. She will graduate from CCA’s Graduate Fine Arts program in May 2024.
Website: lynse-cooper-photo.com
