Lynne Harlow

b. 1968 Attleboro, MA / Lives in Providence, RI

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Biography
Lynne Harlow (b. 1968 Attleboro, MA; lives Providence, RI) has exhibited her work nationally and internationally for the past 15 years, including in the United States, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Here at the gallery, she has mounted three very well-received solo exhibitions – Ask the Sky, Baker Bridge Road (2016), Against the Velvet of the Long Goodbye (2013), and BEAT (2007). She also participated in our recent group exhibition Fiber Optic (2015), as well as our large survey exhibitions MINUS SPACE en Oaxaca: Panorama de 31 artistas internacionales, Oaxaca, Mexico (2012) and MINUS SPACE curated by Phong Bui at MoMA/PS1 (2008-2009).

Harlow’s work was included in the 2013 deCordova Biennial at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA. Her additional museum exhibitions include MoMA PS1 (New York, NY); Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (Ithaca, NY); Brattleboro Museum and Art Center (Brattleboro, VT); and Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (Oaxaca, Mexico).

Harlow has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Chinati Foundation, Rhode Island Foundation, and BAU Institute, and her work has been reviewed in publications, such as Artforum, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Providence Journal, and Artnet Magazine, among others.

Harlow’s work is included in public collections, such as The Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Public Library, and Hunter College (all New York, NY); RISD Museum (Providence, RI); and The Philips Collection (Washington, DC).

Harlow holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BA from Framingham State College.  

Statement
How little is enough?  How much can be taken away before a piece crumbles?  I arrive at my pieces by reducing physical and visual information.  This process of reduction, a steady taking away, is ultimately intended to be an act of generosity.  In each piece I’m looking for the point at which these reductions allow me to give the most.  It’s an appealing contradiction because it prompts one to reconsider the concept of abundance and the nature of giving.