CHRONOLOGY
1944
Born 3 July 1944, Racine, Wisconsin, USA.
1962-64
Attends University of Wisconsin
1964-1965
Attends Slade School of Art, University of London, produces first sculptures
1965-67
Attends University of Wisconsin (BS 1967), makes and exhibits first photographs and continues producing sculpture (none exhibited)
1967
Ox-bow Summer School of Painting, begins printmaking using imagery from consumer catalogues, receives Logan Award for printmaking at 71st Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Chicago Art Institute, attends Eastern Michigan University
1968
Attends University of Michigan, marries Andrew Lugg, begins teaching at Eastern Michigan University
1969
Continues print-making, mainly etching but some silkscreen, attends Eastern Michigan University (MA 1969)
1970-1971
Exhibits prints, receives a number awards, starts photographing with a view camera
1972
Besides printmaking and photographing, makes 'Front and Back' (16 mm film) in collaboration with Andrew Lugg
1973
Moves to Ottawa, Canada
1974
Begins teaching at University of Ottawa
1975
Begins association with Yajima Gallery (Montreal), first Canada Council Arts Grant
1979
Begins making 51cm x 61cm black and photographs, begins association with Yarlow/Salzman Gallery (Toronto)
1980
Becomes a Canadian citizen
1984
Teaches at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1985
First Ontario Arts Council Senior Arts Grant
1986
Begins making 76cm x 102cm black and photographs with Todd Watts (Motel Fine Arst), first Canada Council Senior Arts Grant
1988
Artist in residence, Light Work (Syracuse University), publishes Occupied Territory (Aperture, New York), begins association with P$P$O$W (New York) and Samia Saouma (Paris)
1989
Merit Award for Occupied Territory, Photo/Design, begins association with Art 45 (Montreal)
1990
Begins association with Galerie Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels)
1991
Artist in residence, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Guérigny (France), Canada Council Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award
1992
Publishes L'endroit du décor / Lost and Found (Hôtel des arts & FRAC-Limousin), teaches at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1993
Teaches at Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Préfiguration), visiting artist, International Photography Seminar, Alden Biesen (Belgium)
1994
Teaches at Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, visiting artist, Arteleku (San Sebastian)
1995
Artist in residence, Light Work, Syracuse University, teaches at Ecole Nationale de la Photographie (Arles, France)
1996
Begins association with Gallerie des Archives / In Situ – Fabienne Leclerc (Paris), teaches at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, artist in residence, Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, Ohio)
1998
Teaches workshop at Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, artist in residence, Universitat de Valencia, performs as 'Skinny Anguish' in 'Desire Caught by the Tail' by P. Picasso, National Gallery of Canada
1999
Visiting artist, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, teaches at Academie Sint Joost, Breda (Netherlands), participates in Photographies: Onze Artistes du Canada, film directed by H. Chiasson, ONF/NFB
2000
Shows colour pictures for the first time, begins association with Olga Korper Gallery, (Toronto) and Galeria Visor (Valencia, Spain), teaches at Academie Sint Joost (Breda, Netherlands) and Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunst (Antwerp)
2001
Gold award for photographic essay, National Magazine Awards, Canada, publishes No Man's Land, Thames and Hudson (London) and National Gallery of Canada, begins association with Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf (Frankfurt/Berlin), teaches at Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunst (Antwerp), artist in residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha)
2002
Retrospective at National Gallery of Canada, lecturer, Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildene Kunst (Salzburg), teaches at Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunst (Antwerp)
2003
Retrospective at Musée de l'Elysée Lausanne, Switzerland, becomes Adjunct Professor, Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture, Carleton University, teaches at Ecole d'arts appliqués (Vevey, Switzerland), moves to Montreal
2004
Begins association with Galeria Bacelos (Vigo, Spain), lecturer, Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildene Kunst (Salzburg), begins alliance with Virginia Commonwealth University as distinguished visiting artist and member, Graduate Adjunct Faculty
2005
Receives Governor General's Award in Visual Arts and Media Arts, publishes Camouflage, Le Point du Jour (Cherbourg/Paris), resigns from the University of Ottawa, first Conseil des arts et des letters (Québec), arts grant, lecturer, Internationalen Sommerakademie für Bildene Kunst (Salzburg)
2006
Teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University and EFTI Escuela de Fotografia (Madrid), begins association with Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York
2007
Canada Council Long Term Grant, lecturer, Internationale Sommerakademie für Bildene Kunst (Salzburg)
2008
Teaches at Ecole Nationale de la Photographie (Arles, France) and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon)
2009
Publishes Cover, Le Point du Jour (Cherbourg/Paris), begins association with Stephen Daiter Gallery (Chicago) and James Hyman Gallery (London), finalist, Grange Prize, Art Gallery of Ontario, member, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, teaches at EFTI Escuela de Fotografia (Madrid), conducts workshop at Festival Internacional de Fotografia (Lleida), participant, La Société française de photographie / Le Point du Jour (Cherbourg)
2010
Makes first 191cm x 229cm colour print
Scotiabank Photography Award, publishes Lynne Cohen, Dazibao/Vu (Montreal), teaches at Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten (Antwerp) and Ecole d'arts appliqués (Vevey, Switzerland)
2012
Publishes Nothing is Hidden (Steidel), Almas Gemeles (Tender Puentes, Pamplona) and a revised version of Occupied Territory (Aperture, New York)
2013
Publishes Faux Incides/False Clues (Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal)
2014
Publishes Lynne Cohen, Mapfre Foundation, Madrid. Dies of lung cancer in Montreal
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