Saturday March 15th, 2025 from 1pm-3pm

Join us this spring in the Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts gallery for an exhibition reception and walk-through with Lynn Bierbaum for her solo exhibition Echoes. This reception is an opportunity to meet a local professional glass artist and hear them speak first-hand about how and why they create their artwork.

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVP is not required, but recommended. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Echoes: A Solo Exhibition by Lynn Bierbaum is on view at Foci MCGA from January 31 - March 29, 2025 during our gallery hours.

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Exhibition Statement

“Echoes,” a series of photographic sculptures by Lynn Bierbaum, explores the interconnection between human spaces and the search for solitude in nature. Through distortions of light and shadow, these sculptures depict both environmental and interior spaces, blurring our perspective on how the objects we cherish and the furnishings within our homes mimic and reflect nature.

Lynn employs the 1851 photographic process known as “wet plate collodion” in combination with her fused and blown glass. The resulting photographs appear negative when viewed through light and positive when backed with a color such as black. This interplay of light and darkness creates a striking three-dimensional effect, allowing the imagery to transcend the confines of traditional photography.

Artist Biography

Lynn Bierbaum is a photographer and glass artist currently residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She believes that her interest in the art making process stems not only from viewing the world through the lens of a camera, but rather embracing the origin of the word photography, meaning “painting with light”. Her sculptural photographic work combines darkroom techniques in conjunction with blown glass, in order to warp and bend light to convey her personal perception of time and memory.

Lynn has presented as a panelist on alternative processes for the Culture lab (Long Island City, New York) and sculptural photography at the Experimental Photo Festival (Barcelona, Spain). Her work has been exhibited at A Smith Gallery, (Johnson City, Texas), Institut d’Estudis Fotogràphics de Catalunya, Barcelona, and Art Intersection, (Gilbert, Arizona). In 2019, she was featured as an interviewed artist in the premiere issue of Analog Forever Magazine. She graduated in the spring of 2023 with her MFA in photography and related media at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Lynn is currently an Art Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls and a hot glass instructor with Foci the Minnesota Center for Glass Arts.

Website: www.lynnbierbaumart.com

Instagram: @lynn_bierbaum

Travel & Parking: Our entrance is facing E 22nd St, beside a garage door and a small parking lot that is free to use. Additional free parking is available on the surrounding streets. One block to Hwy 55/Hiawatha Ave. Two blocks to entrance to I-94. Two blocks to Franklin LRT Station.

Metro Transit: Nearest bus stops are #56504 (22nd St E & Cedar Ave S) and #16444 (Minnehaha Ave S & 22nd St E), both on Route 9. Nearest light rail station is on Franklin Avenue (Blue Line). Both stops are within a five minute walk from the studio.

Accessibility:

Wheelchair-accessible restroom
A limited amount of wheelchair-accessible parking spaces are available in the lot in front of our entrance.
Please reach out to us at contact@mnglassart.org for questions or assistance preparing for your visit