Lynn Hershman Leeson
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| Born | Lynn Lester Hershman June 17, 1941 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Case Western Reserve University, San Francisco State University |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, filmmaker, new media art |
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| Website | lynnhershman |
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.