Lynn Schuette

Since 2010 Open Studio/annual solo exhibitions have been presented in my studio in the Encanto neighborhood of the City of San Diego.

2019 WARPAINT, Bread and Salt Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016 One Dozen Roses, PS Platinum, LA Jolla, CA
New & Recent Paintings, Studio Door, San Diego, CA
2014 Body Paint, Mandell Weiss Gallery at Dance Place, San Diego, CA
2011 The Beauty Project & Related Works, Pacific Beach/Taylor Library,
San Diego, CA  
2009 Mi oeste perdido, Suture, San Diego, CA
2006 Lynn Schuette: A Decade of Paintings and Drawings, Otay Mesa-Nestor Library, San Diego, CA
2004 In a World Where Butchers Sing Like Angels, Pacific Beach/Taylor Library, San Diego, CA
2003-2002 The Garden Show, Art Cellar Exchange, San Diego, CA & Bard Hall Gallery, San Diego, CA
1998-1997 My Nature, Margeaux Kurtie Modern Art, Madrid, NM, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996 Incarnadine, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1994 Meridian , David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1992-1991 Bloodstorm, Lyceum Theater, San Diego, CA, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1988 Visceral Devotion, MAG Galleries, Santa Monica, CA
1987 Visceral Devotion, Educational Cultural Complex, San Diego, CA, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

EDUCATION

1977 Workshop, Grantsmanship Training Center, Los Angeles, CA
1970-72 Graduate Work, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1970 BFA Summa Cum Laude, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
1969 Printmaking Workshop, School of Art Institute of Chicago, IL

SELECTED ARTICLES/REVIEWS

2020 Phenomenal San Diego women: Creators and performers, Karla Peterson, Michael James Rocha, George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, September 27, 2020

”The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Women’s Museum of California are celebrating a century of female achievement in San Diego to mark the 100th year of women’s suffrage in America. The fifth installment of this series pays tribute to women in the arts — the creators and performers who have fed the imagination, challenged assumptions, entertained, enlightened and enlivened the world around them.”

2019 The Sublime Lands of Lynn Schuette, local Artist shows off the scenery of her mind at Bread & Salt, Seth Combs, San Diego CityBeat,
April 10, 2019
2010 Beauty for the asking, James Chute, San Diego Union-Tribune, November 25, 2010
2009 Art & Artists, monthly feature article, San Diego Home/Garden,
July 2009
2007 Mi oeste perdido, Adrian Arancibia, January 2007
2004 Striking Images of the World and More from Mudge and Schuette, Neil Kendricks, San Diego Union, March 25, 2004
1996 Lynn Schuette’s Incarnadine, at David Zapf Gallery, David Lewinson, Artweek, March 1996
1995 Woman like an Excised Heart, Becky Cohen, 1995
1996 Flesh and Blood, Robert Pincus, San Diego Union, January 25, 1996
1995 Founder Departs for Art; Color Her Sushi Career Brilliant, Anne Marie Welsh, San Diego Union, January 15, 1995
1995 Sushi Loses Guiding Light: Tribute to Lynn Schuette, Charles Wilmoth, Gay & Lesbian Times, January, 1995
1994 Uptown News Magazine, December 22, 1994
1994 Schuette: Hot, Cool Images, Body Doubles, Robert Pincus, San Diego Union, March 17, 1994
1994 The Painterly Mystery of Landscape and Body, Charles Wilmoth,
March 1994

SELECTED CORPORATE/PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2018 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego/ MCASD, La Jolla, CA 
2003, 2004, 2021 City of San Diego Art Collection, San Diego, CA 
2017 & 2023 San Diego History Center, San Diego, CA   
2002 & 2023 San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA  
1993 Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA          
1992 Volt Information Sciences, Tustin, CA 

SELECTED PUBLIC/CORPORATE COMMISSIONS

2005 Lead Artist /Finalist Team, Commemorative Artwork for Martin Luther King Jr/SR 94, sponsored by Caltrans and the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture Team: William Bulkley, Ricardo Islas, Neil Kendricks, Christopher Lee
2003 City of San Diego & San Diego Public Library, Public Commission
The Color of This Life is Water, awarded in 1999, completed in 2003. Eight panels, each 110” x 107”, installed at the San Diego Convention Center from 2003 to 2013. Coordinated by Christina Bodenhamer, Project Architect, Conwell Shonkwiler & Associates; Anna Tatar, San Diego Library Director, and Linda Forsha, City Public Art Administrator.
1990 Volt Information Sciences, Tustin, CA Design, implementation and installation of three artworks each approximately 4’ x 6’, acrylic on cut plywood shapes. Worked with staff input, coordinated by Joyce Cutler-Shaw.
1986 San Diego National Bank, San Diego, CA. Design and implementation of artwork for President’s office, six-paneled screen, 3’ x 8’. Worked with staff input, coordinated by Isabelle Wasserman.   

GRANT PANELIST

2011 Center for Cultural Innovation, Visual Art & Literature, Los Angeles
2001 California Arts Council, Artist-in-Residence Program, Sacramento
1997, 98, 99 California Arts Council, Visual Arts Organizations, Sacramento
1996 San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, Arts Leadership Fellows Program, San Diego
1995 California Arts Council, Choreographer’s Fellowships & Multidisciplinary Organizations, Sacramento
1989 & 90 San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, CAP Panel,
San Diego
1989 & 90 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Organizations, Washington D.C.
1988 National Endowment for the Arts, Inter-Arts Special Projects, Washington D.C.
1986 & 87 COMBO/NEA/City of San Diego, Interdisciplinary Projects,
San Diego
1986 & 87 NEA/Regional Initiative, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1984, 85, 86 California Arts Council, Interdisciplinary Organization, Sacramento

SITE EVALUATOR

1995  National Endowment for the Arts, Presenting Programs Philadelphia, PA & New York, NY
1994 & 1998  California Arts Council, Visual Arts Programs San Diego, CA
1987  National Endowment for the Arts, Inter-Arts Programs
San Francisco, CA
1987  National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Programs New York
1985  National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Programs Boston, MA

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

2004 -2007 Honorary Board Member, Sushi Performance & Visual Art,
San Diego, CA
2003 -2007 Honorary Board Member, Voz Alta Project, Inc. San Diego, CA
1991 - 1993 21st Century Harlem, San Diego, CA
1989 - 1992 African American Museum of Fine Arts, Advisory Board,
San Diego, CA
1989 - 1993 Malashock Dance and Company, Advisory Board, San Diego, CA
1989 - 1990 National Performance Network (NPN), New York, NY
1987 - 1991 San Diego Theatre League, San Diego, CA
1985 - 1988 Public Arts Advisory Council, County of San Diego, CA
1985 - 1988 National Association of Artists Organizations (NAAO), Washington, D.C.

2023 Legacy: 25 Years of Art and Community/The Recent Years (2014 – 2021), Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Gallery Artists, Phes Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2022 Collecting San Diego/Selections from the Dijkstra Fine Art Collection, San Diego History Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
2021 San Diego Practice, new acquisitions of the City of San Diego Civic Art Collection, Bread & Salt and San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Greater San Diego County Artists, Phes Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2019 San Diego Surreal, Oceanside Museum of Art, Curator Susan M. Anderson, Oceanside, CA
2018 Art Auction 2018, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego/MCASD, La Jolla, CA
Exquisite Views: Selections from the Fine Art Collection, San Diego History Center, San Diego, CA
Hotels/Motels, Lafayette Hotel, Fallen Tree Exhibitions, San Diego, CA
2017 California Connections: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2014 Nature Improved, Featured Artist, San Diego History Center & Oceanside Museum of Art
Renewed, New Central Library, San Diego, curator Kathryn Kanjo, Chief Curator, MCASD
2011 California Contemporary Art Collection, California State Senate, Sacramento, selected by Senator Christine Kehoe to represent District 39
2011 Exquisite Corpses/Femme Fatales, Women’s Museum of California,
San Diego, CA
2009 Homing In, an Exhibition of 50 San Diego Artists, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2005 San Diego Artists, curated by Raul Guerrero & Ernest Silva, Galeria Ninapi, Ravenna, Italy
2004 Fiesta de Las Mujeres, Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura, Tijuana, Mexico
2004 5th Annual Invitational Drawing Show, Pacific Beach Library,
San Diego, CA
2002 3rd Annual Invitational Drawing Show, Pacific Beach Library,
San Diego, CA
2002 A Good Impression: A Century of Printmaking in San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
2002 SD’80/ Works from the 80’s by 12 San Diego Artists, Flux Gallery,
San Diego, CA
2002 The Lost Frontier, Spruce Street Forum, San Diego, CA
2001 The Lost Frontier, Gallery of Contemporary Arts, Las Vegas, NV
1997 New Works: Three Artists, Margeaux Kurtie Modern Art, Madrid, NM
A Graphic Notion: Contemporary Drawings by Five San Diego Artists, Kruglak Gallery, Miracosta College, Oceanside, CA
1991-1997 Gallery Artists, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1996 Violencia, Galleria Spagnolo, San Diego, CA
1993 Print Collaboration: Atelier #22, Self-Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
1986 New Faces, curated by Robert McDonald, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Forum II: Emerging California Artists, Laguna Beach Museum,
Laguna Beach, CA
More is More, site-specific work at 888 Prospect, La Jolla, CA
1982 Three Women, annual Women’s Festival, curated by Chris Kehoe,
Center for Women’s Studies and Services, San Diego, CA
Big Art Show, Pawnshop II Gallery, San Diego, CA
1980 Women’s Selves in Art: Sheryl Cunning, Martha Matthews, Lynn Schuette, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
1979 Artists Work Here, Alternative Space Gallery, San Diego, CA
Installations and Performances, Community Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA  

BROADCAST MEDIA 

2013 ArtPulse TV, NBC, San Diego affiliate, San Diego, CA
2004 Artist Profile Series, San Diego Public Library, City TV/Channel 24, San Diego, CA
1984 Artists in Residence: Christopher Lee, Delos McGraw, Lynn Schuette, KPBS Television, San Diego, CA

RECOGNITIONS

1992 Woman of the Year: Arts, San Diego Women's Times
1986 86 San Diegans to Watch in 1986, San Diego Magazine
1985 85 San Diegans to Watch in 1985, San Diego Magazine
1982 82 More San Diegans to Keep an Eye on in ‘82, San Diego Magazine
1981 Heavy 50: San Diego’s Movers and Shakers, San Diego Reader

ARTS ADMINISTRATION/ARTS CONSULTING

3/07 - 2/09 Executive Director (interim), Sushi Performance & Visual Art,
San Diego, CA
3/05 - 2/06 Deputy Director, San Diego Children’s Museum/Museo de los Ninos, San Diego, CA
1/98 - 2001 Associate Director and co-founder, Veve: Visual Environments for Visual Education, San Diego, CA
7/80 - 1/95 Executive Director and Founder, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA
1/82 - 8/82 Coordinator, Gaslamp Murals Project, City of San Diego
1/79 - 2/82 Assistant Director & Research Director, Community Art of
San Diego, San Diego, CA
8/79 - 3/80 Director, Artists Work Here, San Diego, CA
5/78 - 9/78 Coordinator and Curator, A Summer Series 1978, Escondido Regional Arts Council, CA 

Art Consultant & Grant Writer for various San Diego arts programs:

2020 Molokai Arts Center, Hawaii, grant writer, four grants received.
2009 Centro Cultural de la Raza, grant writer and consulting
2008 Women’s History Museum and Educational Center,National Endowment Humanities grant received.
2004-5 Voz Alta Project, Inc., grant writer OSP funding, and consulting
1995-2005 Swat Project/San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture, Samahan Filipino Dance, fundraising consult; Dialogues in Art & Architecture/ Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Fresh Sound Series, Sherman Heights Community Center, Spruce Street Forum, Soul Beat, Street of Dreams, and North County Boxing Gym Youth program

ART CONSULTANT & GRANT WRITER FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS

2013-14 Eleanor Antin, coordinated all aspects of national reading tour
2011-2016 James Luna, grant writer: Art Matters (2013), Native Arts & Culture Foundation Fellowship (2015), Guggenheim Fellowship (2017), received.

SELECTED LECTURES/PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Personal Artwork
Contemporary Arts Committee, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
San Diego State University, Graduate Seminar, San Diego, CA
San Diego High School, Advanced class, San Diego, CA
San Diego Architectural Forum, San Diego, CA 

Arts Funding & Contemporary Presenting
LEAD Board Training Seminars, San Diego, CA
Escondido Regional Arts Council, Escondido, CA
Community Arts Resources Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Western Arts Presenters Conference, Los Angeles, CA

Contemporary Visual Art
Metropolitan Correctional Center, San Diego, CA
Center for Women’s Studies and Services, San Diego, CA
San Dieguito High School, Encinitas, CA
Orange Glen High School, Escondido, CA

Performance Art and Contemporary Dance
Jewish Community Center, La Jolla, CA
Mesa College, San Diego, CA
San Diego State University