Lynda Frese, Professor

Artist Lynda Frese, a native of Rhode Island, has made her home in South Louisiana since 1986. She received B.F.A and M.F.A degrees from the University of California at Davis, California and is an alumna of the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Currently she is Professor of Art at UL Lafayette. She has worked in studios in France, Italy, and Costa Rica as an artist-in-residence including the Rockefeller Bellagio Center, the Liguria Center for the Arts and Humanities, and twice at the American Academy in Rome.

With over forty solo exhibitions in the US and Europe, her work is found in many private and museum collections, including the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Ogden Museum of Art in New Orleans and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. An early adopter of digital photography and collage, Frese’s recent mixed media work combines egg tempera with photographic images from ancient sites and zones of wilderness.

Website: lyndafrese.com