Robin Lynch is a PhD candidate in Art History working under the supervision of Dr. Christine Ross. She specializes in the intersection between art, design, technology, environment, and corporate/industrial culture. Additionally, her research interests include emerging media, biological theory, anti-colonial and disability studies, histories of display and exhibition, as well as art economies and markets. Her doctoral research focuses on the art and design programs of the Container Corporation of America from the 1930s through to the late 1960s. Robin is a 2019-2020 Terra Foundation Pre-Doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Additionally, Robin is the recipient of the Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral scholarship, and has received further support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement, Bard Curatorial Fellowship, the Lemelson Centre for the Study of Invention and Innovation, and Media@McGill.
Contact Information: robin.lynch [at] mail.mcgill.ca