Lynne Avadenka

Lynne Avadenka is an American artist/printmaker. She is known for her works that explore text and image, the physical and philosophical idea of the book, and the mystery and beauty of visual language.

Among Avadenka’s awards are a 2009 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellowship and individual artist grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Residencies and teaching opportunities have taken her to Germany, Israel, Italy, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon and Virginia. Avadenka has served as the director of the Detroit nonprofit, Signal-Return, since 2013.

Avadenka’s art is exhibited and collected internationally, including Bibliotheca Librorum, New South Wales, Australia; Bibliotecha Rosenthaliana, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; The British Library, London; The Detroit Institute of Arts; The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, Two Rivers, Wisconsin; The Jewish Museum, New York; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York; The New York Public Library; The Meermano Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands and The Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.