Sammi Lynch, The Tree's Call Out (2024), oil on linen, 36 1/4 x 28 x 1 1/2 in. (92 x 71 x 4 cm.)
Sammi Lynch (b. 1995) was born in the northwest of England and is currently based in London. She graduated from the Royal Drawing School and previously attended Manchester School of Art and Kingston School of Art. Lynch has exhibited with Annely Juda Fine Art, London; Blue Shop Gallery, London; Lychee One, London; and Solito Gallery, Naples, among others. Her recent collaboration with Burberry has been shortlisted for the V&A Award. This is her first exhibition in the United States.
Sammi Lynch’s artistic practice explores notions of memory and place, using the natural world as a cipher for human nature and emotion. She begins with pastel drawings from life, serving as the material to develop and translate into painting and printmaking. Emphasizing space, light, and texture, Lynch’s work expresses lived experiences of the environment. She repeatedly returns to the same sites to make drawings, noting how her emotions and observations vary according to seasonal shifts and her personal experiences. Lynch’s landscapes, with their expressive brushwork and bold use of color, recall places that feel both geographically specific and universally shared.