EXHIBITIONS + AWARDS

2007          Passing Fancies (Everyone’s a Stranger Here)

Atrium Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, VA

No Representation

The Warehouse, 1017 – 1021 7th Street NW, Washington, DC

Baker’s Dozen

Artomatic 2007, 2121 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA

2006

Heart of DC: The John A. Wilson Building City Hall Art Collection

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC

Three Women: Linda Pepper, Lucy Clark, Lynn Putney

The Parker Gallery at Mickelson’s, 629 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC

2005

Standard Issue: 144 Square Inches

The Parker Gallery at Mickelson’s, 629 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC

OH-HO-05

Union Printmakers, 926 N St. NW, Rear (Blagden Alley), Washington DC

2004

Meanwhile (While You Were Sleeping)

District of Columbia Art Center, 2438 18th Street NW, Washington, DC

▪ Solo exhibition; Site-specific wall piece + related works on paper

DC Portfolio 2004

Adamson Gallery, 406 7th Street NW, Washington, DC

Select II ▪ Washington Project for the Arts/ Corcoran Art Auction

Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW, Washington, DC

▪ Selected by Andy Grundberg

Art & Eros 2

The Parker Gallery at Mickelson’s, 629 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC

▪ Works by Joe Shannon, Val Lewton, Jody Mussoff, Fred Folsom and Lynn Putney

Untitled (Lonely Machine)

Artomatic 2004, Senate Square Building, 3rd and H Streets NE, Washington, DC

▪ Site-specific wall piece + related works on paper

2003    

Painting Fellowship (March 3 – March 30)

Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Mt. Saint Angelo, Sweet Briar, VA

▪ Fellowship funded in part by the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

DC Portfolio Print Project

David Adamson Editions and the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities

▪ 1 of 10 area artists selected to create a unique digital print for the DCCAH Portfolio.

With: William Christenberry, Billy Colbert, Patricia Tobacco Forrester, “Aziza” C. Gibson Hunter,

Joey P. Manlapaz, Percy Martin, Michael Platt, Trish Tillman and Kelly Towles.

Strictly Painting 4

McLean Project for the Arts, 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean, VA

▪ Juror’s Award

Purchase Award  from Artomatic 2002: Three by Three, suite of 9 paintings on ceramic tile

District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Artbank Program

Semi-finalist, The Trawick Prize

Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc., Bethesda, MD

▪ 1 of 27 semi-finalists chosen from among 470 applicants

Art & Eros

The Parker Gallery at Mickelson’s, 629 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC                                                          

2002

Lynn Putney:  New Paintings on Tile

Artomatic 2002, Waterfront EPA Building, 401 M Street SW, Washington, DC

▪ Mention: Washington Post, 11/8/02, Weekend, page WE50, “Artomatic for the People”

2000

Eleven: A Collaboration

Riverview Gallery, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, 2800 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA

▪ 13 paintings on ceramic tile with poetry by Brad Richard

Eleven: A Collaboration

Artomatic 2000, Sears/Hechinger Building, 4500 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC

▪ 13 paintings on ceramic tile with poetry by Brad Richard

▪ Mention: Washington Post, 10/6/00, Weekend, page N61, “A-O-M:  A Visual Feast

for Roving Eyes”

Come-Onna-Our-House (Our-Housa-Come-On)

Artomatic 2000, Sears/Hechinger Building, 4500 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC

▪ Site-specific multi-media installation with found objects, constructed objects and

digital projections.  Assisted by Al Masino, Beth Skirkanich, Denise Wamaling, Patti Hager,

Parris Bustillos, Rob Parrish, Maribeth Egan, and Scott Rosenfeld.

▪ Quoted: Washington Post, 9/28/00, Metro, page B1,“700 Artists Fill a Void That Retail Can’t”

1999

Lynn Putney:  Recent Paintings on Tile

Artomatic 1999, Manhattan Laundry Building, 14th Street and Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC

Smithsonian Staff Exhibition

Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

1998

Prints from the Digital Atelier

Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Triple Threat

Arts on Foot, The Lansburgh Building, 8th and E Streets NW, Washington, DC

▪ Site-specific triptych, tempera on glass (reverse painted) each window: 7 ft. x 5 ft.

1996

Artists at Work: A Celebration of Staff Creativity

International Gallery, S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

▪ Reproduction + mention: Washington Post, 7/1/96, Style, page B7, “Artworks from Those

Who Toil in the Nation’s Attic”

1993

Open Exhibition 1993

Fairfax County Council for the Arts, Fairfax, VA

▪ Juror's Award, 2nd Prize

1990

Painting '90

Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA

Prints and Drawings '90

Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA

Open Exhibition 1990

Fairfax County Council for the Arts, Fairfax, VA

1989

Four Drawings (Heartbreak Hotel)

Dance Place, 3225 8th St. NE, Washington, DC

▪ 2- person exhibition with Jeremy Jelenfy

1987

Annual Staff Exhibition

1999

*National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

▪ Mention: Washington Post, 3/20/97, Style, page B7, “One Room, Fabulous Views”

▪ Quoted: Washington Post, 2/16/96, Style, page B7, “Museum Guards, Unlocking Their Talents”

1987+

Faculty Exhibition

1986

Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI (Summer Program)                                                          

1986

Diverse Perspectives

Crooked Tree Arts Council, Petoskey, MI

Drawings: Nine Iowans

Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, IA

Bebe William's Ye Olde Cartoon Eyeball

▪ Participating artist, limited edition poster commemorating 100 years of the comic strip

featuring 60 artists in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

TEACHING + LECTURING

2004

Artist Talk, slide lecture: Sources and Stories - Meanwhile (While You were Sleeping)

District of Columbia Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW, Washington, DC

2001

Visiting Artist, slide lecture: Process and Progress (Art is Work)

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans, LA

1996

Gallery Talk: John Buck's Father and Son: The Personal Made Universal

Wednesdays@1 Program (20 minute gallery talk, presented on 7/30/96)

*National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

1997

Visiting Artist, studio workshop:  Idea Development

Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI

Visiting Artist, slide lecture: Drawing: Thinking Aloud (Allowed)

Southlakes High School, Reston, VA

Visiting Artist, studio workshop: Chine Collé in Intaglio Printmaking

Southlakes High School, Reston, VA

1986

Faculty, Printmaking

1987

Art Department, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI (Summer Program)

1985

Teaching Assistant, Printmaking

Artists in the Schools Program, Iowa Arts Council, Iowa City, IA

EDUCATION

1986

BFA with Special Honors and High Distinction

Iowa Print Group (intaglio printmaking) University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Phi Beta Kappa ; Collegiate Scholar Award; Omicron Delta Kappa

*Now called Smithsonian American Art Museum