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Artist Profile: Lain York

Meet the Artist

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Lain York is a native of Nashville whose work continues to reference images from our collective sense of history.

York’s work has been exhibited locally/nationally/internationally in contemporary galleries, public art programs, academic spaces, artist-run initiatives, and museums. In 2015 he had a solo exhibition, “Selections From the National Gallery”, at the Frist Museum of Art. His can be found in the permanent collections of EMI Los Angeles, the Savannah College of Art, The Tennessee State Museum, the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, FirstBank Tennessee, and the Music City Center. His work has been published in New American Paintings, New York Arts Magazine, and Art Papers.

Lain York is currently on the board of Fugitive Projects and is gallery director of Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville. He has served a preparator for the Arts In the Airport program, the Metropolitan Arts Commission, the Summer Lights Festival, The Greater Nashville Arts Foundation, and the untitled artist group. He currently coordinates exhibitions for artists with disabilities at the Kennedy Center on Vanderbilt Campus.