Biography

Lynn Thorpe grew up in a small Wyoming town at the edge of the Black Hills. She studied French and English at the University of Washington ( BA 1968); art at the Canberra School of Art , Canberra, A.C.T., Australia (1975-77); the University of Wyoming (2nd BA and MFA 1983); and printmaking at the Canadian Institute of Non-Toxic Printmaking, Peace River, and Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada, ( 1994 and 1997).

She has worked in a variety of positions, both academic and non-academic, in Canada, Australia, Japan, and the US. She became a member of the art faculty of Northwest College in Powell, in 1984, where she taught 2D design, design: color, painting,and printmaking.

Among other citations for excellence in teaching, she is listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2004 and 2005; and received a NISOD nomination for outstanding teaching in 2004.

Her work has been exhibited regionally and nationally, and won purchase awards from several regional competitions, including the (Wyoming) Governor's Inaugural Art Exhibition, 2001. Her work is held in the collections of the Wyoming State Musem, the University of Wyoming Art Museum, and private collections throughout the US and Canada.

Thorpe retired from teaching in 2005 to concentrate full time on painting.

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