education

2001

BFA, University of Memphis, (Terry Lynn)

1999

BBA, University of Memphis, (Jerry Lynn)

selected solo exhibitions

2009

Twin Jerry and Terry Lynn: Recent Works, David Lusk Gallery

2007

new paintings and the story, David Lusk Gallery

2005

Rhythm and Roots: A Love Story, David Lusk Gallery

2004

David Lusk Gallery

2003

Private Showing, Dallas
Twin, David Lusk Gallery

2002

Twins, Nathan and Dorothy Shainberg Gallery, Memphis

2001

Old South, New South, Buckman Arts Center, Memphis

1999

Southern Reflections, Twin Inc, Arlington, TN

1998

Linking Art into the Future, Twin Inc, Arlington, TN
Twin Reflections, Hearne Fine Art, Little Rock

1997

Recent Works, Heritage Gallery, Mitchellville, MD
Double Take, Jubilee Gallery, Memphis

selected group exhibitions

2009

New Voices of the South, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis
Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery

2007

Southern Living's 2007 Idea House, David Lusk Gallery, Watersound, FL
Flying Solo 10, Nashville International Airport, Nashville

2006

Powerhouse Auction, The Powerhouse, Delta Axis, Memphis
Brick Gallery, Clarksdale MS

2004

Jackson Summer Art Salon, David Lusk Gallery, Jackson, MS
Work selected for participation in the US Art in the Embassies Program, on loan to the US Embassy in Damascus, Syria
National Black Fine Art Show, Puck Building, New York

2003

National Black Fine Art Show, Puck Building, New York

2002

National Black Fine Art Show, Puck Building, New York

2001

God Bless The Child, Joysmith Gallery, Memphis

2000

National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta
Blackface, Dorothy Jean Gallery, Memphis

1999

Maxx 99, The University of Memphis, Memphis
National Black Fine Art Show, Puck Building, New York

1998

George Hunt, Danny Broadway, Jerry Lynn and Terry Lynn, Twin Inc, Arlington, TN
National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta
Fifteenth Annual Juried Student Exhibition, The University of Memphis, Memphis

1997

Visions of Our People: African American Art of Tennessee, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville

1996

George Hunt/Jerry Lynn and Terry Lynn, Gestine’s Gallery, Memphis
The Power of Red, Madison Avenue Art Gallery, Germantown, TN
Thirteenth Annual Juried Exhibition, The University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis

1995

Their Presence Known: Figurative Art by African American Artists in Memphis,
The University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis

awards and honors

2001

Designed cover image for book entitled “The Flip Side of Sin”, by Rosalyn McMillan

1999

Pinnacle Leadership Award, Youth United Way, Memphis, TN
Outstanding Community Service Award, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

1999

Official Artists, 12th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education
Official Artists, 13th Annual Africa in April Festival, Memphis
Official Artists, 1998 Essence Awards, New York
Official Artists, The WGCI 107.5 FM Urban Radio Music Awards, Chicago

1996

Officials Artists, Beale Street Crossroads of America’s Music, Memphis

1992

Jerry Lynn, Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, Middle Tennessee State
University, Murfreesboro, TN

1991

Terry Lynn, Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, Middle Tennessee State
University, Murfreesboro, TN

selected bibliography

2009

Playbook, Commercial Appeal, January 2, 2009 (visual)

2007

Michael Donahue, Bond of Brothers, The Commercial Appeal, Jan 9, 2007, M3
Carol Knowles, Back and Forth, The Memphis Flyer, Jan 25-31, 2007, p. 36
Fredric Koeppel, Twin stylizes sentimentality, Playbook, Commercial Appeal, Jan19, 2007, p 25-6
Andria Lisle, Southern Mythology visited at the Lusk show, Memphis Business Journal, City Life, Jan12-18. 2007 p. 29

2005

The Nelson Mandela Unity Series, exhibition catalog, Umzantsi Publishers, South Africa, p.52-53
Nancy Dorman Hickson, Twin Aspirations, Southern Living, Tennessee, February 2005. P3-5
Carol Knowles, Double Vision, The inner and outer worlds of Jerry and Terry Lynn, The Memphis Flyer, January 20-26, p.30
Fredric Koeppel, Two hands and shared vision, The Commerical Appeal, Playbook, January 7, p. 28
Michael Donahoe, I don’t know what was on his mind, Party Line, The Commercial Appeal, January 11, p.M3

2001

Kathy Martin, Two of a Kind, MidSouth Living, January/February, Memphis

1999

Shannon Fagan, More Than Twins, Number, vol13, no1, Spring 1999, p8-9

1997

Nellie Rosen, Twins Give Art Lovers Double the Pleasure, The Daily Helmsman, The University Of Memphis, Memphis
George Shultz, The Art Twins, Art Trends, vol2 no1, January-February, p.27, New Jersey
Angela Moore, Jerry and Terry Lynn, Upscale, December 47, Altanta
Stenson Lyles, The Art of Twin, Twins Magazine, March/April, p.34-35, Denver

1996

Kristina Lambard, Twin Artist Lay Down Brushwork in Harmony, The Commercial Appeal, October 15, sec B, Memphis