Lynn Hughes (artist)

Lynn Hughes Lynn Hughes (born 1951) is a Canadian artist, professor, organizer, researcher and curator. In the nineteen-eighties, she was a prominent figure in the “new figuration” movement in Canadian painting. She taught and held administrative positions starting in 1989 in the Fine Arts Department at Concordia University, where she received the 2012 Concordia University Academic Leadership Award. Since 2000, she has been involved as a researcher, creator and advocate of new media and experimental games, holding the Research Chair in Interaction Design and Games Innovation at C.U. (2014-2018). Hughes played an instrumental role in the funding and structuring of the Hexagram Institute for Research-Creation in Media Arts and Technologies (Hexagram), and the Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) research centre. She has co-curated numerous exhibitions, notably “Joue le jeu/Play Along” (2012), a major exhibition of innovative interactive games at La Gaîté lyrique in Paris.