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ABOUT
Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie, BA Hons (fine art)
Born in 1967, Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie is an established artist living and working in Gairloch, NW Scotland. Brought up in remote rural areas of the Highlands of Scotland, Lynn studied at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, graduating in 1990.
She enjoys creating in a variety of media and exploring new methods of working. She has exhibited widely and taken part in several community and international projects including The Big Picture, Wild Wood , Landfill art, an International Art Symposium in Russia and co-founded and organised Ceangal, a series of international artist residencies in the NW Highlands. She has travelled and worked in India several times and has strong international connections, in particular with the YATOO organisation in S Korea, participating in the pilot project for the Global Nomadic Art Project in 2014.
Lynn was the first NTS Artist in residence at the world renowned Inverewe Garden in 2017 and the first Art co-ordinator there – working closely with the team to embed the arts in the Garden, wider community and develop and build the art spaces and networks on the Estate and beyond .
Living in a remote rural area, Lynn has learned to adapt and create opportunities for herself and the area she lives in. She is open to new ideas and is always looking to expand her boundaries in her field of interest of people and place. She connects with the issues of people and place globally and enjoys interacting with people and developing and understanding cultures around the world and her travels in past years reflect this.
Links where you can find more information on Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie's work: (just click on the link to take you to the respective site)
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web.archive.org - archive of Lynn's work
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Northings - Arts and Culture in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
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Gordon-c-harrison - Landscapes for you
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Handmade in Wester Ross - blog
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elabuga.com - project
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Skinny Artist - 21-artists-to-watch-in-2011
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The Exuberant Home - in-the-atelier-with-lynn-mackenzie
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ceangal.wordpress - Ceangal on the Canal
BBC Alba An La Ceangal 2013. Filmed during the Ceangal 2013 International Artists Residencies for BBC Alba An La (news)
An international collaboration between artists, Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie, Scotland, an Indian artist, and the local community, to create a series of artists residencies that brought artists from around the globe to work in the NW Highlands of Scotland.
Solo shows
Solo Exhibition
Death! I live with it..
Reflect/Connect
Art with Nature I, Sawyer Gallery
Who am I? Ceilidh Place
Art with Nature II - Garden of dreams, Sawyer Gallery
Residencies
Breath of Epos
Ceangal International artist residency
0km Studio
Ceangal International artist residency
Spying Nature
GNAP – global nomadic art project
1st NTS AIR -Inverewe Garden & estate
Inverewe House
Wise Women & the Earth, Inverewe
Projects
Wild Wood Community Project
Exchange Group Trip – Wild Wood
The Big Picture
Landfill art project
Breath of the Epos –international art symposium
Smiles
Beinn Eighe schools participatory project
Home - installation
Genesis global school
Mural in Free Church
The Adventure Travel Film Festival
Our Bodies' Imprint - Nature, Art & Humanity
Mixed shows
An Talla Solais
West Coast Open 3
Highland Open studios
Highland Art Fair
Macmillan show
Highland Open Studios
Highland Art Show
An Talla Solais – West coast open 4
Postcards for sick kids
An Talla Solais – members show 5
Highland open studios
Macmillan highland art fair
Salon de Refuses
Christmas show
ESSA show
Strathpeffer art fair
Members Christmas show
Highland Hospice show
An Talla Solais
ESSA
Artswap 2010
Postcards for sick kids
Art off the rock
Highland Art Fair
Twitterartshow
Artswap II
Smiles
Trees for Life
West Coast Open 8
Postcards for sick kids
Ceangal international artist residency
United Art Fair
Yatoo international
Twitterartshow
127th YATOO-i Nature Art Winter Workshop 2013
129th YATOO Nature art Autumn workshop
Strathpeffer Art Fair
Global Nomadic Art Project
Brit Poppy
Art around the Firth
Art off the Rock
Postcards for Sick Kids
Winter Salon
West Coast Winter Open
Baroda Redux
Twitterartexhibition
Strathpeffer Art Fair
Maggie Blyth Boutique
Loch Torridon community centre
Joint shows
Elements
Elements II
Gallery Artists
Fine Lines – joint show with Kate Mackay
Mixed show
Mixed show
Beauly Gallery
Breath of the Epos – Ivan Shishkin gallery
Joint show
Mixed shows
Wild about Gairloch
Collaboration
Ceangal – director
Global Nomadic Art Project – steering group
Inverewe Garden, NTS Scotland
Artists@Inverewe, leader
Broadway - Scaffold Art - India
4 Artists - travelling notebook
Eden Court Theatre Inverness 0km studio, Gujarat, India Gairloch Heritage museum
Inverewe Garden, Poolewe
Ullapool
Inverewe Garden, Poolewe
Elabuga, Russia
Gairloch, UK
Pardi, Gujarat, India
Beinn Eighe, Kinlochewe
Wongol, S Korea
S Korea
Poolewe
Poolewe, Scotland
Poolewe, Scotland
Gairloch
Poland Highlands International Elabuga, Russia Warsaw Beinn Eighe, Scotland Inverewe Garden, Poolewe Noida, Delhi, India
Gairloch
Inverewe, Scotland
Haddo Country Park, Aberdeenshire
Ullapool
An Talla Solais Ullapool Lime tree, Fort William Strathpeffer Strathpeffer
Beauly Strathpeffer Ullapool
Edinburgh
Ullapool
Eden court theatre, Inverness
Foulis Castle
Tore Gallery
Beauly Gallery Edinburgh Strathpeffer
An Talla Solais, Ullapool
Beauly
Ullapool Edinburgh
International
Edinburgh
Stirling Strathpeffer Moss,Norway
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Warsaw
Edinburgh
An Talla Solais, Ullapool Edinburgh
Gairloch
Delhi, India Romania
Los Angeles, USA
Korea
S Korea
Strathpeffer
S Korea Northampton Beauly
Stirling
Edinburgh Timespan, Helmsdale An Talla Solais, Ullapool
Art Konsult, Delhi, India
Moss, Norway Strathpeffer
Inverness
Torridon
Gairloch heritage museum Macphail Centre, Ullapool Regent Gallery, Somerset
Regent Gallery, Somerset
Beauly Gallery The Studio, Fortrose Beauly
Elaguba, Russia & to tour Galerie Sigvardson, Denmark Inchmore Gallery, Inverness
Kinlochewe
Scottish Highlands/International
S Korea/International
Poolewe
Scotland
online international show
residency Inverewe - postal
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Lynn has over the years done various works for illustration purposes including Visitscotland and Two Lochs radio. I have been interviewed for several blogs online. I am a member of Highland Open Studios from 2007- present, An Talla Solais, Ullapool, Visual Arts Scotland, RGI, and Aberdeen artists society. . I have worked closely with SNH & NTS Scotland and worked with the team at Inverewe as the first Arts co-ordinator to develop and embed the arts in the Estate