Lynn Hughes | |
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Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Vancouver |
Lynn Hughes (1951) is a Canadian artist, digital game designer, and academic. [1]
From the early 1980s to mid 1990s Hughes was known for her paintings that integrated scientific and philosophical issues. [2]
Hughes is a professor of Intermedia in the studio arts department of Concordia University, where she is also the Research Chair in Interaction Design and Games Innovation. [3] Hughes is also head of the Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) cluster [4] [5] in the Milieux research collective at Concordia. [6]
Several of Hughes' works on paper are included in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada. [7]
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