Painter

Linn Meyers

Linn Meyers is an American artist whose closely spaced lines shape drawings and installations, alongside works in acrylic, Flashe, and paint marker.

Linn Meyers quick facts

Linn Meyers is known for precisely spaced lines and large-scale installations, alongside smaller paintings made with acrylic gouache and paint markers.

Linn Meyers quick facts
Full name	Linn Meyers
Born	1968 · Washington, D.C.
Died	—
Nationality	American
Movements	Contemporary abstraction
Paint types	Paint markers
Other media	—
Other materials	—
Painting surfaces	Site-specific walls · Claybord / painting board · Paper
Painting methods	Draws thousands of closely spaced lines by hand without templates or taped guides
Common subjects	Abstract line fields, ripples, waves, and topographical forms
Notable works	Our View from Here · Untitled (2017)

Sources: Hirshhorn: Linn Meyers Meet the Artist, Hirshhorn: Our View from Here, and National Gallery of Art: Linn Meyers.

Paint types used by Linn Meyers

Paint markers appear in Meyers's practice alongside acrylic and Flashe; examples identify works and explain how the media form precise lines and patterns.

Paint markers

Meyers used paint markers to draw directly on the Hirshhorn’s wall for Our View from Here. The marker lines build a temporary, site-specific drawing that responds to the room’s architecture; they differ from brush-painted mural work and are removed or painted over after the installation.

Sources: Hirshhorn: Linn Meyers Meet the Artist, Hirshhorn: Our View from Here, and National Gallery of Art: Linn Meyers.

Painting surfaces used by Linn Meyers

Linn Meyers's work spans site-specific walls, painting board, and paper; examples below clarify their roles in installations, paintings, and drawings.

Site-specific walls

For Our View from Here at the Hirshhorn, Meyers drew directly on the walls around the museum’s inner-circle galleries, creating a site-specific line drawing more than 400 feet long. The architecture determined the work’s continuous route through the space, unlike her portable drawings and Claybord panels.
Painting Board

Meyers makes works on Claybord and other rigid painting boards, developing intricate line patterns on a stable, smooth surface. The smaller, portable works differ from Our View from Here, where she drew directly on the Hirshhorn’s architectural walls. Meyers translates the same linear focus to panel.
Paper

Meyers also works on paper, using the flexible sheet for drawings and compositions that can be made outside a site-specific installation. These sheets preserve her fine, repeated lines in a portable format, distinct from Claybord panels and the temporary wall drawing.