Lynda Frese, a Rhode Island native, has made her home in South Louisiana since 1986.  She lived on the West Coast for ten years where she received both her B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of California in Davis, California. Frese is also an alumna of the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture in Maine.  The artist has lived in France, Italy and Costa Rica working at various artist-in-residencies.

An early adopter of digital photography and collage, Lynda Frese’s artworks often combine film, digital and other mixed media materials.  The hybrid worlds combine images and artifacts from ancient sites with zones of wilderness. Her work is found in many national art collections, including the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans among others. She has had over forty solo exhibitions. The artist teaches in Visual Arts Department at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette where she holds the Slemco Art and Architecture Endowed Professorship.