Bio

Ellen Kahn and Lynda Kahn, Emmy-award winning, twin team, multi-disciplinary artists (AKA TwinArt) are recognized as pioneers in digital media. They are recipients of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship grant in Visual Arts in 1981. Since the early 80s, TwinArt participated in exhibitions internationally in museums and galleries including The Whitney, Pompidou Centre, ICA London, Nassau County Museum of Art, Laguna Art Museum, and Tokyo Video Biennale. Nam June Paik, the father of video art and mentor to TwinArt, collaborated with Ellen and Lynda on “Bye Bye Kipling”, a satellite broadcast airing on television in the US, Japan and Korea. Polaroid sponsored TwinArt’s large format photographs (20X24 project) and short films. Their creative directorial accomplishments include “Peewee’s Playhouse”, “Pucci Love”, “Composition in Op”, and “Arrested Development”. Absolut Vodka artist series selected the duo to design ABSOLUT TWINART, a magazine ad and digital poster, in the collection of Sweden’s Spritmuseum. The record label, Modern Harmonic released the double vinyl LP “TwinArt presents: Instant This / Instant That”. TwinArt exhibited “AfterGlow X TwinArt” at Melissa Morgan Fine Art in Palm Desert, CA. In 2025 exhibitions include AI series “TwinArt in the Museum” at the Center for Photography in Woodstock and Wexler Gallery. Ellen graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA from Tyler School of Art in Rome and Philadelphia. Lynda graduated with honors and an MFA from The Art Institute of Chicago. Ellen Kahn currently lives in NYC while Lynda Kahn resides in LA.

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Ellen Kahn and Lynda Kahn, Emmy-award winning, identical twins (AKA TwinArt) began experimenting with lens-based media in the 1980s. They are digital pioneers and recipients of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in Visual Arts. Polaroid sponsored TwinArt’s large format photographs for the 20X24 project from 1987-1992. TwinArt’s work exhibits internationally in museums including: The Whitney, The Met, Laguna Art Museum, Pompidou Centre, and ICA London. Modern Harmonic released the vinyl double LP TwinArt presents: Instant This / Instant That (2022). TwinArt had their innaugural exhibition AfterGlow X TwinArt at Melissa Morgan Fine Art in Palm Desert, CA.