LINDSAY BOTTOS
Lindsay Bottos (b. 1992) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Baltimore, MD specializing in photography, video, and writing. Renowned for their dreamy, nostalgic aesthetic and cyber-feminist critiques, Lindsay’s work delves into themes of identity, body image, and the representation of women in media and popular culture. Her art is deeply informed by personal experiences, particularly the complexities of interpersonal relationships and the influence of the digital age.
In 2014, Lindsay garnered widespread attention with Anonymous, a powerful project that displayed unsolicited online comments over self-portraits, sparking crucial conversations about harassment and the objectification of women on the internet. Beyond their fine art practice, Lindsay works as a freelance art director, photographer, and stylist.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries internationally and featured in prominent publications like Glamour and Seventeen. She has also appeared in various media outlets, including Good Morning America, Huffington Post, and The Baltimore Sun.
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EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming:
-Frosh Week, Xoxo Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Opening Reception: November 22, 2024 from 6PM to 9PM, On View: November 7, 2024 - December 12, 2024
On View:
-Current Space 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Baltimore, MD, on view until December 7, 2024
2024
-New Works: Video Art & Performance, Red Room, Baltimore, MD
2023
- Spectrum Miami at Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
2020
-Evoking the Senses, Transformer, Washington, DC
-The Necessity of Tomorrow: Virtual Salon Show, BMA + Current Space, Baltimore, MD (Link to my pieces in the show)
2019
-New Works: Video Art & Performance, Red Room, Baltimore, MD
-Reflect: A Show by RAW, Soundstage, Baltimore MD
-Womens Work, Full Circle Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2018
-Sweet Sweat : a Solo Show at Current Space, Baltimore, MD
-Ratscape: Visuals for Wume, Baltimore, MD
-Mudered Word, EMP Collective, Baltimore, MD
2017
-Platonic Intimacy, Babycastles, NYC
-Forge Art Magazine Poetry Festival, Secret Project Robot, NYC
-Providencia, Hands On Art and Substation Gallery, Brisbane, AUS
2016
-Selected Moments : Solo Show and Book Release, Part of Alloverstreet at the Copycat, Baltimore, MD
-Myself In Objects, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
-New Works: Video Art & Performance, Red Room, Baltimore, MD
2015
-Gutsy ,Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD
2014
-Social Media, A Space, Commerce, TX
-By Women, For Everyone, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
-Watchmen: Surveillance and the Flaneur, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
-Gender/Power/Space, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2013
-Object or Window, D-Center, Baltimore, MD
-Mind's Eye, Full Circle Gallery, Baltimore, MD
-I Don’t Really Miss You, Alchemy of Art, Baltimore, MD
EDUCATION
BA in Photography and Film with a Minor in Gender Studies and a Concentration in Book Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), 2010-2014
PRESS
Good Morning America - Artist’s Selfie Project Shines Light On Abusive Internet Comments
BuzzFeed - This Tumblr User Shows Her Horrific Anonymous Messages In a Powerful Art Project
Huffington Post - Blogger Lindsay Bottos is Using Her Internet Hater’s Own Words to Fight Back
The Daily Mail - Student Turns Cruel Anonymous Messages About Her Selfies Into Powerful Art Project
The Baltimore Sun - MICA Student Turns Cyber-Bullying Into Art
Glamour - How Did Social Media Get So Vicious?
Mic - This Young Artist Turns Online Bullying Towards Women Into Empowering Art
MTV act - Lindsay Bottos Fights Back Online Haters With Selfies
The Feminist Wire - Putting Down the Weight: How Social Media Makes Eating Disorders Worse?
The Le Sigh : Artist Spotlight: Lindsay Bottos
Thistle Magazine: Artist Feature
Jester Jacques Gallery: Featured Work: Lindsay Bottos, I Don’t Really Miss You