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On the left: iconic image of our first common female ancestor. In the center: Lynn working on the floor in her studio. On the righ: painting with brush and ink on paper.
Sketchbook
"Imagine a portrait that showed not only what you look like, but where you came from hundreds of generations ago through your unique genetic code. Minnesota portrait artist Lynn Fellman's particular technique is both revolutionary and evolutionary."
Quote from a story titled "A DNA portrait reveals more than what you look like", by Marianne Combs, arts reporter for Minnesota Public Radio. The interview was broadcast on MPR in 2008.
 
News + Media Release
"Medical School Hap Map" at the Mayo Building
Dr. Deborah Powell, former Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School, commissioned Fellman to create a work based on her style of combing landscape with genetic data. The large 8 x 4 foot work was installed in the corridor of the Mayo Memorial Buidling at the U of M Minneapolis campus, May, 2009.
The Dean wanted to convey the multicultural diversity of the school's student population. The finished work does this by contrasting the pre-1980 population with the current, more diverse groups at the school using genetic haplogroup routes. The routes begin in Eastern Africa, the origin of modern humans, and make the prehistoric human journey to all parts of the world. Bringing the story into our current era, the paths are extended to their final destination in Minnesota. Read more about the "Hap Map" art.
On the left: corridor in the Mayo Building where the art is displayed. On the right: the Mayo complex on the University of Minnesota campus.
Articles, Interviews and Reviews
"Artist Gives Expression to Science"
A story about Lynn's DNA Portraits by Star Tribune feature writer Kim Ode appeared in the "Source" section of the Minneapolis newspaper.
"A DNA potrait reveals more than what you look like"
Marianne Combs, Minnesota Public Radio arts reporter, interviewed Fellman about her DNA Portraits.
"Tracing Human Origins Through Art"
An in-depth story about Fellman's art by Mary O'Regan featured in the "Minneapolis Downtown Journal".
"Lynn Fellman: DNA Portraits"
Jessica Ambruster, "City Pages" arts reporter said: "Digital artist Lynn Fellman may be a rarity in the art world; she's an artist with a great appreciation and understanding of the world of science... combining science, art, ancestry, and taking it to a unique level."
"Deoxyribonucleic artist"
"In Fellman's world, science and art come together to communicate relatively complicated scientific ideas to the general public, a public that might not be interested with genetics as an abstract concept, but who might be curious about how genetics relates to their own lives." From a story by Stephanie Dickrell, "Minnesota Daily" reporter.