Jessica Lynne is a writer and art critic. Alongside Taylor Aldridge, she co-founded ARTS.BLACK, an online journal of art criticism that published Black critics from 2014-2021. Her writing has been featured in publications such as Artforum, The Believer, frieze, the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, and Oxford American, where she is a contributing editor. She is the recipient of a 2020 Research and Development award from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, a 2020 Arts Writers Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation, and the inaugural Beverley Art Writers Travel Grant awarded in 2022 by the American Australian Association. Her writing has been supported by Art Omi, Tin House, and The Carolyn Moore Writers House. Jessica holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She has taught writing and lectured at institutions such as Colorado College, Northwestern University, The New School, and The Yale School of Art. In 2024, she hosted the limited series podcast, Harlem is Everywhere, presented by Pineapple Street Studios and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jessica is also a former editor at Momus.

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