Artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson is internationally acclaimed for her contributions to the field of media art. She is widely recognized for her pioneering work in investigating the relationship between people and technology. Hershman Leesonis has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the USA Artist Foundation. In 2016 her practice was recognized with a retrospective exhibition at the leading media art museum, the ZKM | Center for Arts and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany; and in 2017 she was the recipient of the College Art Association Lifetime Achievement Award.