Lynn Hershman-Leeson is an artist, filmmaker, educator and author. She has worked in photography, video and electronic sculpture. Her 53 videotapes and 7 interactive installations have garnered many international awards, including First Prize Vigo Spain and First Prize Crystal Trophy, Montbelliard, France. Her first feature film, "Conceiving Ada," starring Tilda Swinton, Karen Black and Timothy Leary, was shown at many film festivals worldwide and received the award of "Outstanding Achievement in Drama" from the Festival of Electronic Cinema in Japan, as well as the Iomega Award for Technical Innovation due to the pioneering digital processes used to create virtual sets for this film. Hershman-Leeson's work is in numerous collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (N.Y.), The National Gallery of Canada, DG Bank Frankfurt, The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), The University Art Museum (Berkeley) and the Hess Collection . She is the author of "CLICKING IN, HOTLINKS TO A DIGITAL CULTURE," published in 1996 by Bay Press.