Lynn Basa (born 1954) is an American painter, sculpturer[1] public artist, and author living in Chicago Illinois.
[2] Basa attended Indiana University for her under graduate degree and University of Washington for her master's degree.
[3] She is best known as the author of the book The Artist's Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions.
[4] Some of her permanent public art commissions include a mosaic for the CTA Argyle Station,[5] a mosaic for the University of Wisconsin-Madison,[6] and a mosaic for a new building for Salt Lake City's Ballet West.
[7] Basa taught sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2006 to 2012.