Alanna Lynch is an artist and researcher from Canada.  She works with living organisms and biological materials, along with their messy, visceral, ephemeral states and pungent smells.  Recognizing the interdependence of our collective bodies, minds, and emotions within systems of power, a focus of her work is on contagion and the politics of affect.  With a background in biology and textiles, and degrees in Psychology, Information Studies and Fine Art, she has exhibited and performed internationally.  She is a founding member of the artist collective Scent Club Berlin and was awarded the Berlin Art Prize in 2018.