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Donna Lynas (1967 – 22 January 2021) MBE was a curator and artistic director born in Northern Ireland. She was best known for her role as the artistic director and CEO of Wysing Arts Centre near Cambridge between 2005–2021 and for previous roles at Modern Art Oxford and South London Gallery where she developed a curatorial focus on live performance in the context of visual arts organisations.

Early life and education
Lynas was born and grew up in Northern Ireland and studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee.

Career
Between 1995 and 1999 she worked at Modern Art Oxford initially as Touring Exhibitions Organiser (1995–1997) and subsequently as Curator (1997–99).

In 1999 she joined South London Gallery where she curated the live art programme.

In 2005 Lynas became director of Wysing Arts Centre.

She was also an active member of the steering committee of Plus Tate network and chair of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) of arts organisations in the East of England, leading the New Geographies programme of commissions across the region.

Lynas died in January 2021 after living with lung cancer for two years.

Awards
Lynas was awarded an MBE in 2020 for Services to the Arts.