tanea lunsford lynx

tanea lunsford lynx (pronouns flexible) is a writer, abolitionist, and fourth generation Black San Franciscan on both sides.

tanea is a proud alum of Voices of Our Nation (VONA) and the Lambda Literary Retreat. In 2023 tanea grew her showings of multidisciplinary work to include her first solo exhibition (we were here) at the San Francisco Main Library and an interactive exhibit (I Used to Live Here) as a part of MUNI RAISED ME at SOMArts. in They’ve been a featured artist in the National Queer Arts Festival twice: in 2023 they curated and hosted “Remembering Club Q” and in 2018 they co-curated 'Still Here VI: Existence as Resistance', a performance featuring queer Black San Franciscans. tanea has been awarded individual artist grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission as well as residencies at the Headlands Center for the Arts, The San Francisco Public Library (in collaboration with the SF Arts Commission), Mesa Refuge, the Vermont Studio Center, and others. Her work has been published in Foglifter, the Lambda Literary Anthology, Mala Forever, and in "Nothing to Lose But Our Chains: Black Voices on Activism, Resistance, and Love". 

tanea earned a BA from Columbia University and an MA from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS).

tanea served as Chair of the Spoken Arts Department at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts from 2021-2023 and currently teaches Social justice and Ethnic Studies classes at City College of San Francisco. 

 tanea is currently at work on her first novel.