about me
Lin Elizabeth Preiss is a theological artist and hospital chaplain living in Spokane, WA. She received her BFA in visual art from the University of Colorado and a Masters in Art and Theology from Fuller Seminary where she expanded to mixed media and sculpture. Lin utilizes art as a means of "disturbing the comfortable and comforting the disturbed”. A Global Immersion’s Fellow and trained in dialog for peaceful change, Lin seeks peacemaking through deeper connection with our communities, ourselves and our faith through art and storytelling.
artist statement
To borrow from a counseling adage: Disturb the comfortable; comfort the disturbed. This disruptive balance of faith and challenge speaks to my understanding of the Divine exampled by Christ and frames my passion for chaplaincy, theology and art alike.
As I bear witness and advocate for those whose worlds are turned upside-down, I am made steady by a weathered Love that turns the world inside out. My own chaos is quieted when I sit with others amidst the unanswerable questions that come from physical, emotional and spiritual brokenness. I am sustained by audacity and hope in a companioning God who is not threatened by honesty and doubt, but who ever whispers the truth of our Belovedness. In that vein, my artwork focuses on the coexisting tension between disruption and hope, pain and healing, beauty and brokenness.
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Lin has had the pleasure of collaborating with Ben Johanson and the Open Door Community, where it all began. Since then, she has collaborated with John Hardt Music and Chris Cocoa as Broken Liturgy, including special events with Peter Rollins. Lin contributed to "It Spooks: Living in Response to an Unheard Call" by John D. Caputo (2015). She has been an artist-in-residence with City Covenant Church in Spokane, WA. Currently, she is a peace fellow and artist working with Global Immersion, as well as collaborating with CCDA's Lenten devotional in 2024. She has also served as an artist-in-residence and a facilitator with Fuller Seminary's Brehm Center Artist Residency Program, and was a featured artist at their 25th-anniversary Gala in 2025. Her paintings, sculptures, and events have been seen in galleries, churches, and abandoned spaces from California to NYC, virtually, and as far as Israel and Canada.
Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain
from the publication “It Spooks”
2014 | acrylic on canvas 36” x 48"
2015 | acrylic on canvas 30” x 40”
2014 | acrylic on canvas 36” x 48"
The conversation begins here.
The work of a theological artist is to bear witness. What truth are you ready to reveal? If you are seeking a collaborator, an artist-in-residence, or a facilitator who is sustained by courage and hope, reach out. We are not threatened by honesty and doubt. We are ready to create…