Lynn Peters is Professor of Art and Department Coordinator at Moraine Valley Community College in Chicago, IL. She is also on the Advisory Board of Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Lynn Peters studied at Sheridan School of Design, NY State University at Alfred and Rutgers University; and has completed traditional apprenticeships, both in production pottery, and mold and model making.

Having worked in the art industry doing architectural restoration and in her own businesses making pottery for retail and wholesale markets, she now makes narrative sculptures that reflect on the complexities of the human condition.