LIN YAN Biography
Born 1961, Beijing, China
Works and lives in New York
EDUCATION
1989 M.A. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Department of Studio Art, PA
1986 L’École nationale supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Atelier of Technique of Painting, Paris
1984 B.F.A. Central Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Oil Painting, Beijing
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Lin Yan: Blowing in the wind, Lens Gallery, Beijing, September 16–October 30, 2023.
2021
Lin Yan - Lemaire: Beijing Gateway, The Dover Street Market Taikooli, Beijing, June 2–August 12, 2021.
Lin Yan: No Return, Leo Gallery Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 8–August 30, 2021.
2019
Lin Yan: Origin Point, Helwaser Gallery, New York, November 21, 2019–January 31, 2020.
2018
Lin Yan: Inverted Shadow, Leo Gallery, Shanghai, July 8, 2018–September 1, 2018.
2017
Lin Yan: Gateway, Fou Gallery, New York, December 2, 2017–January 21, 2018. Extended to February 10, 2018. (Digital catalogue)
2016
Lin Yan, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, April 9–May 8, 2016. (Brochure)
2014
Lin Yan: Beyond Xuan, Officina, Brussels, November 14–December 14, 2014. (Catalogue)
Lin Yan: Dispelling the Clouds, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, February 15–March 13, 2014.
Lin Yan: Paperweight, Fou Gallery, New York, February 28–March 21, 2014.
2013
Lin Yan: Embracing Stillness, Sprint Flatiron Prow Art Space, Cheryl McGinnis Project, New York, February 14–May 15, 2013.
2012
Lin Yan: Enshrouded, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, May 8–June 16, 2012.
2009
Lin Yan: Remaking, China Square, New York, February 5–28, 2009. (Catalogue)
2006
Lin Yan: Echoes in the Moment, China 2000 Fine Art, New York, May 18–June 24, 2006. (Catalogue)
1996
Lin Yan: To Beijing, Open House Exhibition, New York.
1991
Lin Yan: The Beginning, Twin Cranes Gallery, Seattle.
1988
Lin Yan: Tai Chi in Painting, Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Seeking the City - 2023, Datong Contemporary Art Season Southeast historical and Cultural district, Datong, Shanxi, June 21–August 30, 2023.
Beyond Ink, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, April 15–May 20, 2023.
In the Mood for Love - Chinese Female Artists from Song Dynasty to Modern Day, VillageOne Art, New York, March 8–April 1, 2023.
Mountain Ridge, WS gallery, Shanghai, opened on March 3, 2023.
2022
When All At Once I Turn My Head, I Find Her There Where Lantern Light Is Brightly Shed, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, October 21 – November 11, 2022.
From Lausanne to Beijing - 12th International Fiber Art Biennale, Yunnan Provincial Museum, Kunming, September 1–October 31, 2022.
My Casa, AD Magazine Art Space, Shanghai, July 8–August 5, 2022.
Crafting the Past from the Future, Fou Gallery, New York, January 15–March 13, 2022. (Digital Catalogue)
2021
Big in China, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, December 1, 2021–June 1, 2022.
Super Fusion - 2021 Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu City Art Museum, Chengdu, October 28, 2021–February 28, 2022.
In the Midst of It All, G Museum, Nanjing, July 17–November 28, 2021.
Carry-On III, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, May 12–May 27, 2021.
Spring Fever 2021, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, March 6–April 11, 2021.
Legacies of Literati, Fou Gallery, New York, February 19–March 28, 2021.
2020
A Tale of Two Cities, New York Village One Space, New York, November 15, 2020 – January 15, 2021.
Re-Destination, Yuan Art Museum-Wuqing, Tianjin, China, October 25, 2020–August 25, 2021.
RTSM: More Than The Immune Problem Online Exhibition, CAFA Art Info, September 29—December 2020.
Salon: Contemporary Art Practices from 1972 to 1982 in Profile – A Beijing Perspective, Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China, August 30–September 24, 2020.
Clouds Gathering and Unfolding: An Exhibition of Modern Chinese Art on Paper, Ichihara Lakeside Museum, Ichihara, Japan, April 1–June 28 (temporarily closed during the COVID-19, extended through July 26, 2020).
2019
Mind the Gap, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, Delaware, November 16, 2019–January 30, 2020.
The Latent Paradigm: Research on The Statues And Ecology of Chinese Contemporary Art 2019, Today Art Museum, Beijing, November 7–26, 2019.
ININK: Current Trends of Ink Art, NanHai Art, Millbrae, California, October 5–November 9, 2019.
The Splendid Languages of Paper, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, August 9–September 19, 2019. (Brochure)
A Material Lineage: Pang Tao and Lin Yan, Pearl Lam Gallery, Shanghai, March 23–May 20, 2019.
2018
New Ink Art in China 1978-2018, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, December 18, 2018–February 23, 2019.
The 2018 Guang’an Field Art Biennale, Wusheng, China, December 16, 2018–May 10, 2019.
Blurred Boundaries, New York School of Interior Design Gallery, February 12–March 2, 2018. (Brochure)
2017
Useless Value, Wanying Art Museum, Shijiazhuang, China, December 24, 2017–March 17, 2018.
Art Exhibition of Elegant Items of Ingenuity 2017, Shixiang Art Space, Beijing, September 27–October 20, 2017.
Loom – Contemporary Art, Jinji Lake Art Museum, Suzhou, China, June 24–August 27, 2017.
Crisscrossing East and West: The Remaking of Ink Art in Contemporary East Asia, Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art, Yinchuan, China, June 17–August 20, 2017.
Twenty Years of Contemporary Ink Art at Kaikodo, Kaikodo Gallery, New York, May 2–June 28, 2017.
The Dark Matters, White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, March 8–July 30, 2017.
2016
In Perspective, Chambers Fine Art, New York, November 17, 2016–January 28, 2017.
3rd Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum Triennial, Central Academy of Fine Arts, New York, November 9, 2016–January 8, 2017.
Boundaries of the Spirit, NanHai Art, San Francisco, June 18–July 23, 2016. (Catalogue)
2015
Lin Yan & Wei Jia: A Garden Window, Kwai Fung Hin Gallery, Central, Hong Kong, November 16–December 15, 2015. (Catalogue)
Sovrapposizioni Di Immagini, Casa Dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, June 20–July 1, 2015.
2014
Double Vision: The Culture China Overseas Chinese Women’s Invitational Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, November 8, 2014–March 8, 2015. (Catalogue)
China Twelfth National Art Exhibition - Mixed Media Paintings, Hebei Museum, Shijiazhuang, September 16–October 30, 2014. (Catalogue)
Modernity 3.0: Bridging East - West Art, New York University 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, June 5–July 12, 2014. (Catalogue)
Tales of Two Cities: New York & Beijing, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, May 3–August 31, 2014. (Catalogue)
Transcending Boundaries, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, May 3–August 31, 2014.
Start from Tradition: Lin Yan & Wei Jia, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, May 1–June 1, 2014.
2013
New York Beijing, Here There, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, October 24–November 5, 2013.
2012
4th Taipei Contemporary Ink Painting Biennial, National Democracy Memorial Hall, Taipei, December 7–18, 2012. (Catalogue)
Art on Paper 2012 Biennial, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC, October 21, 2012–January 13, 2013. (Catalogue)
Phoenix Singing –Traveling Exhibition of Contemporary Female Art, Tree Museum, Beijing, September 23–October 23, 2012. (Catalogue)
Vaulting Limits, Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York, May 4–25, 2012. (Catalogue)
2011
Art on Paper, Gallery North, Long Island, New York, 2011.
Asian Variegations, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, December 8–16, 2011.
2011 Paper Art Biennial, National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 5 –June 5, 2011. (Catalogue)
Giving and Receiving II: A Collaborative Exhibition of Contemporary Artists from China and the USA, CU Art Museum, University of Colorado, Denver, April 8–July 22, 2011. (Catalogue)
2010
Echoes from the Past, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT, November 6–December 11, 2010.
3rd Contemporary Ink Painting Biennial, Taipei National Museum of History, Taiwan, August 13–September 12, 2010. (Catalogue)
Spring Equinox, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, March 21–April 21, 2010. (Catalogue)
Intertwining Layers, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, January 22–February 26, 2010.
2009
Living Ink, Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Center, New York, September 30, 2009– January 23, 2010.
Here & Now: Chinese Artists in New York Chapter 1, Museum of Chinese in America, New York, September 22–November 2, 2009. (Catalogue)
Making It, Deutsche Bank 60 Wall St. Gallery, New York, April 2-July 31, 2009. (Catalogue)
2008
From Realism to Abstract : The 2nd exhibition of Chinese Abstraction, One Moon Contemporary, Beijing, November 22, 2008–January 3, 2009. (Catalogue)
Art Graduate Reunion Exhibition, Class of 1980, Studio III, Department of Oil Painting: Celebrating 90th anniversary of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Loft 3 Gallery, 798 district, Beijing, September 20–October 28, 2008. (Catalogue)
Shanghai MoCA Envisage II: Butterfly Dream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, September 10–November 9, 2008. (Catalogue)
Cross Reference: 11 Artists from NY, Shuimu Art Space, 798 Art district, Beijing, July 19–September 7, 2008. (Catalogue)
Then and Now: Chinese Art from 1710 to 2007, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, July 8–July 30, 2008.
Chinese Gardens for Living: Illusion into Reality, The Dresden State Art Collections, Germany, June 28–October 31, 2008. (Catalogue)
The Transforming Marks of Ink, The Dresden State Art Collections, Germany, June 27–September 14, 2008. (Catalogue)
Chinese Traditions Reconfigured, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT, May 10–Jun 14, 2008.
Touched by Women’s Hands, Smithsonian Institution - Flushing Town Hall, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, February 22–April 5, 2008. (Catalogue)
2007
In and Out, 2x13 Gallery, New York, 2007.
3rd Chengdu Biennial, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, China, September 14–October 12, 2007. (Catalogue)
Responding & Corresponding, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, June 30–July 9, 2007. (Catalogue)
Language / Environment, Contemporary Museum of Art of Beijing, May 26–August 26, 2007. (Catalogue)
Qi Yun: International traveling exhibition of Chinese Abstract Art, Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Shen Zhen. Traveled to: Beijing Now Gallery, Beijing; Hanart T Z Gallery, Artist Commune, Hong Kong; China Square, New York, 2007–2008. (Catalogue)
Transparent: Group Exhibition by Lin Yan, Zhang Hongtu, Hu Bing, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, April 5–May 5, 2007.
2006
Brooklyn, Westport Arts Center, CT, 2006
Contemporary Chinese Visions, Amy Simon Gallery, CT, 2006.
Visible / Invisible: Chinese Abstract Paintings Exhibition, One Moon Contemporary, Beijing, December 2, 2006–January 30, 2007. (Catalogue)
Curators’ Choice: China, Art, Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, September 24, 2006–January 14, 2007.
Transplant–Transculture, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, September 10 –December 10, 2006.
Travelers Between Cultures–Xu Bing, Gu WenDa, Lin Yilin, Lin Yan and Zhang Hongtu, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, NJ, 2006. (Catalogue)
Trans-Boundary Experiences, Spool MFG, Binghamton, NY, April 8–April 23, 2006.
New Chinese Occidentalism–Chinese Contemporary Art in NY, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, January 19–February 28, 2006. (Catalogue)
2005
Simplicity in Life, Crystal Foundation Gallery, New York, October 15–November 20, 2005.
2003
Between the Lines, China 2000 Fine Art, New York, October, 2003. (Catalogue)
The Paper Chase: Creations in Paper, China 2000 Fine Art, New York, March, 2003.
2002
Visual Dialogue,China 2000 Fine Art, New York, October 2002.
2000
Art Span: Three Generations, Nine Artists in One Family, satellite show of Shanghai Biennial,Shanghai, 2000.
1999
Open Salvo, White Box Gallery, New York, 1999.
1998
Three Generations of Chinese Modernism –Qiu Ti, Pang Tao, Lin Yan, Soho20 Gallery, New York, 1998. Traveled to: National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, 1998. (Catalogue)
1995
Recent Paintings by Chinese-American Artists, The Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, 1995.
Man Woman Child/ Husband Wife Son, Gallery Contempo-Jubilee Arts Center, New York, 1995.
1994
Qi, Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 1994.
1991
Second Spring: Contemporary Chinese Painting & Sculpture, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1991.
1990
Pang Family Painting Exhibition , Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, 1990. (Catalogue)
1987
From Central Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, 1987.
1985
National Youth Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 1985.
1984
Beijing City Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 1984.
1979
1st Annual Exhibition of China Oil Painting, Association Zhongshan Park, Beijing, 1979.
PUBLIC/CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Deutsche Bank Art Corporate Citizenship – Art, New York
Long Museum, Shanghai
Pang Xunqin Museum, Changshu, China
Teda Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China
National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia