CYNTHIA LIN
contact: cynthialinartist at gmail
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2021 City Artist Corps Grant from The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA)
2020 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2019 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus II, Fellowship in International House of Artists, Schwandorf, Germany
2017 Hewn Oaks Artist Colony, Visual Artist Fellowship
2014 New York Foundation for the Arts Finalist in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
2014 MacDowell Colony, Visual Artist Fellowship
2014 Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
2014 Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House, Menerbes, France
2012 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, awarded Pritzker Foundation Endowed Fellowship
2011 Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
2011 Blue Mountain Center Residency Fellowship
2009 Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
2009 Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Summer Fellowship
2007 Ragdale Foundation, "Friends Fellowship" Residency
2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2006 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, awarded John D. and Susan P. Diekman Fellowship
2005 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, funded by CSG Endowment
2005 Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education, Residency Fellowship
2002 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, The Space Program
2001 Otis Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art
1999 Visiting Artists and Scholars Program, American Academy in Rome
1994 MacDowell Colony Visual Artist Fellowship
1991 Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts - Crowell and West Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY, “Satellite and Sediment”
2023 Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, “Luis Camnitzer: Monuments to Unknown Heroes”
2022 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Make Art Not War”
2021 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Pulp at Pierogi”
2019 Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Valhalla, NY, “Deep Skin,” solo
2019 Fluc, Vienna, Austria, “In der Kubatur des Kabinetts-- der Kunstsalon zeigt (In the Cubature of the Cabinet—Art Salon Shows)”
2018-19 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, "Sketches / Studies / Statements"
2017 Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ, “Re-Drawn,” solo
2017 Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, “Seeing and Re-seeing,” solo
2017 September Gallery, Hudson, NY, “Post-Election”
2016 Czurles-Nelson Gallery, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY, “Re-Seen,” solo
2016 Equity Gallery, New York, NY, “Place: Monumental Drawings by Dawn Clements, Cynthia Lin, Gelah Penn, Fran Siegel”
2016 VanDeb Editions, Queens, NY, “Works x Women”
2015 Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY, “I am a Lie and I am Gold”
2015 Onishi Gallery, New York, NY, “Configured”
2015 Garvey/ Simon Art Access, New York, NY, “Drawing in Silver and Gold”
2015 Richard C. von Hess Foundation Works on Paper Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “Rock, Paper, Scissors: Selections from the JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey Collection”
2015 Projekt722, Brooklyn, NY, “Sensation”
2015 Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, “TechNoBody”
2014 The Drawing Center, New York, NY, “The Intuitionist”
2013 Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY, “Borderline: Depictions of Skin”
2013 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, “It’s New/ It’s Now: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Drawings”
2013 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Unhinged”
2013 Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Nation”
2013 ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY, "Pushing the Line: Drawing in an Age of Anxiety"
2011 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, “Drawings for the New Century”
2010 Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY, "Lush Life: Let it Die"
2010 Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, "Art on Paper Biennial"
2010 Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, "Observant"
2009 Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY, " Re-Inventing Silverpoint: An Ancient Technique for the 21st Century"
2009 Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, "Beauty Marks and Body Parts"
2008-09 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, "Drawn to Detail"
2008-09 National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, "El último libro," ("The Last Book")
2008-09 Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York, NY, "Back to the Drawing Board"
2008 Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York, NY, "Drawings of Skin," solo
2008 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, "183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art"
2007 Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA, "Prelude"
2005 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Selections from the Permanent Collection"
2004 Asian-American Arts Centre, New York, NY, "The Topography of Absence"
2003-04 Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, "Slowness"
2004 Show travels to Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2002 The Drawing Room at The Drawing Center, New York, NY, "Realistic Means"
2002 Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, "Hair Stories"
2001 Devin Borden/ Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, solo
2001 DiverseWorks Subspace, Houston, TX, "Curious Pleasures," solo
2000 Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, solo
1995 Art in General, New York City, NY, "New York Statements: 10 Artists"
1995 Show travels to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
EDUCATION
1990 University of Iowa, Iowa City, MFA, Painting
1986 University of California, Berkeley, BA with High Distinction and Honors in Art
contact: cynthialinartist at gmail
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2021 City Artist Corps Grant from The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA)
2020 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2019 Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus II, Fellowship in International House of Artists, Schwandorf, Germany
2017 Hewn Oaks Artist Colony, Visual Artist Fellowship
2014 New York Foundation for the Arts Finalist in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
2014 MacDowell Colony, Visual Artist Fellowship
2014 Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
2014 Brown Foundation Fellows Program at the Dora Maar House, Menerbes, France
2012 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, awarded Pritzker Foundation Endowed Fellowship
2011 Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
2011 Blue Mountain Center Residency Fellowship
2009 Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
2009 Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Summer Fellowship
2007 Ragdale Foundation, "Friends Fellowship" Residency
2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2006 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, awarded John D. and Susan P. Diekman Fellowship
2005 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, funded by CSG Endowment
2005 Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education, Residency Fellowship
2002 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, The Space Program
2001 Otis Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art
1999 Visiting Artists and Scholars Program, American Academy in Rome
1994 MacDowell Colony Visual Artist Fellowship
1991 Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts - Crowell and West Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY, “Satellite and Sediment”
2023 Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, “Luis Camnitzer: Monuments to Unknown Heroes”
2022 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Make Art Not War”
2021 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Pulp at Pierogi”
2019 Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Valhalla, NY, “Deep Skin,” solo
2019 Fluc, Vienna, Austria, “In der Kubatur des Kabinetts-- der Kunstsalon zeigt (In the Cubature of the Cabinet—Art Salon Shows)”
2018-19 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, "Sketches / Studies / Statements"
2017 Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ, “Re-Drawn,” solo
2017 Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, “Seeing and Re-seeing,” solo
2017 September Gallery, Hudson, NY, “Post-Election”
2016 Czurles-Nelson Gallery, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY, “Re-Seen,” solo
2016 Equity Gallery, New York, NY, “Place: Monumental Drawings by Dawn Clements, Cynthia Lin, Gelah Penn, Fran Siegel”
2016 VanDeb Editions, Queens, NY, “Works x Women”
2015 Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY, “I am a Lie and I am Gold”
2015 Onishi Gallery, New York, NY, “Configured”
2015 Garvey/ Simon Art Access, New York, NY, “Drawing in Silver and Gold”
2015 Richard C. von Hess Foundation Works on Paper Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “Rock, Paper, Scissors: Selections from the JoAnn Gonzalez Hickey Collection”
2015 Projekt722, Brooklyn, NY, “Sensation”
2015 Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, “TechNoBody”
2014 The Drawing Center, New York, NY, “The Intuitionist”
2013 Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY, “Borderline: Depictions of Skin”
2013 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, “It’s New/ It’s Now: Recent Gifts of Contemporary Drawings”
2013 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Unhinged”
2013 Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Nation”
2013 ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY, "Pushing the Line: Drawing in an Age of Anxiety"
2011 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, “Drawings for the New Century”
2010 Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY, "Lush Life: Let it Die"
2010 Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, "Art on Paper Biennial"
2010 Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, "Observant"
2009 Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY, " Re-Inventing Silverpoint: An Ancient Technique for the 21st Century"
2009 Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, "Beauty Marks and Body Parts"
2008-09 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, "Drawn to Detail"
2008-09 National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, "El último libro," ("The Last Book")
2008-09 Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York, NY, "Back to the Drawing Board"
2008 Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York, NY, "Drawings of Skin," solo
2008 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, "183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art"
2007 Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA, "Prelude"
2005 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Selections from the Permanent Collection"
2004 Asian-American Arts Centre, New York, NY, "The Topography of Absence"
2003-04 Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, "Slowness"
2004 Show travels to Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2002 The Drawing Room at The Drawing Center, New York, NY, "Realistic Means"
2002 Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, "Hair Stories"
2001 Devin Borden/ Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, solo
2001 DiverseWorks Subspace, Houston, TX, "Curious Pleasures," solo
2000 Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, solo
1995 Art in General, New York City, NY, "New York Statements: 10 Artists"
1995 Show travels to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
EDUCATION
1990 University of Iowa, Iowa City, MFA, Painting
1986 University of California, Berkeley, BA with High Distinction and Honors in Art
