CYNTHIA LIN
Cynthia Lin's monumental "skin" drawings are currently on view in "Drawn to Detail" at the DeCordova Museum until January 4, 2009.
Cynthia Lin explores the conflicting experiences of psychological discomfort and visual fascination by creating magnified drawings and paintings of pores, hair, orifices and dust. The devotion to detail in her work intensifies and prolongs the act of looking, revealing how the mundane and familiar can be remarkable and strange. Among the prizes recently awarded to Lin include a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony Visual Artist Fellowship, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation/SPACE Program Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artists Program/Visual Artists Fellowship and the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program at the American Academy in Rome. She has exhibited widely in New York and in the U.S.
EDUCATION
1990
University of Iowa, Iowa City, MFA, Painting, with Drawing minor
1989
University of Iowa, Iowa City, MA, Painting
1986
University of California, Berkeley, BA with High Distinction and Honors in Art
AWARDS
2006
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2006
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Visual Artist Fellowship
2005
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency funded by CSG Endowment
2005
Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education, Residency Fellowship
2004
Yaddo, Visual Artist Fellowship
2002-03
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, The Space Program
2001
Otis Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art
1999
American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artists and Scholars Program
1994
MacDowell Colony, Visual Artist Fellowship
1991
Yaddo, Visual Artist Fellowship
EXHIBITIONS
2008
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, "Drawn to Detail"
2008
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA, "Prelude"
2007
Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, "Cut, Copy, Fold"
2006
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, “The Luster of Silver: Contemporary Metalpoint Drawings”
2005
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, “Selections from the Permanent Collection”
2004
Asian-American Arts Centre, New York, NY, “The Topography of Absence”
2004
Fusebox, Washington, D.C., “Desire Lines”
2004
Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA, “Cynthia Lin/ Marc Dombrosky: Barely Visible”
2004
Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA, “Open”
2003-04
Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, “Slowness”
Show travels to: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2003
Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY, “The Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought”
2002
The Drawing Center, New York, NY, “Realistic Means”
2002
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, “Hair Stories”
2001-02
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, “Selections from the Permanent Collection”
2001
Devin Borden/ Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, solo
2001
DiverseWorks Subspace, Houston, TX, “Curious Pleasures,” solo
2001
Satellite Space at University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, solo
2000
Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, solo
1999
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, “A Hot Show: Abstract Paintings”
1998
Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston, TX, solo
1998
Conduit Gallery Annex, Dallas, TX, “Sweater Lint and Other Things,” solo
1997
Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX, “Link”
1997
Women and Their Work, Austin, TX, solo
1995
Art in General, New York City, NY, “New York Statements”
Show travels to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
1993
Eye Level Gallery, Brighton, England, “The Floating Map-Pictures From Another Coast”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, Guest Faculty
2002-03
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY,Visiting Artist
1991-2002
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Associate Professor of Art
1991
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Visiting Assistant Professor
1990
Morehead State University, Morehead KY, Instructor
1988-89
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Teaching Fellow
Cynthia Lin explores the conflicting experiences of psychological discomfort and visual fascination by creating magnified drawings and paintings of pores, hair, orifices and dust. The devotion to detail in her work intensifies and prolongs the act of looking, revealing how the mundane and familiar can be remarkable and strange. Among the prizes recently awarded to Lin include a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony Visual Artist Fellowship, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation/SPACE Program Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artists Program/Visual Artists Fellowship and the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program at the American Academy in Rome. She has exhibited widely in New York and in the U.S.
EDUCATION
1990
University of Iowa, Iowa City, MFA, Painting, with Drawing minor
1989
University of Iowa, Iowa City, MA, Painting
1986
University of California, Berkeley, BA with High Distinction and Honors in Art
AWARDS
2006
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2006
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Visual Artist Fellowship
2005
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency funded by CSG Endowment
2005
Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education, Residency Fellowship
2004
Yaddo, Visual Artist Fellowship
2002-03
Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, The Space Program
2001
Otis Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art
1999
American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artists and Scholars Program
1994
MacDowell Colony, Visual Artist Fellowship
1991
Yaddo, Visual Artist Fellowship
EXHIBITIONS
2008
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, "Drawn to Detail"
2008
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, NY
2007
Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA, "Prelude"
2007
Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, "Cut, Copy, Fold"
2006
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, “The Luster of Silver: Contemporary Metalpoint Drawings”
2005
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, “Selections from the Permanent Collection”
2004
Asian-American Arts Centre, New York, NY, “The Topography of Absence”
2004
Fusebox, Washington, D.C., “Desire Lines”
2004
Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA, “Cynthia Lin/ Marc Dombrosky: Barely Visible”
2004
Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA, “Open”
2003-04
Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, “Slowness”
Show travels to: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2003
Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY, “The Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought”
2002
The Drawing Center, New York, NY, “Realistic Means”
2002
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, “Hair Stories”
2001-02
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, “Selections from the Permanent Collection”
2001
Devin Borden/ Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, solo
2001
DiverseWorks Subspace, Houston, TX, “Curious Pleasures,” solo
2001
Satellite Space at University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, solo
2000
Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, solo
1999
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, “A Hot Show: Abstract Paintings”
1998
Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston, TX, solo
1998
Conduit Gallery Annex, Dallas, TX, “Sweater Lint and Other Things,” solo
1997
Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX, “Link”
1997
Women and Their Work, Austin, TX, solo
1995
Art in General, New York City, NY, “New York Statements”
Show travels to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
1993
Eye Level Gallery, Brighton, England, “The Floating Map-Pictures From Another Coast”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, Guest Faculty
2002-03
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY,Visiting Artist
1991-2002
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Associate Professor of Art
1991
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Visiting Assistant Professor
1990
Morehead State University, Morehead KY, Instructor
1988-89
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Teaching Fellow
