Biography:
Lin is a Chinese artist who uses a
variety of media, including painting, photography and video. She graduated from
China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), the most well known Art School in
China, majoring in Painting & Media Arts. During her undergraduate studies,
her works focus on the changes experienced by Chinese women; private space is becomes
public. One of her digital media Installations named Present 00:00 won the Award of the Best Creative Art Works, 2007 Graduation Art
Exhibition, CAFA School of Design.
She started painting when she was four,
winning her first award when she was eight. This was followed by many others,
including the Prize of Gold, 1st International Children’s Painting Competition,
London UK, sponsored by Bloomsbury College, in 1993 when she was Eleven. Since the
age of twelve, she had been an apprentice of Professor Di'an Fan, former Vice
President of CAFA, and now the President of China National Gallery.
Since 2008, she has been studying the
interdisciplinary environment in the Department of Digital+Media, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD),
Lin creates never-ending loop installations in the new media genre, creating
new works within the context of interactive contemporary everyday existence;
the use of new computer technologies in gallery spaces via animated video; and
also in digital performances, she explores the meanings between human actions and
digital projections by using sounds, lights, videos and images. Lin draws from
her experiences living throughout China,
Canada and the United States.
Since 2010, LinZhang and Feng Jiangzhou became an artist group called
Sifenlv, created and produced<
Artist Statement:
I revere the ancient Chinese traditions and incorporate them into my work while reflecting on succeeding generations: my life as an artist follows a cycle that goes from studying the ancient paintings; to studying digital + media, and moving beyond new media to digital performance.
My Self-Portraits series focuses on issues specific to women artists and their respective
generations. Across the Mountains, a work from this series, translates
this traditional format into a new media installation as I design myself as a
robot that travels with portraits of my family; Blinks in the Atmosphere projects on the Cave wall1 is based on a Zen (Chinese: 禪 Chan) parable or koan (Chinese: 公案 gong'an); Xuan Xiang Yi Qi, a digital performance,
creates a sense of connection between the inner and outer spaces, engages the
five sensing organs, provoking synesthetic experiences. Endless appropriates and animates the ancient Chinese illustrated book, and questions
the assumption that the environment will always adapt to the effects of the
presence of humans; Shan Xuan Shui Cang uses a variation of Chinese Landscapes within digital
contemporary time: disturbing the visual surface of the landscape versus
disturbing the ideology of narratives; and the Micro-Landscape Series makes different shapes and materials and considers how the meaning shifts
within the narratives. The social public digital performances Floating City,
Fleeting Life and Reading-Mistake project
images and animate videos; program videos use advanced soft wares, multiple
stage technologies and dancers to present aspects of electronic everyday life
and express the live-status of people who are living under urban cities.
RESIDENCE:
1995-2007 Beijing, China
2007-2008 Vancouver, Canada
2008-2010 Providence, USA
Current works in Beijing Si fenlv (Beijing) Culture Communication Company (Position: President)
Member of ACHE Art Group (other members: Songkun, Mulian)
Member of CAA (China Association of Artists)
Member of Federation of Canadian Artists
CAFA Urben Design School TEAM Seventeen's Teacher
EDUCATION:
Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate School of Design (Honor) 2010
Master of Fine Arts in Digital Media (MFA)
Providence, RI, USA.
Brown University, Multimedia & Electronic Music Experiments elective program 2009
Brown University, Literary Arts Program
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Graduate School of Media Arts 2008
Completed one year in the Media Arts Program
Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Central Academy of Fine Arts 2007
2003 Major in Painting, School of Fine Arts
2004 Major in Digital Media, School of Design
Honors Thesis Academic Design Award
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Beijing, China.
High School of Central Academy of Fine Arts 2003
Major in Painting
Beijing, China.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Programming + Multimedia
Processing, Max/MSP/Jitter, Flash (ActionScript)
Physical Computing
Microcontrollers (BASIC Stamp, Arduino), electronics, sensors
Internet
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Dreamweaver, TextWrangler Motion Flash, Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro
Imaging
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Audio
Logic, Soundtrack Pro
Traditional Media
Book-making, Chinese traditional painting, Oil-painting, Print-making, Sculpture
PERFORMANCE ART:
2011
The 6th CIFF Film Festival, Nanjing, China.
Digital performance<Hou Gong>. UCCA, Beijing, China.
Beijing International Youth Festival, Beijing, China.
China New Design, Italy China cultural exchange year, Triennale Design Museum, Milano, Italy.
France Avignon Theatre Festival, France.
2010
Musical love Teresa Teng，Hongkong.
Central Nationalities Song and Dance Group celebration, National Theatre，Beijing，China.
Knight of the Chinese sailing Cup Award Ceremony, Shenzhen，China.
Mei LanFang Hua，Beijing，China. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Youth Theater Festival，Beijing，China."Blooming" Rock Heroes' Live performance, Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China.
"Reading-mistake III", Digital ART Performance, 798 Art Factory-751 MeiGui Zhi Ming Art Center (with Feng Jiangzhou & Tan shaoyuan), Beijing, China.
Sa Dingding Personal Live Concert Digital Performance, Shenzhen, China.
Sa Dingding Personal Live Concert Digital Performance, Beijing, China.
Sa Dingding Personal Live Concert Digital Performance, Chongqing, China.
China National Theater, Digital Perforamance, Beijing, China.
2009
Hangzhou Art Museum Opening Ceremony, Digital Stage Performance, Hangzhou, China.
Digital Media Stage Performance, Xingguang Cinema, Beijing, China.
2008
Large blue starlight -2008 Olympic gymnastics performance multimedia production, Beijing, China.
ART EXHIBITION:
2010
"Incubator of great change," & "Netherlands East First Night", ACHE group, 798 Space, Beijing, China.
"Endless" －RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, US.
"Lin's Art Performance" Selected Graduate Students' Exhibition 2010, Chace Center,Providence, US.
"Endless" Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2010, Rhode Island Convention Center, US.
Vision2: The Future that Encompasses the Past－An Art Exchange Program between China and Taiwan, TINA KENG gallery, Taibei.
Digital Media Group Artists' Show, New York, US.
Convention Center, MFA Thesis Show, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
Sol Koffler Gallery, DM Show, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
Chace Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
2009
Graduate Open Studio, Fall 2009, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
"Across the mountains" Interactive installation, Pixilerations- New Media Festival", Providence, RI, USA.
Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
Graduate Open Studio, Spring 2009, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
2008
Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
Graduate Open Studio, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
MAA Program Open Studio, Vancouver, Canada.
Interior Design Show WEST, Canada Place, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, Canada.
Cinema Festival Film Screen, Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada.
2007
DE-DAT Summer day entertainment festival, Beijing, China.
The Thoughts of the Masses --The 1st Electronic Art Festival, Shanghai, China.
School of Design Award, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
AWARDS:
2011
Jury for Creative Divergents Summer 2011
2010
Creative Divergents Winter 2010 award, New York Organization, USA.
Honor Student of Rhode Island School of Design graduate study in Recognition of Excellent Performance.
Work of excellence, Graduate Study Grant competition, Rhode Island School of Design, US.
Graduate Fellowship, Digital Media, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
2009
Honor Student of Rhode Island School of Design in Recognition of Excellent Performance.
Graduate Fellowship, Digital Media, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
2008
Graduate Fellowship, Digital Media, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US.
Certificate of Large blue starlight -2008 Olympic gymnastics performance multimedia production, Beijing, China.
2007
Entrance Scholarship, Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada.
GRANTS:
2010
Graduate Study Grant competition, Rhode Island School of Design, US. ($ 5000)
Graduate Fellowships, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA. ($4400)
2009
Graduate Fellowships, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA. ($8800)
2008
Summer Internships as assistant to Chief Research and Industry Officer D.R Inkster, International Animation Program, Beijing & Canada. ($8848)
Graduate Fellowships, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA. ($4400)
2007
Academic Design Awards, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China. (3500 RMB)
Entrance scholarship, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada. ($ 5400)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2009
Teaching Assistant of Daniel C. Howe in Software Interventions, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA.
2007
Central Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture training program, Beijing, China.
SOCIAL WORKS:
2009
Assistant of City Design School President Zhu Di, Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China.
Assistant of New media Performance director,CCTV Station, Beijing, China.
Volunteer, Cyber Art Festival, Boston USA.
New media installation, the 10th Chinese Lunar New Year Grand Party, Columbia University, New York, USA.
2008
International Crop Circles Art Investment Company, Beijing, China.
Assistant to Chief Research and Industry Officer Dr. Rob Inkster, International Animation Program, Beijing & Canada.
1st year MAA Program Open Studio, Emily Carr Art Institute, Vancouver, Canada.
Gallery volunteer, Federation Canadian Art gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2011
Creative Divergents magazine-The award recipient of the Creative Divergents Winter 2010 Showcase , volume 1.
2010
RISD Alumni Magazine, in the winter issue of RISD XYZ.
RISD successful GS|Grant proposals, Selected published in Graduate Studies.
MFA Thesis, selected chapters in RISD Digital+Media Graduate Student Journal 2010