ABOUT THE ARTIST

Artist Bio

Leah Ying Lin (林瑛) is a New York–based multidisciplinary artist crafting kinetic sculptural spectacles through metallic ceramics, 3D-printed metal, creative coding, and performance art. Her practice evokes living sculptures in motion, where cosmic mythologies, cutting-edge technology, and human longing converge. Visually situated between the futuristic and the ancestral grounded in the concepts and strategies of future archaeology, her work bridges supernatural mythologies, traditional craft, and East Asian aesthetics and techniques. Lin’s sculptures balance the rigidity of aluminum and metallic ceramics with the ethereal softness of amorphous shapes—expressing a feminine force both steely and sensuous. Weaving breathable kinetic mechanisms with projection mapping, sound, scent, and exotic plants she cultivates, Lin creates immersive realms that challenge and expand how sculpture engages the viewer.
Lin’s work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, and Kyoto such as Arsenal Contemporary Art NY, Sculpture Space NYC Gallery, Alisan Fine Arts, MAAM Museum in Rome, etc. Beyond the gallery, she has appeared in global high-fashion campaigns as the face for Balenciaga, Moncler and Coach, she has been featured in Vogue and V Magazine—bridging visual art, performance, and fashion through a singular, evolving lens.
Lin received her M.Arch from the Rhode Island School of Design, further studied lighting design in Rome and ceramic sculpture in Kyoto. She is currently an artist-in residence at the World Trade Center through Silver Art Projects until May 2026. 

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Artist Statement​

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My artistic practice focuses on exploring the cyclical and nested structures that unfold across different scales between unknown celestial bodies and artificial intelligence, the natural world and human tech-nological ethics. Visually, my work moves between futuristic aesthetics and East Asian sensibilities, rooted in the strategies and imagination of Future Archaeology, seeking to uncover deep connections between technological evolution, human experience, and cultural memory.

I integrate kinetic sculpture, installation, experimental video, and performance, using creative coding as a central tool while combining projection mapping, responsive sound, scent, and botanical elements to create immersive and interactive experiences. My works often present a strong material and formal tension: silvery or black metallic ceramics, translucent resin or glass in organic forms, and floating, anti-gravitational structures. The materials span from non-natural components such as 3D-printed metal, glass, ceramics, resin, and mechanical systems, to natural elements like water, plants, and sound—constructing a sculptural language of dynamic balance between rigidity and fluid-ity, stillness and movement.
My conceptual concerns center on the ethical futures between humanity and the cosmos, as well.

as the sociopolitical dimensions of bodily perception and cultural metabolism. Influenced by post humanist theory and future archaeological thinking, I continually challenge the boundaries of traditional sculpture, exploring new relationships between the politics of the senses and the memory embedded in materials—creating sculptural spectacles that integrate kinetic systems, immersive experience, and experimental materiality.

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CONTACT - leahyinglinstudio@gmail.com

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