ABOUT THE ARTIST
Leah Ying Lin (æž—ç‘›) is a visual artist and art director based in New York. In 2019, she graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in Architecture, and also studied abroad in Rome for lighting design and in Kyoto for ceramics sculpture. Leah's works have been exhibited in Rome, Kyoto, Providence, New York, and Los Angeles. Her work as an art director for independent short films has been nominated/awarded by various prestigious international film festivals. Owing to her multidisciplinary practice, Leah Ying Lin has a presence within the high-fashion circle, representing global campaigns such as Balenciaga and being featured in Vogue, V Magazine, etc.
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Leah's artistic themes delve into the exploration of human desire for conquest, the fragility of life, and the tension between decay and rebirth. Her work challenges the notion of an "ideal" society, forces us to confront our ironic pursuit of ultimate happiness, and echoes the anxieties in the current political and post-pandemic environment. Leah's interest in the contrast between the transient and the eternal is evident in her fascination with the ephemeral nature of life and her investigation of cyclical and perpetual themes.
In her 2020 New York Solo Exhibition - Happy Living, Happy Life, Leah created a series of works that include sculptures, installations, short films, and performances to create a surrealistic spectacle. In 2022, Leah Ying Lin began to focus on a new series of futuristic kinetic sculptures. Her new works imagine the late stage of the world and explore the interplay between human bodies and machinery, flesh and consciousness, and the processes of rebirth and reconstruction.

EDUCATION
2016 - 2019 Rhode Island School of Design - Master of Architecture, awarded with RISD Scholarship
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2018 Winter RISD Study Abroad in Japan - Archi & Ceramics, awarded with RISD Architecture Travel Award
2017 Winter RISD Study Abroad in Rome - Architectural Lighting Design, awarded with RISD Architecture Travel Award
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ARTIST RESIDENCY
2019/07/01 - 2019/08/04 Artist Residency at Arts, Letters & Numbers, with Scholarship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020/10/15 - 2020/10/23 Solo Exhibition: Happy Living, Happy Life, Latitude Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023/05/27 - 2023/05/30 Group Exhibition - Stratigraphy: Celebrating Layering in the Arts, Arts, Letters, Numbers, NY
2023/05/19 -2023/05/21 Group Exhibition - For Use 2023 NYC x Design, Sculpture Space NYC Gallery, NY
2022/12/17 - 2023/01/10 Group Exhibition - Meta-Morphosis, Yiwei Gallery, Los Angeles
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2019/08/02 - 2019/08/03 Arts Letters and Numbers Group Exhibition - Festival, Arts Letters & Numbers, NY
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2019/07/19 Arts Letters and Numbers Group Exhibition - Third-Thursday Ed.07, Arts Letters & Numbers, NY
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2019/05/25 RISD Thesis Show, Architecture Design: The Absolute Surveillance City, Woods Gerry Gallery, PVD
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2019/05/23 - 2019/06/01 RISD Grad Show, Architecture Design: Between Contain & Container, Convention Center, PVD
2019/05/13 Pop-Up Exhibition, Sculptures: the Drowning Piggies, RISD Metcalf, PVD
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2018/04/07 - 2018/04/15 Transformations in Japan, Artist Book: Framing, RISD BEB Gallery, PVD
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2017/02/04 - 2017/02/15 Installations: Missing Address/ Prejudice, ROMA MAAM Museum, Italy
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OTHER EXPERIENCES
2019 - 2020 Rockwell Group NY - Designer & Project Manager Confidential Projects including Runway, Club & stage design
2020 - 2022 ICRAVE NY - Designer - Projects including Sphere Las Vegas, W Hotel Dallas, Real Madrid Stadium x Moment Factory and more​
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2017 - 2018 Gensler LA & Gensler NY - Design Intern
PRESS
The Los Angeles Post The new pop-up exhibition “Meta-Morphosis” in Venice features five Gen-Z artists
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Sohu News Leah Ying Lin, A Visual Artist Who Freely Navigates the Front and Back of the Stage
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Tencent News Leah Ying Lin, A Visual Artist Who Freely Navigates the Front and Back of the Stage
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Sina News Leah Ying Lin, A Visual Artist Who Freely Navigates the Front and Back of the Stage
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Tencent News Boundless Experimentations - Multidisciplinary Visual Artist Leah Ying Lin
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Artron News Manifesto of A Pig: A Brief Review of the Solo Exhibition 'Happy Living Happy Life'
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