About Leah Ying Lin
New York based multimedia artist, architect, and art director, Leah Ying Lin, was born and raised in China. She is a practicing architect with a Masters Degree from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. Her mediums include architecture, sculpture, film, lighting installations and art direction for independent short films and music videos. The media in her work is influenced by her experiences studying lighting in Rome and ceramics in Japan. Her pieces have been internationally exhibited in Rome, Kyoto, Providence, and New York.
EDUCATION
2016 - 2019 Rhode Island School of Design - Architecture, with RISD Scholarship
2018 Winter RISD Study Abroad in Japan - Archi & Ceramics, with Architecture Travel Award
2017 Winter RISD Study Abroad in Rome - Architectural Lighting Design, with Architecture Travel Award
NON-DEGREE EDUCATION
2019/07/01 - 2019/08/04 Artist Residency at Arts, Letters & Numbers, with Scholarship
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020/10/15 - 2020/10/23 Solo Exhibition: Happy Living, Happy Life, Latitude Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2019/05/25 RISD Thesis Show, Architecture Design: The Absolute Surveillance City, Woods Gerry Gallery, US
2019/05/23 - 2019/06/01 RISD Grad Show, Architecture Design: Between Contain & Container, Convention Center, US
2019/05/13 Swap Meet Pop-Up Exhibition, Sculptures: Drowning Piggies, The Buoy Piggies, RISD Metcalf, US
2018/04/07 - 2018/04/15 Transformations in Japan, Artist Book: Framing, RISD BEB Gallery, US
2017/02/04 - 2017/02/15 Installations: Missing Address/ Prejudice, ROMA MAAM Museum, Italy