Hai-Wen Lin
Hai-Wen Lin is a Taiwanese-American artist based somewhere between the earth and sky. Their work explores constructions of the body and the attunement of one’s self to the environment, often working through metaphor, etymologies, sunlight, wind, and the way time passes perfectly when you are out walking on a beautiful day. Lin is an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and earned a M.Des in Fashion, Body and Garment from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. They are one of the American Craft Council’s 2024 Emerging Artists, a 2023 CFDA Fashion Future Graduate, and are a recipient of the Hopper Prize and fellowships from MacDowell, Vermont Studio Center, Lighthouse Works, and the Ox-Bow School of Art. Lin has exhibited work at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, the Pittsburgh Glass Center, the walls of their home, their friend’s home, on a plate, on a lake, on their body, in the sky.
Sunday, April 2nd 5:13–7:31pm, 2023. Cyanotype on silk and cotton, developed in lakewater and steeped in black tea, feathers, beads, thread, nylon cord, bells, wood, gold, enamel, crystals, copper, brass, ceramic, dirt, flowers, sunlight, sweat, sand, rust, dust, a shivering body, a burning sensation, and a desire to be lost, 90 x 96 x 12 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Send Them Their Flowers, 2024. Silk, bamboo, hand-woven tassels, jewelry chain, 40 x 53 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Yuhua, 2024. Silk, feathers, wood, string, 54 x 78 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
7:05:51.20–7:05:51.21, 2023. Inkjet Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, 42 × 62 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Changing of the Winds, 2023. Cyanotype on wood, two thunderstorms, soda ash, gold foil, steel, monofilament, zither pins, 108 × 84 × 24 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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