Monika Lin
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Texts
- Shadow Count, installation, ceramics, plexiglass, mixed media, dimensions variable, 2010
- “The Exemplars,” woodcut, 1 of an edition of 20, 24 x 22 cm, 2013
- Hybrid Landscapes, resin and acrylic paint, ink, plaster pill replicas on wood panel, 30 x 40 cm, 2012
- Monika Lin, “Memory Boxes,” found objects, resin, found box, 37 x 11.5 x 10cm, 2014
- On the Way to the Imperial Examination… : Crow No. 2, wire, rice paper, paste and beeswax, dimensions variable, 2012
- Skipping Girls No. 5, plaster replicas of pills, polymer paint (acrylic), epoxy resin and ink on wood panel, 35 x 25 cm, 2010
- Take-Away, rice, resin, masking tape, dimensions variable, 2012
- Take-Away
Exhibitions
- What if Objects Could Talk?March 29th, 2014 - May 26th, 2014
- Learning from the Literati 4
September 14th, 2013 - October 29th, 2013 - Learning from the Literati 3
September 5th, 2012 - October 10th, 2012 - Abstract Expressions
April 14th, 2012 - May 27th, 2012 - Cold Comfort
February 4th, 2012 - March 18th, 2012 - Collective Consciousness August 6th, 2011 - August 30th, 2011
- Refracted Realities
April 9th, 2011 - May 9th, 2011 - Shifting Definitions November 6th, 2010 - December 18th, 2010
1968
Born in New York City, New York, USA
Now lives and works in Shanghai
Education
1990
Graduated from the College of Creative Studies, UCSB, Santa Barbara
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2010
“Medusa,” Art Labor Space, Shanghai, China
2009
“Small Offerings,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, US
“Child Palace,” Art Labor Gallery, Shanghai, China
2005
“Double Happiness,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
2002
“Red Shoes,” Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
“Red Shoes,” Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
2001
“New Work,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
Untitled Exhibition, Light Box Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
1999
“Objects and Icons,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
Untitled Exhibition, Paxton Gate, San Francisco, California, USA
“Blue Lotus,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
1998
“Strange Saints,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
“Paintings,” Zintroppe, Berlin, Germany
1997
“Strange Saints and the Moongoddess” John Whyatt Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Group Exhibitions
2011
“The Birth of a Myth -Part 2- Art in a State of Alertness － remembering Jiaozhou
Lu incident,” Yongkang Lu Art, Shanghai China
2010
“2010 Centennial Celebration of Women in Art,” Shanghai Fine Art Museum,Shanghai China
Shifting Definitions, ” OV Gallery, Shanghai, China“2nd Impressions,” Art Labor 2.0, Shanghai, China
“Re-visioning History,” OV Gallery, Shanghai, China
2008
“The New Mainstream II,” Arizona State University Gallery, Tempe, Arizona, USA
“Ten,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
Bridge Art Fair, New Nork, New York, USA
2007
Michael Petronko Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Scope Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Bridge Art Fair, London, Great Britain
Art Beijing, Beijing, China
2005
Scope Miami, Maimi, fLorida, USA
2004
“Self Portrait,” IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary, Indiana, USA
2002
Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
2001
Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, US
“Wax Works,” Gwenda Jay Addington, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2000
“An American Palette,” Sebastapol Center for the Arts, Sebastapol, California, USA
Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
“New Art y2k,” Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
“The Art of the Monotype,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
1999
“Encaustic Works 1999” Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, New York, USA
Center for Young women’s Development, San Francisco, California, USA
National Art League, New York, New York, US
Dillon Gallery, Soho, New York, New York, US
“Post-Postcard” Four Walls, San Francisco, California, USA
“Lure” San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA
“The Art of the Monotype,” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
1998
Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, California, USA
“Six Kunst Women” Ernst von Heuwald Haus, Lubben, Germany
1997
“The Circular Ruins” Macarthur Concert Center, Oakland, California, USA
1996
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA
1993
“In Defense of Expression,” San Jose Center for Latino Arts, San Jose, California, USA
