Lin Yi Hsuan Biography

Lin YiHsuan (b. 1985) was born in Yilan, Taiwan, then relocated to Latin America in 2009 and has since lived in Honduras and Argentina. Currently, he lives and works in São Paulo. Lines, symbols, passages of colors and brushstrokes are imbued with painterly techniques in Lin's abstract paintings.

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Many of his early works center on Lin's exotic experience in search of personal identity, while his recent practice has turned to the investigation of painterliness and pure abstraction. Fluid, loose,and interwoven, Lin's seemingly spontaneous methods are the result of meticulous planning and arrangement. Each composition, each individual line, is initially sketched on blank paper before it is rendered on the canvas. This allows Lin to create a canvas that appears impulsive and undefined, yet is filled with intricate layers of meaning. With a creative approach that combines an interplay of rationality and sensitivity, Lin YiHsuan further enhances the complexity and spatial depth within his abstract paintings.

Lin YiHsuan's recent important solo shows include "The Sun's Pencil" (2023) at Nanjo Art Museum, Okinawa, "Density" (2023) at Gallery Weekend Beijing and Each Modern, Taipei, "a man called log" (2021) at Each Modern, Taipei, "Sob o Céu Estrelado" (2019) at Ateliê Fidalga, São Paulo, "We are Turtles" (2019) at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, "Straw" (2018) at Each Modern, Taipei, "Baby Danger Baby Extraño" (2017) at Basin, Philadelphia, "Argh. Hippos." (2017) at Aura Gallery Taipei, Taipei, and "A Chicken and a dog, they walk" at Jeffrey Stark, New York. Lin's recent group shows include "Here is Where We Meet" (2023) at ChiaYi Art Museum, "Out of Summer" (2019) at Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, "Li Yuan-chia and the Homages to" (2019) at Each Modern, Taipei, "Poetic Gaze: Yilan Art Museum Collection Exhibition" (2018) at Yilan Art Museum, Yilan, "Paper in Practice" (2016) at Moran Moran, Los Angeles, "Seize the Life: Contemporary Writing and Painting" (2016) at Double Square Gallery, Taipei, "That's the neighbor, always dressing these boulders in the yard" (2014) at Suzanne Geiss, New York, "Olhae e escolher" (2013) at Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Sao Paulo, and "Drawing Now: Contemporary Taiwanese Drawing" at Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei. Lin has also participated in residency programs at Ateliê Fidalga, Sao Paulo (2019), ISCP, New York (2019), and 18th Street Art Center (2013).

Text courtesy Each Modern.

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