MICHAEL LIN

Lin has a BFA degree from the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA, U.S., and an MFA degree from ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, U.S. Lin turns away from painting as an object of contemplation toward one of painting as a bounded, physical space, one we can settle into and inhabit.

Using patterns and designs appropriated from traditional Taiwanese textiles, his works have been exhibited in major institutions and international biennials around the world, including Macule, Southbank Center, Hayward Gallery, London, U.K. (2023); Pentachrome, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, U.S. (2022); Archipelago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada (2020); Mariposa B1-09, Jumex Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (2020); 24/7, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2019); Federation, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (2017); Shanghai Biennial (2014); Art Basel Hong Kong (2014); Auckland Triennial (2013); Singapore Biennial (2011); Lyon Biennial (2009, 2005); Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale (2009, 1999); Gwangju Biennial (2002); Asia Pacific Triennial (2002); Liverpool Biennial (2002); Venice Biennale (2001); Istanbul Biennial (2001); Taipei Biennial (2000), among others.

Born in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan.
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium and Taipei, Taiwan.

Courtesy TKG+