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EDUCATION
1986 - 1989   M. A. in Studio Art, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA
1985 - 1986   Atelier of Technique of Painting, L’École national supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1980 - 1984   B. F. A. in Department of Oil Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
     
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008   Qi Yun, ChinaSquare, New York
2006   [Brooklyn] Westport Arts Center, CT
[New Chinese Occidentalism – Chinese Contemporary Art in New York] Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, NY, NY
[Trans-Boundary Experiences] Spool MFG, Binghamton, NY
[Solo Show, China 2000 Fine Art] NY, NY
[Travelers Between Cultures] Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, NJ
[Transplant] Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
[Curators’ Choice; China] Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2005   [Lin Yan –Drawings and Paintings, Shen Chen – Recent Paintings] Crystal Foundation Gallery, NY
[Lin Yan + Wei Jia] William Fellows Architects, NY
2003   [Between the Lines – Paintings and Sculptures] China 2000 Fine Art, NYC
[The Paper Chase – Creations in Paper by Contemporary Chinese Artists] China 2000 Fine Art, NYC
2002   [Yesterday and Other Stories] Plum Blossoms, NYC
[Visual Dialogue – Chinese American Artists in New York] China 2000 Fine Art, NYC
[Contemporary Brush Strokes – New York Artists from China] China 2000 Fine Art, NYC
2000   [Art Span - Three generations, nine artists in one family] (Satellite show of Shanghai Biennial), China
1999   [Art China] Limn Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1998   [Global Roots: Artists from China Working in New York] Purdue University, IN
[Entr’acte] SoHo 20 Gallery, NYC
[Three Generations of Chinese Modernism] Soho20 Gallery, SoHo, NYC, USA National Museum of Art, Beijing, China, Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
[Open Salvo] White Box Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
1997   [Diversions: New Members Group Exhibition] SoHo 20 Gallery, NYC
[Happy Return] SoHo 20 Gallery, NYC
1996   [Lin Yan and Hu Bin] Open House Exhibition, NYC
[Contemporary Asian Art in New York] SoHo, New York
1995   [Recent Paintings by Chinese-American Artists] The Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
[Man Woman Child / Husband Wife Son] Gallery Contempo-Jubilee Arts Center, NYC
[NY SoHo Biennial ‘95] 450 Broadway, NYC
1994   [Qi - Recent Works by Lin Yan and Xie Dong Ming] Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1991   [The Beginning - Lin Yan] Twin Cranes Gallery, Seattle, WA
[Miami International Art Expo] Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
[Second Spring: Contemporary Chinese Painting & Sculpture] Founders Gallery, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1990   [Art Exhibition by Pang’s Family] Lung Men Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1989   [Group Exhibition] Schmidt / Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988   [Student Art Show] Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, PA and University Gallery, Indiana University, PA
[Tai-Chi in Painting - Lin Yan] Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
[Recent Paintings by Lin Yan and Wei Jia] Weyant’s House, Lewisburg, PA
1987   [Art Exhibition from Central Academy of Fine Arts] Art Gallery of Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo, Japan
1986   [Chinese Modern Art Exhibition] Toulon, France
1985   [National Youth Art Exhibition] National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
1979   [Beijing City Art Exhibition] National Museum of Art, Beijing,[Beijing City Art Exhibition] National Museum of Art, Beijing, Chi China
     
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
    National Museum of Art, Beijing, China
Pang Xunqin Museum, Changshu, China
Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
     
HONORS
1998   Prize honored by Art Critics, Century-Women Exhibition, National Museum of
Art, Beijing, China
1996   World Famous Chinese Artists Almanac, Beijing, China
     
SELECTED REVIEWS and BIBLIOGRAPHY
    World Journal, The Duowei Times and The Epoch Times, NY, Review of “Recent Works by Lin Yan, Shen Chen”, 10, 2005
Art News, Rex Weil “New York Art Review – Chinese American Artists in New York”, 1 / 2003.
New York Times, Holland Cotter “Art in Review”, 11 / 1, 2002
New York Times, Holland Cotter “Asian Contemporary Art”, 3 / 22, 2002
Art AsiaPacific, Britta Erickson “The Rise of a Feminist Spirit in Contemporary Chinese Art”, No. 31, 2001
Annie Wong Art Foundation, catalog “Three Generations of Chinese Modernism” with essays by Eleanor
Heartney, Michael Sulivan, Ralph Croizier and Huajing Xiu Maske. 1998
National Museum of Art, Beijing, China, catalog of “Century. Women” Exhibition, 1998.
China Central Television. “Art Space” / 30 min. 1998.
China Central Television. “Half of the Sky” / 12 min. 3 / 1998.
China News, Ni Fang “Black Song”, 3 / 27, 1998.
China Environment & Culture Weekly, Yi Wai “Their Story”, 3 / 22, 1998
The Asian Art, Olivia Sand “Another Way Around: three generations of Chinese modernism, 1928-1998”, 4 / 1998
Ming Pao Daily News, “Grandmother Qiu Ti, Mother Pang Tao and Daughter Lin Yan’s Art”, 4 / 23, 1998
Ming Pao Daily News, Chen Hui Xin “Three Generations of Chinese Women Artists”, 4 / 29, 1998
Chin Show Publishing Co., Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan, “The Storm Society & Post-Storm Art Phenomenon”, 1997
Art Gallery Magazine, China, Lin Yan “Simplicity” 1996
SoHo Biennial, New York, Catalog of “SoHo Biennial ‘95”, 1995
Hua Xia Publishing Co., Beijing, China, “Selected Works of Contemporary Women Artists in China”, 1995
People’s Republic of China National Archives, Beijing, “A Collection of Art Works by 20th-Century”, 1995
Artists Communication, Beijing, Xiaojun Zhang, “Art Review”, 1995
The Research of Fine Arts, Lin Yan and Xie Dong Ming, “About our Exhibition - Qi” 4, 1995
World Journal, NY, “Chinese Artists in New York”, 7 / 28, 1995
The Chinese Press, NY and Sing Tao Daily, NY, “Artists from China and Taiwan”, 7 /27, 1995
The International Daily, LA, Wang Ailun “Lin Yan ‘s Imagination World”, 9/10, 1990
The Research of Fine Arts, Lin Yan “Creation” 4, 1984
The Fine Art, Lin Yan “A note”, 3,1984