| Born in Beijing. Lives and works in New York City. | ||
| EDUCATION
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| 1986-1989 | MA, Studio Art, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA | |
| 1985-1986 | Atelier of Technique of Painting, L’École national supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Paris | |
| 1980-1984 | BFA, Department of Oil Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing | |
| SOLO / DUO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2009 |
Lin Yan - Remaking, ChinaSquare, New York |
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| 2006 | Lin Yan - Echoes in the Moment, China 2000 Fine Art, New York | |
| 2005 | Lin Yan - Simplicity in Life, Crystal Foundation Gallery, New York Lin Yan + Wei Jia, William Fellows Architects, New York |
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| 1996 | Lin Yan - To Beijing, Open House Exhibition, New York | |
| 1995 | Man Woman Child / Husband Wife Son, Gallery Contempo-Jubilee Arts Center, New York | |
| 1994 | Qi - Lin Yan, Xie Dongming, Gallery of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing | |
| 1991 | Lin Yan - The Beginning, Twin Cranes Gallery, Seattle | |
| 1988 | Lin Yan - Tai Chi in Painting, Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania | |
| SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITINS
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| 2008 | Shanghai MoCA Envisage II - Butterfly Dream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai Chinese Gardens for Living: Illusion into Reality, Curated by Keyang Tang, The Dresden State Collections, Germany The Transforming Marks of Ink, Curated by Pan Qing and Fan Dian, The Dresden State Collections, Germany Quiet Quest - From Realism to Abstract - The 2nd Exhibition of Chinese Abstraction, One Moon Contemporary, Beijing |
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| 2007-2008 | Qi Yun - International Traveling Exhibition of Chinese Abstract Art, Curated by Huang Zhuan OCT Contemporary Art Terminal of He Xiangning Art Museum, Shen Zhen Beijing Now (Xian Zhai) Gallery, Beijing, China Hanart T Z Gallery, Artist Commune, Hong Kong ChinaSquare, New York Traveling Exhibition - Touched by Women’s Hands Flushing Council of Culture and Arts, Smithsonian Institution, New York Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York |
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| 2007 | 3rd Chengdu Biennial, Curated by Kuiyi Shen and Britta Erickson, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Sichuan Responding & Corresponding, Curated by Liu Xiaochun, National Art Museum of China, Beijing Language / Environment, Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing |
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| 2006 | Visible / Invisible, Curated by Gao Minglu and Liu Libin, One Moon Contemporary, Beijing, China Curators’ Choice: China, Art, Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA Travelers Between Cultures - Xu Bing, Wenda Gu, Lin Yilin, Lin Yan and Zhang Hongtu, Curated by Zhijian Qian Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, NJ |
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| 1998 | Three Generations of Chinese Modernism - Qiu Ti, Pang Tao, Lin Yan Soho20 Gallery, New York National Art Museum of China Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver |
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| 1989 | National Youth Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing | |
| 1979 | 1st Annual Exhibition of China Oil Painting Association | |
| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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| National Art Museum of China Pang Xunqin Museum Cheng Du Contemporary Art Museum Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts |
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