jingjing LIN
Lin Jing-Jing is a conceptual artist whose work explores the depths of social and personal identity in the context of modern society, often examining themes such as confusion and quest, existence and absence, constraint and resistance through a lens of paradox. Of particular focus is how individuals define themselves amongst the effects of the outside world,vis-à-vis culture, politics, history and the economy.Her artwork spans installation, video, sound, LED Light, performance to create dazzling worlds.The surreal effect created via this method immerses the viewers into another consciousness.Lin was profiled by TATE research Center: Asia, as part of their ongoing study of ' Women Artist in Contemporary China'. Lin ’s works have been exhibited in major public museums including the National Art Museum of Chile in Santiago(Chile), the Ivam in Valencia(Spain), the Kunstraum in Vienna(Austria), Galeria Herold in Bremen, Saint Mary’s University Art Museum in Halifax(Canada), the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery in Philadelphia, the Tikanoja Art Museum in Vaasa (Finland), the Long Museum in Shanghai(China), the Nanjing Museum Nanjing(China), Guangzhou Art museum in Guangzhou(China), the Du Land Modern Art Museum in Shanghai (China) and Song Zhuang Art Museum in Beijing (China), Ljubljana Castle in Slovenia, etc. Lin’s work has been reviewed in major publications such as Asia Art Pacific, Artforum, Artnet News, AsiaArt, Southern Weekly, Kolaj magazine, Randian, China Daily, Luxuo, Hong Kong Economic Journal, South China Morning Post, etc.With her work showing in Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Basel, Art021 in Shanghai, Asia Now in Paris, Sydney Contemporary, Taipei Dang Dai, GIGE Beijing, Art Shenzhen, Art Beijing, Art Silicon Valley San Francisco, Art Stage Singapore, etc. Her work has been sold by both Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Lin’s large-scale (take up to 26000 sqf. museum space) solo show: I Want to Be With You Forever, was curated by Li Xianting, the renowned independent art critic and curator of contemporary Chinese art, known as the 'Godfather of Chinese contemporary avant-garde' for Song Zhuang Art Museum in Beijing (2009). Richard Vine, managing editor from Art in America wrote about her work: 'In paintings, altered objects and installations, she addresses some of the most wrenching themes imaginable-death, loss, loneliness, betrayal- with remarkable sophistication and restraint, even at times a touch of humor. Her contribution to contemporary art is thus two-fold. She couples a focus on individual experience (in what has for centuries been a collectivist culture) with art-making of unassuming skill. The amalgam generates a distinct form of beauty-existentialism melded with subdued artistry and permeated with simple human care. In short, Lin’s vision is compassionate, transcultural, and mature.'
