Cynthia Lin was born in Taiwan and grew up near Chicago, Illinois. At her studio in Brooklyn, NY, she is currently working on a series of large (4-10 feet) graphite drawings of skin, orifices, and scars, based on computer scans.

Upcoming group exhibitions include “Lush Life” at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, (July) and “Art on Paper 2010 Biennial” at Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (November.)

A John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006 enabled a solo show of drawings of skin at Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York, as well as group shows including DeCordova Museum, Julie Chae Gallery, The National Academy of Design, ISE Cultural Foundation, and Alpan Gallery.   Her previous body of work, actual size drawings of dust, was shown at The Drawing Center, Dallas Museum of Art, Adam Baumgold Gallery, Dorsky Gallery, Bronx River Art Center, Kentler Drawing International, and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.

Generous support through residency fellowships include Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, The Space Program at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program at the American Academy in Rome, Ragdale, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, and Hall Farm Center for the Arts and Education.

She received a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley and an M.F.A. from The University of Iowa, Iowa City.  She is currently teaching at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Brooklyn College in New York.  She has also taught at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Sarah Lawrence College, Southern Methodist University, Dartmouth College, Morehead State University, and The University of Iowa.