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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2009    Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
2009    Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Summer Fellowship
2008    Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency
2007    Ragdale Foundation, “Friends Fellowship” Residency
2006    John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2006    Djerassi Resident Artist Program, awarded John D. and Susan P. Diekman Fellowship
2005    Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency, funded by CSG Endowment
2005    Residency Fellowship at Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education
2004    Yaddo Visual Artist Fellowship
2002    Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, The Space Program
2001    Otis Dozier Travel Grant, Dallas Museum of Art
1999    Visiting Artists and Scholars Program, American Academy in Rome
1994    Visual Artist Fellowship, MacDowell Colony
1991    Visual Artist Fellowship, Yaddo
1986    Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of California, University of California, Berkeley

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010    Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY, “Lush Life”
2010    Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, “Art on  Paper 2010 Biennial” (November)
2010    Ise Cultural Foundation, New York, NY, “Observant”
2010    Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College, Claremont, CA, “Luminous Lines: Contemporary Drawings in Metalpoint” (September)
2009    Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY, “ Re-Inventing Silverpoint: An Ancient Technique for the 21st Century”
           Show travels to:
           Connecticut College, Cummings Art Center, New London, CT,
2009    Alpan Gallery, Huntington, NY, “Beauty Marks and Body Parts”
2009    Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery of The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, “Drawing in the World”
2008-09    DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, “Drawn to Detail”
2008-09    Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York, NY, “Back to the Drawing Board”
2008-12    National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, "El último libro,"     (“The Last Book”)
            Show travels to:
            Zentral Bibliothek, Zurch, Switzerland (2010)
            Staats-und Universitatsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Hamburg,    Germany (2012)
2008    Michael Steinberg Gallery, New York, NY, “Drawings of Skin,” solo 
2008    National Academy of Design, New York, NY, “183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art”
2007    Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, "Cut, Copy, Fold"
2007    Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA, “Prelude”
2006    Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, “The Luster of Silver:  Contemporary
           Metal-point Drawings”
2005    Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, “Selections from the Permanent Collection”
2004    Asian-American Arts Centre, New York, NY, “The Topography of Absence”
2004    Fusebox, Washington, D.C., “Desire Lines”
2004    Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA, “Cynthia Lin/ Marc Dombrosky: Barely Visible”
2004    Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA, “Open”
2003-04    Dorsky Gallery, New York, NY, “Slowness”
           Show travels to Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2003    Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY, “The Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought”
2002    The Drawing Center, New York, NY, “Realistic Means”
2002    Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, “Hair Stories”
2001    Devin Borden/ Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, solo
2001    DiverseWorks Subspace, Houston, TX, “Curious Pleasures,” solo
2000    Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, solo
1999    Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, "A Hot Show: Abstract Paintings"
1998    Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston, TX, solo     
1998    Conduit Gallery Annex, Dallas, TX, "Sweater Lint and Other Things,"solo
1997    Women and Their Work, Austin, TX, solo
1996    Eighth Floor Gallery at 473 Broadway, New York, NY, “Artists as Curators:     Repetition/Compulsion”
1995    Art in General, New York City, NY, “New York Statements: 10 Artists”
           Show travels to The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
1993    Eye Level Gallery, Brighton, England, "The Floating Map--Pictures From Another Coast"
1992    Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, "Cynthia Lin, Lynn Curtis"

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008    Rosenberg, Karen.  “Where Have All the Paintings Gone?  To the National Academy.”  Review.  The New York Times, Friday, May 30, 2008.
2008    Kunitz, Daniel.  “The Grab-bag Anthology.”  Review.  The New York Sun, June 5, 2008.
2008    “183rd Annual.”  Review and reproduction.  Journal of the Print World, Inc.  Vol. 31 No.3, Summer 2008.
2008    Malloy, Nancy et al.  “The 183rd Annual:  An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art.”  Exhibition Catalogue.  New York:  National Academy Museum, 2008.
2008    Smee, Sebastian.  “Filling in the blanks; A Spellbinding exhibit at the DeCordova Museum…” The Boston Globe, September 12, 2008.
2008    Bergeron, Chris.  “Delight in the ‘Detail’ at the DeCordova.”  Review and reproduction.  The Daily News Tribune, Waltham, MA, September 17, 2008.
2006    “Artists Mine Silverpoint.” Review. Savannah Morning News, July 5, 2006.
2004    Barnett, Erin. “Slowness,” New Museum online reviews. January 25, 2004.
2003    “The Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought.” Review.  The New Yorker,
    April 21 & 28, 2003.
2002    Zoepf, Katherine.  “Realistic Means.”  Review.  Contemporary, May 2002.
2002    Madar, Chase.  “Selections 2002: Realistic Means.”  Review.  Time Out New
York, April 4, 2002.
2002    Johnson, Ken, “Hair Stories.”  Review.   The New York Times, Friday, May
    10, 2002.
2002    “Hair Stories.”  Review.  The New Yorker, May 20, 2002.
2002    Yablonsky, Linda.  “Hair Stories.”  Review.  Time Out New York, May 2-9,
    2002.
2002    Mejias, Jordan.  “Hair Stories.”  Review.  Frankfurter Allgemeine
    Sonntagszeitung, April 21, 2002. 
2002    Johnson, Ken.  “Lifelike, Abstract or Funky, What Exactly Is a Drawing?”
    Review.  The New York Times, September 27, 2002
2001    Daniel, Mike. "Susan Harrington and Cynthia Lin."  Reproduction and
    review. Dallas Morning News, Friday, April 20, 2001.
2001    Tyson, Janet.  “Susan Harrington/Cynthia Lin.”  Reproduction and review.   
    Artlies, Summer  2001
2000    Kutner, Janet.  "Fresh Paint: Lin's Abstraction are Grounded in Reality." 
    Reproductions of paintings and review.  The Dallas Morning News, Saturday,
    February 19, 2000.
1999     Daniel, Mike. "Heat Wave."  Reproduction of painting and review of "A
    Hot Show."  Dallas Morning News, July 2, 1999.
1999     Kutner, Janet. "Abstract works go to extremes."  Review of "A Hot Show." 
    Dallas Morning News, July 18, 1999. 
1998    Hicks, Alice.  "Curious and Tactile Pleasures...Cynthia Lin: Paintings and 
    Drawings." Review. Houston Public News, April 8, 1998.
1998    Akhtar, Suzanne. "Artists Draw Upon Fuzz..." Review. Fort Worth Star-
    Telegram, June 7, 1998.
1997    Welch, Roger.  "Different Strokes."  Review. San Antonio Express-News,
    December 11, 1997.
1997    Irvine, Madeline.  "Shows Explore Deliberation."  Review.  Austin American
    Statesman, Feb. 7, 1997.
1996    Cheng, Amy.  "Would You Mind Repeating That Again?"  Review. NYSoho
    Arts Magazine, Number 3, October, 1996.

EDUCATION

1990    University of Iowa, Iowa City, MFA, Painting, with Drawing minor
1989    University of Iowa, Iowa City, MA, Painting
1986    University of California, Berkeley, BA with High Distinction and Honors in Art

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009-    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Visiting Part-time Faculty   
2010-    Brooklyn College, New York, NY, Visiting Part-time Faculty
2004-08    Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, Guest Faculty
2002-03    The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY, Visiting Artist    
1991-02    Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Associate Professor of Art
1991    Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Visiting Assistant Professor