Amy Lin is an American artist living and working in Washington, D.C. Lin has had 13 solo exhibitions including ones in New York City, Tokyo, and Houston. Lin is the recipient of a John Anson Kittredge Grant and a Strauss Fellowship Grant and has had artist residencies in Tokyo and Singapore. She has been reviewed in the Washington Post and American Contemporary Art magazine and published in New American Paintings and art critic Lenny Campello’s book “100 Artists of Washington, D.C.” Lin’s work is held in many corporate and private collections throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Regeneration, 2008, colored pencil on paper, 6 x 4 feet
Perception, 2016, colored pencil on paper, 20 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches
Fluttering, 2013, colored pencil on paper, 35 x 20 inches
Little Worlds, 2016, mixed media on paper, 32 x 46 inches
Dispersion, 2016, colored pencil on paper, 41 x 47 inches
Apennina, 2016, mixed media, 19 x 19 inches
Sacrifice, 2008, colored pencil on paper, 54 x 60 inches
Little Marks Day 2, 2016, mixed media on paper, 7.5 x 7.5 inches
AMY LIN
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Baby Thoughts, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
SCOPE Art Fair, Alida Anderson Art Projects, New York, NY
2016 Dreamworlds 2.0, The Artist Project Contemporary Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
2015 Dreamworlds, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
Dreamscape, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX
2013 Diffusion 2.0, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Anomaly, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
Diffusion, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
2012 Survival 2.0, Instinc Gallery, Singapore
2010 Kinetics, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
2008 Interaction, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2007 Silence, Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, Bethesda, MD
2006 Obsession, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
(Curated by Anne Collins Goodyear, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Portrait Gallery)
Alone, Community Gallery, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Survival, Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Affinity, Fisher Gallery, Rachel Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center, Alexandria, VA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 GEOMETRIX: Line, Form, Subversion, curator’s office, Washington, D.C.
2015 Gift and Go, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
2013 Drawing Perspectives, Marlboro Gallery, Largo, MD
2012 Wisdom Beyond Borders, Ngee Ann Cultural Centre, Singapore
1st Annual Spring Soirée, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
2011 Natural Selection (Two-person show), Heurich Gallery, Washington, D.C.
8th Annual Transformer Auction, Washington, D.C.
Network, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
2010 7th Annual Transformer Auction, Washington, D.C.
2010 Fine Art Gala, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
On/Off the Grid, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
2009 Recent Acquisitions, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
2008 Art Anonymous, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
27th WPA Art Auction, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
(essay by Associate Curator Sarah Kennel, National Gallery of Art)
Color Invitations, R Street Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Whither Geometry, Radford University Art Museum, Radford, VA
2007 Three Part Harmony: Definition, Delicacy and Detail in Drawing, curator’s office, Washington, D.C.
Amy Lin and Jill Finsen (Two-person show), BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
5th Annual Transformer Auction, Washington, D.C.
Generations of the Washington Color School Revisited, Luther Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2006 Works of Art on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
9th Annual International Art Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Scratching the Surface, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
No Fancy Title, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2005 Unlocked, Verizon Gallery, Annandale, VA
2005 Hoyt Mid-Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition, The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
Will’s Creek Survey, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD
48th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
8th Annual National Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Narrative, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Gallery, Washington, D.C.
7th Annual All Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
In The Game, Bancroft Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Got Quirk?, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Open Exhibition, Fairfax County Art Council, Verizon Gallery, Annandale, VA
2003 Abstraction 2003, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Dimensions 2003, AAWS Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Watercolor Landscape Exhibit, Zwaanendael Gallery, Lewes, DE
Self Portraits, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
Islands in the Stream: Stream of Consciousness, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2002 To the Nth Degree: Works On or Of Paper, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
RESIDENCIES
2013 3331 Arts Chiyoda Artist-In-Residence, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Instinc Gallery Artist-In-Residence, Singapore
AWARDS/GRANTS
2016 Artist Fellowship Grant, D.C Commission on the Arts and Humanities
2014 John Anson Kittredge Grant, Cambridge, MA
2010 Strauss Fellowship Grant, The Arts Council of Fairfax County, Fairfax, VA
2008 Trawick Prize Semifinalist, Bethesda Contemporary Art Award, Bethesda, MD
2006 2nd Place, Sweet and Sour, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Honorable Mention, A New Palette for the Workhouse, Reston, VA
Special Merit Award, Spotlight on the Arts, Fairfax, VA
2005 Equal Award, All-Media Show, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2nd Place, 2005 Hoyt Mid-Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
Equal Merit Award, Grass Roots, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Honorable Mention, Poetry in Motion, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Gallery, Washington, D.C.
BOOKS
Campello, F. Lennox. 100 Artists of Washington, D.C., 2011
New American Paintings, 15th Anniversary Edition, 2009
New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Edition, 2007
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Washingtonia Collection
Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C.
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
TELEVISION
Let’s Talk Live!, ABC, March 26, 2013
A Tribute to Working Women, ABC, June 16, 2010
Artist Amy Lin, ABC, March 2010
Artworks This Week, Maryland Public TV, December 2008
White House Chronicle. March 10, 2006
SELECTED REVIEWS/ARTICLES
Pettifor, Steven. “Amy Lin at Addison Ripley Fine Art.” Asian Art News, July/August 2015
Jenkins, Mark. “Amy Lin – Dreamworlds.” The Washington Post, June 13, 2015
Mazar-Fox, Holly. “The Escape Artist.” DC Modern Luxury, May 2015
Allday, Frances. “Amy Lin Exhibition ‘Dreamscape’ at Nicole Longnecker Gallery.” Houston Inner Looper, March 2015
Anspon, Catherine. “Framed: Two Ladies Rule.” PaperCity Magazine, March 3, 2015
Fitch, Ken. “The Ascendant Journey of Amy Lin.” The Examiner, July 19, 2013
Jenkins, Mark. “Amy Lin – Diffusion.” The Washington Post, April 18, 2013
Phang, Yen. “Following the Line, Connecting the Dots.” Artitute, April 3, 2012
Dunkins, Brittney. “Collect Call” DC Magazine, December 2011
Jenkins, Mark. “D.C. art galleries feature wonderful creative blends.” The Washington Post, September 16, 2011
Capps, Kriston. “Eighteen Artists of Washington, D.C.” Washington City Paper, December 29, 2010
Campello, F. Lennox. “Spring Brings Great New Art to the Nation’s Capital.” American Contemporary Art Magazine, April/May 2010
Dawson, Jessica. “A Sense of Direction in the Middle of Nowhere.” The Washington Post, April 23, 2010
DiMargo, Carissa. “Imagine Swirled Peace, via Amy Lin’s Art.” NBC Around Town, March 26, 2010
Mellema, Kevin. “Kinetics: Amy Lin.” Falls Church News-Press, March 24, 2010
Campello, F. Lennox. “Amy Lin at Addison Ripley.” Daily Campello Art News, March 17, 2010
Klimek, Chris. “The Eye: Amy Lin.” Examiner, April 5, 2009
Campello, F. Lennox. “Interaction.” Old Town Crier, May 2008
Klimek, Chris. “Connecting dots between generations.” Examiner, May 3, 2008
Mellema, Kevin. “Amy Lin: Interaction.” Falls Church News-Press, April 16, 2008
Cavanaugh, Amy. “DCist Interview: Amy Lin.” DCist, March 21, 2008
Rousseau, Claudia. “Finding her voice: Amy Lin’s ‘Silence’.” Gazette, December 12, 2007
O’Sullivan, Michael. “Amy Lin’s Growing Sphere of Influence.” The Washington Post, November 29, 2007
O’Sullivan, Michael. “The Story Behind the Work.” The Washington Post, November 29, 2007
Campello, F. Lennox. “Botero, Cleary, Lin.” Old Town Crier, November, 2007
Dickey, Marilyn. “40 People Under 40 to Watch.” Washingtonian, May 2007
Campello, F. Lennox. “Jenny Davis, Tim Tate, Amy Lin.” Old Town Crier, April 27, 2007
Magner, Jim. “Obsession.” The Hill Rag, January 2007
Kolakowski, Nick. “Perfect the Dots.” Washington City Paper, December 29, 2006
“Dots and Loops.” The Washington Post,” December 15, 2006
Mellema, Kevin. “‘Obsession’ by Amy Lin at District of Columbia Art Center.” Falls Church News-Press, December 14, 2006
Campello, F. Lennox. “Anne Collins Goodyear and Amy Lin.” DC Art News, December 12, 2006
“Obsession.” The Washington Post, December 10, 2006
Beizer, Julia. “Local Artists Bring the Funk to DCAC.” The Washington Post, July 31, 2006
Goss, Heather. “Just the Beginning.” DCist, July 13, 2006
O’Sullivan, Michael. “Amy Lin, Infusing Dots with Personality.” The Washington Post, May 12, 2006
Mellema, Kevin. “Affinity.” Falls Church News-Press, May 25-31, 2006
Tierney, Robin. “Feeling Dotty: Lyrical Sphericals.” The Examiner, May 6-7, 2006
Mattingly, Diane. “Following the Dots To Works of Art.” The Washington Post, May 4, 2006
Taylor, Juliet. “An ‘Affinity’ for Dots.” The Fairfax County Times, May 4, 2006
Rice, Lea Mae. “Artist – Amy Lin.” Mount Vernon Gazette, April 27, 2006
Campello, F. Lennox. “A Picture’s Worth.” Old Town Crier, January 2006
