Amy Lin's drawings explore the interactions among little circular dots. On one level, the interactions are physical and the dots exist as particles or molecules. On another level, the interactions are social and the dots represent people or societies. Because the dots are hand-drawn, they are each a little different and (similar to people) their differences are what make them beautiful. Since Lin's first dot drawing in 2004, Lin's dots have been featured in six solo exhibitions including one curated by Anne Collins Goodyear, Assistant Curator at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Regeneration, 2010, colored pencil on paper, 72 ½ x 46 ½ inches
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Dependence, 2007, colored pencil on paper, 64 ½ x 51 ½ inches
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Release, 2008, colored pencil on paper, 30 x 21 inches
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Coalesce, 2010, colored pencil on paper, 40 x 19 inches
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Reassurance, 2011, colored pencil on paper, 26 ½ x 19 inches
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Transformation, 2011, colored pencil on paper, 26 ½ x 16 ½ inches
Amy Lin's drawings explore the interactions among little circular dots. On one level, the interactions are physical and the dots exist as particles or molecules. On another level, the interactions are social and the dots represent people or societies. Because the dots are hand-drawn, they are each a little different and (similar to people) their differences are what make them beautiful.
Since Lin's first dot drawing in 2004, Lin's dots have been featured in six solo exhibitions including one curated by Anne Collins Goodyear, Assistant Curator at the National Portrait Gallery. Lin's drawings have been reviewed in the Washington Post and included in the Mid-Atlantic Edition of New American Paintings (curated by Stephen Bennett Phillips, formerly with the Phillips Collection). Lin has also been included in 2011’s, 100 Artists of Washington, DC, by Lennox Campello.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. chemical engineering, 2001
Gallery Representation
Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2013
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Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
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2011
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Natural Selection, Heurich Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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Amy Lin – Recent Work, NBC Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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2010
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Kinetics, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
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2009
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Amy Lin – Recent Work, NBC Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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2008
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Interaction, Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
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2007
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Silence, Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, Bethesda, MD
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2006
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Obsession, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, D.C. Curated by Anne Collins Goodyear, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Portrait Gallery
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Alone, Community Gallery, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
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Survival, Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC
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Affinity, Fisher Gallery, Rachel Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center, Alexandria, VA
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2011
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Network, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, D.C.
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2010
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7th Annual Transformer Auction, Washington, D.C.
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Fine Art Gala, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
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On/Off the Grid, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
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2009
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Recent Acquisitions, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
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2008
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Art Anonymous, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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27th WPA Art Auction, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
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Color Invitations, R Street Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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Whither Geometry, Radford University Art Museum, Radford, VA
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2007
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Three Part Harmony: Definition, Delicacy and Detail in Drawing, curator’s office, Washington, D.C.
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Amy Lin and Jill Finsen (2 person show), BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
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5th Annual Transformer Auction, Washington, D.C.
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Generations of the Washington Color School Revisited, Luther Brady Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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2006
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Works of Art on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
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9th Annual International Art Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
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Scratching the Surface, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
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No Fancy Title, Randall Scott Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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2005
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Unlocked, Verizon Gallery, Annandale, VA
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Hoyt Mid-Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition, The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
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Will’s Creek Survey, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD
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48th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
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8th Annual National Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
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Narrative, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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7th Annual All Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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In The Game, Bancroft Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
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Got Quirk?, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2004
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Open Exhibition, Fairfax County Art Council, Verizon Gallery, Annandale, VA
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2003
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Abstraction 2003, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
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Dimensions 2003, AAWS Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
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The 46th Chautauqua National Exhibition, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
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Watercolor Landscape Exhibit, Zwaanendael Gallery, Lewes, DE
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Self Portraits, Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD
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Islands in the Stream: Stream of Consciousness, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
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2002
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To the Nth Degree: Works On or Of Paper, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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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
