Michael Lin

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Michael Lin
1964 born in Tokyo, Japan
Lives in Paris And Taipei, France
Education

1993 MFA, College of Design, Pasadena, USA
1990 BFA, Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Nogueras Blanchard-Barcelona, Spain

2006 Eslite Gallery-Taipei, Taiwan

2005 NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
O2 ART 2, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA

2004 Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA
Eslite Gallery-Taipei, Taiwan
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
PS1 Contemporary Art Center-Long Island City, NY, USA

2003 Palais de Tokyo, Site de Creation Contemporaine, Paris
Moroso Showroom, Milan
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerna, Suiza

2002 Galerie Tanit, Munich, Alemania
Den Hagg, City Hall, Stroom, La Haya, Holanda
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Palais de Tokyo, Site de Creation Contemporaine, Paris

2000 Private Collection, Arstyl.com, Paris

1999 Here, IT Park Gallery, Taipei

1998 Complimentary, Dimension Endowment of Art, Taipei

1996 Interior, IT Park Gallery, Taipei

1994 Huh (Meander), IT Park Gallery, Taipei

1993 After, Art Center, College of Design, Pasadena, USA

Group Exhibitions

2007 Throught the painting, Special Projects, 2 Moscow Biennale, Russia
Schaurausch-O.K.Centrum, Linz, Austria

2006 Collettiva, Galleria Cesare Manzo, Rome, IT
Notre histoire..., Palais de Tokyo, París, Francia. Comisariado por Nicolas Bourriaud y Jérôme Sans
Parcours de Saint Germain-Café de Flore, Paris, Francia
Surplus Value- Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
New Space-Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine
Once Upon a Time...Contemporary Fairytale-ARCOS Museum, Benevento, Italia

2005 8a Bienal de Lyon, Lyon, Francia. Comisariado por Nicolas Bourriaud y Jérôme Sans
About Beauty, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Alemania
The Elegance of silence, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japón

2004 The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japón
Floral Habitat, Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk, UK
Odyssey, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shangai, China

2003 Flower Power/ Lille 2004, Palais des Beaux Art, Lille, Francia
The Fifth System, Shenzhen, China
Tiger ́s Eye, Proud Gallery, Londres
Painting4, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA, USA
Cruzados, CCCB, Barcelona
Fundación NMAC, Cádiz
Chinese Contemporary Art/Subversion and Poetry, Culturgest, Lisboa, Portugal
Bibliotherapy (con Remy Markowitsch), Kuntsmuseum, Lucerna, Suiza

2002 Urgent Painting, ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Synthetic, Gallery Zurcher, Paris
How Big Is The World?, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
Gwangju Biennale 2002: Project 1: Pause, Conception, Korea
Asian Art Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery,Brisbane, Australia
International 2002, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
The Gravity of the Immaterial, Total Museum-Seoul, Korea
Asian Vibe, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castellón, Castellón

2001 Bibliotherapy (with Remy Markowitsch), Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Alemania
Casino 2001: 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gante
ARS 01: Unfolding Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Egofugal: Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence: 7th International Istanbul Biennial, Estambul
49th Biennale di Venezia, Venecia
The Gravity of the Immaterial, Institute of Contemporary Art, Taipei
Festival of Vision: Berlin in Hong Kong, Tamar Site, Hong Kong
Sister Space Project, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA
Very Fun Park: Contemporary Art From Taiwan, IT Park Gallery, Taipei; Hong Kong; Australia
The Sky is the Limit: 2000 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei

1999 Visions of Pluralism: Contemporary Art in Taiwan 1988-99, China Art Museum, Beijing, China; Taiwan
Magnet Writing/Marching Ideas, IT Park Gallery, Taipei
1st Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 1999, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japón
KHOJ '99: International Artists' Workshop', The British Council Gallery, New Delhi, India

1998 Tu Parles/J'Ecoute, La Ferme de Buisson Art Centre, Paris; Taiwan
Back from Home, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei

1997 IT Park Group Exhibition, Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Allegory and Simulacra, Gallery Pierre, Taichung, Taipei

1996 Perimeter 4, Gallery 456, New York, USA

1995 Transitional Site, IT Park Gallery, Taipei

1994 Conceptual Art Action Under Post-Martial Law, Gate Gallery, Taipei
Art and Text, National Normal College, Taipei
The Undescribable Unknown, IT Park Gallery, Taipei

1993 Zuzuglich, Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Alemania
The 8th Annual Manifesto Night, Baroque Literary Arts Centre, Venice, USA

1992 Sharon Lockhart/Michael Flax, Art Center, College of Design, Pasadena, USA

1991 Earth, Scott Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

1990 Law of Desire, Future Perfect Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Provisional Proof, Opus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Oltre il Muro, Accademia di Belle Arti de Brera, Milan

Bibliography

Hou, Hanru, Yishu_Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Primavera, 2005, p.55-62
Westcott, James, Nyartsmagazine, 22 de diciembre, 2004
Spalding, David, FlashArt, octubre, 2004, p.126
Michael Lin, Art Asia Pacific, No41, verano, 2004
Tietenberg, Annette, Wallflowers, Form,197, julio/agosto, 2004, p.36-43
Hughes, Jeffrey, Contemporary, No65, 2004, p.67
Van Ginneken, Lily, Made in Taiwan, Bloom, No11, 2004, p.20-23
L’image du mois, Beaux Arts Magazine, noviembre, 2003
Lavrador, Judicael, Les Artistes s’etalent, Beaux Arts Magazine, 231, agosto 2003, p.82-89
Marie-Claire Maison, agosto, 2003
Mahoney, Bronwyn, Patterns of Thought: The Installation of Michael Lin, Yishu_Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, primavera, 2003, p.82-85
Tan, Eugene, Liverpool Biennial, Pleasant Street Board School,
Contemporary, No10, octubre, 2002, p.94
S. King, Sarah, Art in America, junio, 2002
ML, The art of deco, Art Review, Vol.LIII, febrero 2002, pp.50-1
Devenport, Rhana, The sky is the limit: Taipei Biennial 2000, Art AsiaPacific, No30, 2001, p.20–22
Casavecchia, Barbara, Taipei Biennial, Flash Art, vol.33, No215, noviembre/diciembre 2000, p.103
Lloyd, Ann Wilson, Reorienting: Japan rediscovers Asia, Art in America,vol.87, No10, octubre 1999, p.104–111
Bourne, Cecile, Reviews: Taipei (Taiwan), Michael Lin, IT Park, FlashArt, vol.30, No194, mayo/junio 1997, p.124
McIntyre, Sophie & Wang, Chia Chi Jason, Taipei in entropy, Flash Art,vol.29, No187, marzo/abril, 1996, p.57–60