Lin Tianmiao
born 1961, in Taiyuan, China; lives and works in Beijing, China
Lin Tianmiao is one of the leading artists of her generation and among the few female artists to emerge from China in the 1990s. She received a BFA in 1984 from Capital Normal University in Beijing and, in 1989, studied at the Art Students League in New York, where she lived from 1986 to 1995. Lin’s multifaceted practice, which encompasses painting, sculpture, installation, and works on paper, is largely autobiographical. Her often psychologically charged subject matter explores issues relating to gender, power, and identity within contemporary Chinese society.
