RESUME

Hai-Wen Lin 林海聞
b. Urbana, IL. Lives in Chicago, IL.
https://haiwenlin.com
@hai_wen_lin

Education
2023 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2023 MDes Fashion, Body and Garment, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2016 BA, Majors in Design and Psychology, University of California, Davis
Minors in Education and Studio Art

Solo Exhibition
2024 Craning the Neck, Facility, Chicago, IL
2024 Changeroom, Queen, Bellingham, WA
2023 如意 As You Wish, Prairie Gallery, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibition
2024 In Residence 17, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2024 Mood Swing, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
2024 Pride Month Special Show, Chinese American Museum of Chicago, IL
2024 Phone, Wallet, Keys, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL
2024 Chicago Artists for Palestine, ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
2024 Luminarts Finalists Exhibition, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, IL
2023 I Used To Have a Favorite Tree, Cherry Knot, Chicago, IL
2023 Queerphoria Vol. 2, NYC Jewelry Week, New York City, NY
2023 Coalesce, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL
2023 Green Noise, Granite City Art and Design District, Granite City, IL
2023 Fitting Session SS23, Compound Yellow, Chicago, IL
2023 Graduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2022 New Work, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Summer Session I, MU Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 Circuition, MU Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 It’s All Right, CAPX Office, Chicago, IL
2022 Full Spectrum, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Vision and Visibility, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
2020 Project Upcycle, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
2019 We the People, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
2019 New England Book Show, Boston, MA
2019 You Must Not Stand in One Place, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 Asian Aotearoa Arts Huì, The Engine Room, Wellington, New Zealand
2018 Emerging Artists, Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2016 International Textile and Apparel Association Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia
2016 CICA New Media Art, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo, South Korea
2016 Transmorpho: The Future of Textiles and Fashion, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San
Jose, CA
2015 International Symposium of Wearable Computers, Knowledge Capital Congrés Convention
Center, Osaka, Japan
2013 PaperWorks, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California

Public Performances
2024 Send Them Their Flowers, Chicago, IL with Vince Phan
2022 Orientation, MU Gallery, Chicago, IL with Charlie Thornton
2021 Red Rover Series, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL with Charlie Thornton

Residencies
2025 (forthcoming) Bemis, Omaha, NE
2024 (forthcoming) Grand Canyon Artist in Residence, Grand Canyon Village, AZ
2024 (forthcoming) Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
2024 MacDowell, Peterborough, NH
2024 Haystack Open Studio Residency, Deer Isle, ME
2024 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2024 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2024 Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2023 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2022 Ox-Bow LeRoy Neiman Fellowship, Saugatuck, MI

Press
2024 Hai-Wen Lin, Hopper Prize Journal. https://hopperprize.org/hai-wen-lin-interview/
2024 Best Literal High Art, Chicago Reader. https://chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicago/best-literalhigh-
art-hai-wei-lin/
2023 Student Hai-Wen Lin Cultivates the Art of Living at Ox-Bow. https://www.saic.edu/news/haiwen-
lin-cultivates-the-art-of-living-at-ox-bow

Artist Talks / Lectures / Workshops
2024 Becoming the Wind, Midwestern Society for Acoustic Ecology, Chicago, IL
2024 Experimental Cyanotypes, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX
2024 Hands-On Houston: Kites, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX
2024 Visiting Artist Talk, MassArt, Boston, MA
2024 Visiting Artist Talk, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
2024 “Each Other’s Anchors”, MassArt, Boston, MA
2024 Visiting Artist Talk, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2023 Visiting Artist Talk, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2022 Visiting Artist Talk, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2022 Structures of Aspiration, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

Grants / Awards / Recognition
2024 American Craft Council Emerging Artist
2024 Luminarts Visual Arts Fellow Finalist
2024 American Acadmy of Rome Terra Foundation Affiliated Fellowship Finalist
2024 Hopper Prize
2023 CFDA Fashion Future Graduate
2023 3Arts Ignite Fund
2023 Comfort Station Artist to Watch
2023 Chicago Sculpture International Fellowship
2023 SAIC Skowhegan Matching Fellowship
2023 NicNac/Facility Fashion Fellowship
2023 On Your Way Out Grant
2022 Odyssey Travel Grant
2022 Windgate Scholarship Fund
2021 New Artist Society Scholarship
2021 Boston Opportunity Fund
2021 Snow Farm Scholarship
2018 AIGA 50 Best Designed Books