Her parents emigrated from China to the United States, her father in 1948 and her mother in 1949, and settled in Ohio before Lin was born.
Her parents emigrated from China to the United States, her father in 1948 and her mother in 1949, and settled in Ohio before Lin was born.
Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American designer and sculptor.
She graduated in 1977 from Athens High School in The Plains, Ohio, after which she attended Yale University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1981 and a Master of Architecture in 1986. == Environmental concerns == According to Lin, she has been concerned with environmental issues since she was very young, and dedicated much of her time at Yale University to environmental activism.
In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Lin has designed numerous memorials, public and private buildings, landscapes, and sculptures.
She graduated in 1977 from Athens High School in The Plains, Ohio, after which she attended Yale University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1981 and a Master of Architecture in 1986. == Environmental concerns == According to Lin, she has been concerned with environmental issues since she was very young, and dedicated much of her time at Yale University to environmental activism.
The memorial was completed in late October 1982 and dedicated in November 1982. According to Lin, her intention was to create an opening or a wound in the earth to symbolize the pain caused by the war and its many casualties.
She graduated in 1977 from Athens High School in The Plains, Ohio, after which she attended Yale University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1981 and a Master of Architecture in 1986. == Environmental concerns == According to Lin, she has been concerned with environmental issues since she was very young, and dedicated much of her time at Yale University to environmental activism.
In 1987 she was among the youngest to be awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by Yale University. In 1994, she was the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary A Strong Clear Vision.
In 1987 she was among the youngest to be awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by Yale University. In 1994, she was the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary A Strong Clear Vision.
existing not on either side but on the line that divides." Lin, who now owns and operates Maya Lin Studio in New York City, has designed numerous projects, including the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama (1989) and the Wave Field outdoor installation at the University of Michigan (1995). In 1995, Lin completed Wave Field, at the University of Michigan.
That was her first experience with earthworks. In 1999, Lin exhibited Il Cortile Mare (1998) of furniture design, maquettes and photos of works at the American Academy in Rome. In 2000, Lin re-emerged in the public life with a book, Boundaries.
That was her first experience with earthworks. In 1999, Lin exhibited Il Cortile Mare (1998) of furniture design, maquettes and photos of works at the American Academy in Rome. In 2000, Lin re-emerged in the public life with a book, Boundaries.
Also in 2000, she agreed to act as the artist and designer for the Confluence Project, a series of outdoor installations at historical points along the Columbia River and Snake River in the states of Washington and Oregon.
There is a collection with items left since 2001 from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which includes handwritten letters and notes of those who lost loved ones during these wars.
Lin was supported by Yale President Richard Levin and other members of the Yale Corporation, and she was the officially endorsed candidate of the Association of Yale Alumni. In 2003, Lin was chosen to serve on the selection jury of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition.
It is the largest and longest project that she has undertaken so far. In 2004, Lin completed an earthwork, Eleven Minute Line, in Sweden that was designed for the Wanås Foundation.
The earthwork is also inspired by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. In 2005, she designed the new plaza that anchors the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine. In 2006, Lin completed Waterline, which is composed of aluminum tubing and paint.
The earthwork is also inspired by Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. In 2005, she designed the new plaza that anchors the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine. In 2006, Lin completed Waterline, which is composed of aluminum tubing and paint.
There is a purposeful ambiguity to where the actual water line is in relation to the mountain range, to highlight viewers' relationship to the environment and their effect on bodies of water. Also in 2006, Lin completed her Bodies of Water series, which included representations of three bodies of water, "The Black Sea," "The Caspian Sea," and "The Red Sea." Each sculpture is made of layers of birch plywood, and are to-scale representations of three endangered bodies of water.
In 2007, an American Institute of Architects poll ranked the memorial No.
It has 21 rectangles, some raised and some depressed, resembling computer punch cards, a mainstay of early programming courses. In 2007, Lin installed Above and Below, an outdoor sculpture at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indiana.
The artwork is made of aluminum tubing that has been electrolytically colored during a process called anodization. In 2008, Lin completed a 30-ton sculpture called 2 × 4 Landscape, made of many pieces of wood, which was exhibited at the M.H.
The 2 × 4 pieces are also meant to be reminiscent of pixels, to evoke the "virtual or digital space that we are increasingly occupying." In 2008, her projects included an installation, called Wave Field, at the Storm King Art Center in New York state.
It is part of a public fine art collection at MGM Mirage's CityCenter, which opened December 2009.
It forms part of a private collection within a sculpture park, owned by Alan Gibbs, north of Auckland, New Zealand. Since around 2010, Lin has been working on what she calls "her final memorial," the What Is Missing? Foundation, to commemorate the biodiversity that has been lost in the planet's sixth mass extinction.
The sculpture is displayed behind the front desk of the Aria Resort and Casino. In 2013, Lin completed her largest work to date, A Fold in the Field.
What Is Missing? exists not in one specific site but in many forms and in many places simultaneously. From 2015 to 2021, Lin worked on the renovation and reconfiguration of the Neilson Library and its grounds at Smith College.
A project in Madison Square Park, "Ghost Forest," was postponed until 2021. Both What is Missing and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial were referred to by the White House in its press release that announced Lin as one of the 2016 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
What Is Missing? exists not in one specific site but in many forms and in many places simultaneously. From 2015 to 2021, Lin worked on the renovation and reconfiguration of the Neilson Library and its grounds at Smith College.
A project in Madison Square Park, "Ghost Forest," was postponed until 2021. Both What is Missing and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial were referred to by the White House in its press release that announced Lin as one of the 2016 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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