2012 FSP/Jerome Fellowship Artist
I Hear Your Eyes
32′ x 6′ x 3′ 6″
Stainless Steel, Wood
2012
Artist Statement:
Jia-Jen Lin’s practice investigates the psychological distance between our artificial lives and physical sensations. By way of collecting, modifying, and representing information and materials from everyday experiences, Lin develops a series of works integrating sculpture, performance, and digital projections.
“I Hear Your Eyes” is a sculpture that represents an on-going balance between illusion, imagination, and reality. Built with mirror-finished surfaces on top of expansive wooden structures, it alludes to Franconia’s prairie grass settings. The installation embraces its surroundings and responds to different lighting throughout the day, While walking on the reflective panels, the audience will experience the changes in altitude and the reflections from both the surroundings and themselves.
On July 14, 2012, Jia-Jen Lin collaborated with dancer Alison Holland (MN) and saxophonist Nathan Hanson (MN) to present a live performance for this site-specific work. Together they explored dialogues between sculpture, physical movement, and music.
Born:
1980, Taichung Taiwan
Currently resides: Queens, NY
Education:
2002 – National Taiwan Normal University, BFA
2007 – School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MFA
Selected Exhibitions:
2009 – Turn Around the Back (Solo), tamtamART, Berlin, Germany
2009 – Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea
2009 – Queens International 4, Queens Museum of Art
Selected Awards:
2011 – Creation Grant in Fine Arts, National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan
2011 – The Performing Arts Grant, Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan
2008 – The First Place, The Paradox of the Water, The Westport Arts Center, USA
Selected Collections:
Personal Collection, Shanghai
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha
Artist Statement:
Jia-Jen Lin’s practice investigates the psychological distance between our artificial lives and physical sensations. By way of collecting, modifying, and representing information and materials from everyday experiences, Lin develops a series of works integrating sculpture, performance, and digital projections.
“I Hear Your Eyes” is a sculpture that represents an on-going balance between illusion, imagination, and reality. Built with mirror-finished surfaces on top of expansive wooden structures, it alludes to Franconia’s prairie grass settings. The installation embraces its surroundings and responds to different lighting throughout the day, While walking on the reflective panels, the audience will experience the changes in altitude and the reflections from both the surroundings and themselves.
On July 14, 2012, Jia-Jen Lin collaborated with dancer Alison Holland (MN) and saxophonist Nathan Hanson (MN) to present a live performance for this site-specific work. Together they explored dialogues between sculpture, physical movement, and music.
Born:
1980, Taichung Taiwan
Currently resides: Queens, NY
Education:
2002 – National Taiwan Normal University, BFA
2007 – School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MFA
Selected Exhibitions:
2009 – Turn Around the Back (Solo), tamtamART, Berlin, Germany
2009 – Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea
2009 – Queens International 4, Queens Museum of Art
Selected Awards:
2011 – Creation Grant in Fine Arts, National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan
2011 – The Performing Arts Grant, Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan
2008 – The First Place, The Paradox of the Water, The Westport Arts Center, USA
Selected Collections:
Personal Collection, Shanghai
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha