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JIA-JEN LIN

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EDUCATION
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MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts ( SMFA ) in affiliation with Tufts University, MA
BFA, National Taiwan Normal University ( NTNU ), Taiwan

AWARDS AND HONORS
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Selected Taiwanese Artist for International Residency Project, Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
Selected Taiwanese Artist for Boundary Break-Through Project, Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
15th Annual Asian Artist Alternate Fellowship, Freeman Foundation, USA
Selected Artist Mentee for NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program, NYFA, New York
Honorable Mention, Art Interview-12th International Online Artist Competition, Berlin, Germany
Curator’s Choice, Opposites Attract, 2008 Big Ideas, Micro Museum, NY
First Place, The Paradox of the Water, The Westport Arts Center, CT
14th Annual Asian Artist Alternate Fellowship, Freeman Foundation, USA
Jurors’ Recognition, SMFA Student Annual, SMFA, MA
SMFA Student Scholarship, SMFA, MA
Honorable mention, SMFA Student Annual, SMFA, MA
SMFA Student Scholarship, SMFA, MA
The Second Place in Three-D Mixed Media , NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
The Second Place in Three-D Modeling, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
The Third Place in Three-D Mixed Media, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
The Second Place in Ceramics, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
Honorable Mention in Oil Painting, Taichung Municipal Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan
RESIDENCY
10 10 10 09 09 08 Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia
Watermill Center, Watermill, NY
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Incheon Art Platform, Incheon, South Korea
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
11 09 09 08 03 02 We Lost Our Arms and Legs in Groups, Black and White Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan Flowing . Circulating, Power Space Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
Manu-fractured, Taipei Cultural Center, NY
Bow, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, VT
Please Fold Up Along the Line, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
Display of Furniture, OSO Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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The Other Hemisphere : Nung-Hsin Hu and Jia-Jen Lin, MEME Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Open Studio, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, WA, Australia
Paradiso : Watermill Summer Benefit, Watermill Center, NY
Open Studio, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
The Great POP-UP Art Sale, Dumbo Arts Center, NY
She : Visions of Women by Taiwnese Artists, Tenri Cultural Institute, NY
Map Is Not the Territory, NYFA Immigrant Artist Project at D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge Festival, NY
2009 Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Incheon Art Platform, South Korea
Queens International 4, Queens Museum of Art, NY
Brooklyn Windows, The Refinery, NY
Young Emerging Artists, Lana Santorelli Gallery, NY
Storefront Films, Gallery Aferro, NJ
The Paradox of Water, The Westport Arts Center, CT
Opposites Attract, Micro Museum, NY
Small Work, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NY
Alpan International 2007, Alpan Gallery, NY
The 13th Annual International Women’s Exhibition, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, NY
Viridian 18th National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists, NY
National Prize Show 2007, Cambridge Art Association, MA
SMFA Student Annual, Grossman Gallery, SMFA, MA
Mash Up, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, MA
Reach-12 Residency Project, SMFA, MA
Thesis Exhibition, Aidekman Arts Center/ Tufts University, MA
Blue, Cambridge Art Association, MA
2-d-3-d on-line exhibition, Energy gallery, Toronto
2006 College Art Association Exhibition, Massachusetts College of Art , MA
SMFA Student Annual, Grossman Gallery, SMFA, MA
Night Artists Installation show, SMFA, MA
Project Space, SMFA, MA
Lantern Festival Exhibition, National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Graduation Exhibition, Huashan Arts District, Taipei, Taiwan
Graduation Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
Departmental Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
Departmental Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
Hometown, Taichung Municipal Cultural Center, Taichung
Peep, Free Art Club, Easy Mall Gallery, Taipei Metro, Taiwan
Geometric Memory, Free Art Club, Union Building, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
United Exhibition of Eleven Persons, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
Departmental Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
921, Free Art Club, Fine Arts Gallery, NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
SELECTED ARTIST TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

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“SymbioticA Friday Seminar : Untitled ( )”, SymbioticA, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
“Taiwanese Artist in Residency : Jia-Jen Lin“, Asialink at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
“First Thursday Art Talk : Jia-Jen Lin,“ Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, US
Artist Talk, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, US
“Digital Storytelling Workshop“, New New Yorkers Program, Queens Museum of Art, New York, US
“Experimental Art Making Workshop“, New New Yorkers Program, Queens Museum of Art, New York, US
CATALOGUES
10 09 09 09 00 “Paradiso : Watermill Summer Benefit 2010“, Watermill Center, p25, p144
“2009 Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale “, Incheon Art Platform, p94-99,268,286
“She:Taiwanese-American Artists Envision Woman”, Taipei Cultural Center of TECO, New York, p7,56-59
“Queens International 4”,Queens Museum of Art, p72-73,116
“Painting Our Hometown”, Taichung Municipal Cultural Center, p34-35
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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“E-flyer : Studio Opening”, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Dec 2
“Biodiversity Art online showcase : Jia-Jen Lin: PICA residency 2010”, SymbioticA,
University of Western Australia, http://symbiotica-adaptation.com/, November 22
“Art News : Resident Jia-Jen Lin from Taiwan shares her outback odyssey”,
Asialink at the University of Melbourne, Australia, http://www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/, November 27
Guy Trebay, “A 6-Acre Preserve Where Artists Roam“, New York Times , E2, July 29
Eileen Casey, “Watermill Center ‘Paradiso’ Was Indeed Paradise By Moonlight”,
http://www.hamptons.com/, July 24
WWD Women’s Wear Daily, http://www.wwd.com/, July 25
“Paradiso”, map of Watermill Summer Benefit, Watermill Center
Front Cover Image and “Visual Arts Exchanges Abound”, ASIALINK ART 2010 Annual Arts Newsletter,
Asialink at the University of Melbourne, Australia
Su Mei Wang, “Taichung Reviews : An Encounter of natural creations and man-made products,“
ARTCO Monthly Magazine, p160
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Thalia Vrachopoulos, “She : Visions of Women by Taiwnese Artists,” Tenri Cultural Institute, NY
The Liberty Times, B3, Dec 16
Incheon Art Platform, Exhibition “Tuning,” exhibition brochure and online gallery http://iwabiennale.org/,
2009 Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, Korea
Current Resident Artist online, http://www.artistvillage.org/, Taipei Artist Village
World Journal, Sep 27
“Queens International 4,” QMAil: February 2009, http://www.queensmuseum.org/qmail/2009_02/,
Queens Museum of Art, Feb
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“SMFA Alumni profile : Jia-Jen Lin,” http://www.smfa.edu/jia-jen-lin, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
”artMatters Fall 2008,” School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, p17
Mary Sabbatino, “Juror’s Statement,” The Paradox of Water-Juried Exhibition 2008, Westport Arts Center, Mar
“WINNERS of the Art Interview : Honorable Mention,” http://www.art-interview.com/,
Art Interview-12th International Online Artist Competition
The Liberty Times U.S.A., Mar 27
World Journal, Apr 11
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“MFA Thesis Exhibition” on-line, http://artgallery.tufts.edu/shows/thesis_Dec06.html,
Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University Art Gallery
“2- d - 3 - d” on-line Gallery, Energy Gallery, July-Oct 2006
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Shai-Shu Tzeng, ”Gender and Art On-Line Gallery,” http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/fna/gender.art/,
Ministry of Education Women and Gender Research, Taiwan