Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Lin Tianmiao 林天苗  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

LinTianmiao

 
 

林天苗

 
     
 

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biography  
works  
exhibitions  
publications  
 
     
 
 
 

 

1961

Lin Tianmiao 林天苗was born in Taiyuan, in Shanxi Province, China..

 

She learned calligraphy and traditional painting techniques with her father..

   

1984

She graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Art, from the Capital Normal University, Beijing.

 

 

1988

With her husband Wang Gongxin, she went to study in the United States.

   

1989

She graduated from the Art Students League in New York..

 

The couple lived in Brooklyn and frequented the artists. She discovered the practice

 

of Installation.

   

 

When she returned to China, she started using thread in different ways.

1995

She participated in the exhibition Women’s Approach to Contemporary Art at the Museum

 

of Art in Beijing and presented the installation : The Proliferation of Thread Winding .

 

-  a bed filled with 20000 needles connected by threads to 20000 balls of cotton, showing

 

the work needed to transform yarn into fabric by exploited women..

   

1997

Bound and Unbound  : she linked 600 household objects to white cotton thread.

   
 

Her work includes photography, video, large scale installation, and sculpture.

   

2003

She presented with her husband Wang Gongxin an installation at the Rencontres d'Arles.

 

 

2006

She was in residence to experiment paper media and printmaking at the Singapore Tyler

 

Print Institute. ( STPI )

   
  She lives and works in Beijing  China.
   
 

Danièle Sicard

   


   
 

Collections  selection

Australia

Canberra National Gallery
Sydney White Rabitt Gallery

China

Beijing U.C.C.A.
Hong Kong M+ Art Museum
   

France

Paris D.S.L. Collection

Japan

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

Singapore

Singapour Art Museum
Singapour STPI - Atelier et Galerie

United States

New York Modern Art Museum
New York Brooklyn Art Museum
San Francisco Modern Art Museum
   
   


   
 

Solo exhibitions selection

2002

Focus The Courtyard Gallery Beijing  China

2007

Lin Tianmiao Loft Gallery Paris  France

2008

Mother's !!! Long March Gallery Space Beijing  China

2009

26.09 26.11 Gazing Back  OCAT Shenzhen  China

2011

The Same Beijing Center for the Arts Beijing  China

2012

Bound Unbound Asia Society Museum New York United States

2013

Est-ce¨Possible ? Lelong Gallery and Co New York  United States

2015

21.09 21.12 1.62M How Art Museum Wenzhou  China

2017

07.09 21.10 Protruding PatternsLelong Gallery and Co New York  United States

2018

26.06 26.08 Sytsems  Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai  China
   
 

Collective exhibitions selection

1999

Inside/Out  - New Chinese Art SFMOMA San Francisco  United States

2002

Shanghai Biennale Shanghai  China

2002

The New Media Festival Hangzhou  China

2004

Gwangju Biennale Gwangju  Korea

2005

06.11 30.11 From Mundane To Extraordinary - Lin Tianmiao - Shen Yuan -Yin Xiuzhen

  Shanghai Gallery of Art  Shanghai  China

2006

02.12 15.01 Here or There - Wang Gongxin - Lin Tianmiao Loft Gallery Paris  France

2014

14.11 31.12Beyond The Grid STPI Singapre Singapore

2014

Living in Space UCCA Beijing  China

2015

The Civil Power Minsheng Art Museum Beijing  China

2015

How Are Museums  - Art 021 Shanghai  China

2015

I Love Art 13 - 100 artists Art MuseumTokyo  Japan

2016

Setouchi Triennial Ogijima  Japan

2016

Narrative / Collaborative Galerie Lelong  New York  United States

2016

She - Women International Artists Long Museum  Shanghai  China

2018

Art an China after 1989 - Theater of the World Guggenheim Museum Bilbao  Spain

 

- SF MOMA San Francisco  United States

 

 


 
 

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© Lin Tianmiao 林天苗 - NON ZERO 2004  

NON ZERO  Lin Tianmiao

Beijing Tokyo Art Projects

 

texts : Karen Smith, Pi Li

and Timezone 8

  in english

2004

  90 p  
 

isbn : 9889808684

 
     
     
     
       
       
© Lin Tianmiao 林天苗 -  Seeing Shadows 2007  

LIN TIANMIAO   

Timezone 8  Beijing

 

Seeing Shadows

2007
 

in english

 
 

26 p

 
 

isbn : 9789889961770

 
     
       
       
© Lin Tianmiao 林天苗 - 妈的  Mother's !!! 2008  

妈的  Mother's !  !  !

Long March Space  Beijing

 

 林天苗  Lin Tianmiao

2008
 

in chinese in english

 
     
     
     
     
       
       
© Lin Tianmiao 林天苗 - - Gazing Back   林天苗艺术展 2009  

对视   Gazing Back   林天苗艺术展

OCAT  Shenzhen

 

text: Huang Zhuan

2009

 

in chinese in english

 
     
     
     
     
     
       
       
© Lin Tianmiao 林天苗 - OUND UNBOUND 2012  

OUND UNBOUND  Lin Tianmiao

Asa Society and Charta

 

texts : Melissa Chiu, Guo Xiaoyan

2012
 

isbn : 9788881588534

 
     
     
     
     
       
       


 
 

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