Lin Tianmiao

(Chinese, born 1961)

Lin Tianmiao is a contemporary Chinese artist best known for her large-scale installations of thread-bound objects. Often wrapping or binding synthetic bones or wooden frames with hair, silk, or thread, Lin brings up issues of traditional crafts and gender roles within contemporary society. “My work is like drinking tea. You understand how and what it is only after drinking it,” she explained. Born in 1961 in Taiyuan, China, as a child she helped her mother wind cotton thread for long hours and little money. During the 1980s, Lin studied in the Fine Art Department of the Capital Normal University in Beijing. Following her studies, she moved to New York with her husband the artist Wang Gongxin. During the following years Lin worked as a textile designer, before returning to China in 1995 to focus on her art practice. In 2013, the Asia Society Museum in New York held “Bound Unbound,” Lin’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The artist currently lives and works in Beijing, China. Today, her works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, and the Singapore Art Museum, among others.

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This Artist Gathered 2,000 Words for Women—and Now, She Wants You to Walk All Over Them

by Sarah Cascone

This Artist Gathered 2,000 Words for Women—and Now, She Wants You to Walk All Over Them

Art & Exhibitions

Lin Tianmiao Explores Identity and the Body at the HOW Art Museum

Lin Tianmiao Explores Identity and the Body at the HOW Art Museum

Lin Tianmiao Speaks to artnet News About the Art of Endurance

Lin Tianmiao Speaks to artnet News About the Art of Endurance

Lin Tianmiao Artworks

Lin Tianmiao (147 results)

Hand Signal No. 21

Lin Tianmiao

Hand Signal No. 21

Sale Date: November 25, 2018

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Seeing Shadow No. S-6/ 看影 No. S-6, 2007

Lin Tianmiao

Seeing Shadow No. S-6/ 看影 No. S-6, 2007

Sale Date: September 30, 2018

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Untitled

Lin Tianmiao

Sale Date: September 16, 2018

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Untitled

Lin Tianmiao

Sale Date: September 16, 2018

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聚焦系列, 2007

Lin Tianmiao

聚焦系列, 2007

Sale Date: June 30, 2018

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SEEING SHADOW NO. 11, 2006

Lin Tianmiao

SEEING SHADOW NO. 11, 2006

Sale Date: October 1, 2017

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Here? or There? No. 15, 2003

Wang Gongxin and Lin Tianmiao

Here? or There? No. 15, 2003

Sale Date: July 18, 2017

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Untitled

Lin Tianmiao

Sale Date: May 29, 2016

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HERE ? OR THERE ? SERIE - no 14, 2002

Wang Gongxin and Lin Tianmiao

HERE ? OR THERE ? SERIE - no 14, 2002

Sale Date: April 24, 2016

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FOCUS 28, 2003

Lin Tianmiao

FOCUS 28, 2003

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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Focus IX B, 2007

Lin Tianmiao

Focus IX B, 2007

Sale Date: November 14, 2015

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Seeing Shadows II A, 2003

Lin Tianmiao

Seeing Shadows II A, 2003

Sale Date: November 14, 2015

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无题, 2008

Lin Tianmiao

Sale Date: June 6, 2015

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Here? or there? (set of fifteen), 2002

Lin Tianmiao

Here? or there? (set of fifteen), 2002

Sale Date: April 5, 2015

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Focus xii a, 2006–2007

Lin Tianmiao

Focus xii a, 2006–2007

Sale Date: January 13, 2015

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Focus xii a, 2006–2007

Lin Tianmiao

Focus xii a, 2006–2007

Sale Date: January 13, 2015

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Focus XII A, 2006–2007

Lin Tianmiao

Focus XII A, 2006–2007

Sale Date: December 17, 2014

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Focus VI A, 2006–2007

Lin Tianmiao

Focus VI A, 2006–2007

Sale Date: December 17, 2014

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Focus XVI A, 2007

Lin Tianmiao

Focus XVI A, 2007

Sale Date: October 6, 2014

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Signal no. 6

Lin Tianmiao

Sale Date: October 6, 2014

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聚焦5A & 聚焦 4B (共两件) 单色印刷手工纸 (2 works)

Lin Tianmiao

聚焦5A & 聚焦 4B (共两件) 单色印刷手工纸 (2 works)

Sale Date: October 6, 2014

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Here? or There? No. 2, 2003

Wang Gongxin and Lin Tianmiao

Here? or There? No. 2, 2003

Sale Date: September 23, 2014

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Seeing Shadows II A (in four parts), 2006–2007

Lin Tianmiao

Seeing Shadows II A (in four parts), 2006–2007

Sale Date: August 26, 2014

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Focus IX A, 2006–2007

Lin Tianmiao

Focus IX A, 2006–2007

Sale Date: August 26, 2014

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