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

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)

看影 (Seeing shadow), 2007

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看影 (Seeing shadow), 2007

Sale Date: June 2, 2012

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聚焦手工纸 (Focus), 2009

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聚焦手工纸 (Focus), 2009

Sale Date: June 2, 2012

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Hand Signals Series No. 19, 2005

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Hand Signals Series No. 19, 2005

Sale Date: May 27, 2012

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Signal No.3

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Sale Date: May 26, 2012

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Growing, 2005

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Growing, 2005

Sale Date: April 2, 2012

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Focus VI A (+ Focus XII A; 2 works), 2007

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Focus VI A (+ Focus XII A; 2 works), 2007

Sale Date: October 26, 2011

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Untitled (from Focus series), 2002

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Untitled (from Focus series), 2002

Sale Date: October 2, 2011

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Window, 2009

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Sale Date: September 20, 2011

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One flower I, 2010

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One flower I, 2010

Sale Date: September 20, 2011

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Untitled

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Sale Date: November 21, 2009

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Bound & unbound

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Bound & unbound

Sale Date: May 29, 2011

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Seeing shadow S12, 2007–2008

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Seeing shadow S12, 2007–2008

Sale Date: May 13, 2011

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Seeing shadows no. 38, 2008

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Seeing shadows no. 38, 2008

Sale Date: April 15, 2011

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Mother's no. 1, 2008

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Mother's no. 1, 2008

Sale Date: April 15, 2011

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Here? and there? (15 works), 2002

Wang Gongxin and Lin Tianmiao

Here? and there? (15 works), 2002

Sale Date: April 15, 2011

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Signal no. 2, 2004

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Signal no. 2, 2004

Sale Date: April 4, 2011

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Here? or there? (portfolio of 15), 2002

Wang Gongxin and Lin Tianmiao

Here? or there? (portfolio of 15), 2002

Sale Date: November 3, 2010

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No. 19 (from Hand signals series), 2005

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No. 19 (from Hand signals series), 2005

Sale Date: October 4, 2010

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Focus No.16, 2003

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Focus No.16, 2003

Sale Date: June 24, 2010

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Here? or there? (portfolio of 8), 2003

Wang Gongxin and Lin Tianmiao

Here? or there? (portfolio of 8), 2003

Sale Date: June 9, 2010

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Focus no.54, 2005

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Focus no.54, 2005

Sale Date: May 30, 2010

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Focus XV A, 2006–2007

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Focus XV A, 2006–2007

Sale Date: April 24, 2010

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Focus XXIII A, 2006–2007

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Focus XXIII A, 2006–2007

Sale Date: April 24, 2010

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Seeing shadow no. 20, 2007

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Seeing shadow no. 20, 2007

Sale Date: November 30, 2009

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