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The daughter of the late Professor Emerita of English Julia Lin and the late Henry Lin, dean emeritus of the College of Fine Arts, Maya Lin studied computer programming at the university while in high school.
Maya Lin is a renowned artist and architect who creates works that explore the relationship between humans and nature. Her studio website showcases her projects, such as Ghost Forest, a striking installation of dead trees in New York City that raises awareness of the impact of climate change on ecosystems.
Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor concerned with environmental themes who is best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Her later works are inspired by the natural features of Earth, as in her series of ‘wave fields.’
Maya Lin is known for her large-scale environmental artworks, her architectural works and her memorial designs. Her unique multi-disciplinary career has “resisted categories, boundaries and borders” (Michael Brenson).
WORKS. Decoding the Tree of Life, The Pavilion at UPENN Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2021. Ghost Forest, Madison Square Park, New York, NY, 2021. Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2021. Einstein’s Table, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2019. Folding the Mississippi (1938), NOMA, New Orleans, LA, 2019.
Sep 30, 2022 · I am always trying to find a balance between these opposing forces, the place where opposites meet. —Maya Ying Lin. Born to Chinese immigrant parents in 1959, Maya Lin grew up amidst the streams, woods, sandstone cliffs, carpets of moss, and wildlife of rural Ohio.
Maya Lin's Vietnam Memorial proved her as one of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century. She went on to explore Earth art and immersive sculptures
MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA.
Dec 22, 2022 · The 1989 photograph, Maya Lin working on Civil Rights Memorial by Adam Stoltman, is among numerous works including 3D models, sketchbooks, personal papers and family photos in the exhibition, "One ...
At the apex where the two walls join, the dates 1959 and 1973 (marking the beginning and end of the war) “meet,” thus closing the circle of the time span of the war. A veteran can find his or her own time on the wall, and all visitors would be able to see themselves reflected in the names.
