Lili Chin

Lili Chin, Lecturer in Sculpture

Lili Chin is an artist based in New York City. Combining installation, video and sculpture, her practice focuses on nature and architecture to explore rituals in time, bridging contemporary and ancient ideas that investigate themes of memory, duration, and spirituality. Her work has been exhibited at galleries and institutions in New York and across the US, as well as in Latin America, Europe, and China. Her work has been commissioned by the He Xiangning Museum in Shenzhen and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT. Selected international residencies and fellowships include Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; MacDowell Colony, NH; BRIC, Brooklyn, NY; Tides Institute, Eastport, ME; the Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX; Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY; the Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China; and the Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan, among others. She has appeared on numerous panels and juries and has given artist lectures at Rhode Island School of Design, NYU, Carnegie Mellon, among others. Lili Chin attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and received her MFA from the University of California, San Diego and her BFA from Pratt Institute in New York.