Skip to content
Skip to navigation

Artists

Monika Lin

Education

1995-97 Mills College, Oakland, CA
1986-89 BFA, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1986 Otis Parsons Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Awards

Selected Artist, ”An American Palette,” juried exhibition, Sebastapol, Art Center, Sebastapol, CA
Selected Artist, Mixed Media International Juried Exhibition, Omaha, NE
Selected Artist, “New Art y2k.” Juried exhibition, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Award of Excellence Recipient, Mixed Media International Juried Exhibition, Omaha, NE
Resident artist, Chitanranikan, India
Selected artist, Encaustic Works, Juried Show, Kingston, NY
Resident artist, Center for Young Women’s Development, San Francisco, CA
Second prize, National Art League, Juried Exhibition, NY, NY
Scholarship, Mills College, Oakland, CA
Scholarship, College of Creative Studies, University of CA, Santa Barbara, CA

Select Solo And Two Person Exhibitions

2005 “Double Happiness” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2003 “Red Shoes”, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2002 Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2001 “New Work”, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  Untitled Solo Exhibition, Light Box Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2000 “Objects and Icons” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  “Objects and Icons” Paxton Gate, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2007 Michael Petronko Gallery, New York, NY, Untitled group exhibition
  Bridge Miami, Miami FL, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, “Double Happiness”
  Scope Miami, Miami, FL, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, “Double Happiness”
  Bridge Art Fair, London, England, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, “Double Happiness”
  Art Beijing, Beijing, China “Double Happiness”
2005 Scope Miami, Miami, FL, “Double Happiness”
2004 Iun Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary, IN, “Self Portrait”
2002 Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA, group exhibition
2001 Period Gallery, Omaha, NE, mixed media international juried exhibition, Omaha, NE
  Gwenda Jay Addington, Chicago, IL, group exhibition
2000 Sebastapol center for the arts, Sebastapol, CA, “An American Palette” juried exhibition
  Period Gallery, Omaha, NE, mixed media international juried exhibition
  Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA “New Art Y2K,” juried exhibition
  Period gallery, Omaha, NE, 2nd annual mixed media international juried exhibition
  Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, “The Art of the Monotype”
1999 “Blue Lotus” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  “Untitled solo exhibition” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
  “Paintings”, Zintroppe, Berlin, Germany
1997 “Strange Saints and the Moongoddess”, John Whyatt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 “New Work” Macro Media, San Francisco, CA
  “Current Work” First Interstate Center Arcade, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004 Jun Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary, IN
2002 “Group Exhibition” Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 “Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
  Mixed Media International Juried Exhibition, Omaha, NE
  Encaustic Exhibition – Gwenda Jay Addington, Chicago, IL
2000 Sebastapol Center for the Arts, Sebastapol, CA
  Mixed Media International Juried Exhibition – Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
  SOMA Artists, Group Exhibition – Netcentives, San Francisco, CA
  Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
  “New Art Y2K,” juried exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE (2nd annual mixed media international juried exhibition)
  “The Art of the Monotype” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1999 “Encaustic Works 1999” Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY
  Center for Young Women’s Development, San Francisco, CA
  Untitled exhibition for featured artists in residence, National Art League, New York, NY (69th annual juried exhibition)
  Untitled group exhibition, Dillon Gallery, SOHO, NY, NY
  “Post-Postcard” Four Walls, San Francisco, CA
  “Lure” San Francisco State University, Cesar Chavez Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  “The Art of the Monotype” Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1998 “Untitled Group Show” Toomey Tourell Fine art, San Francisco, CA
  “Six Kunst Women” Ernst von Heuwald Haus, Lubben, Germany
  “Untitled group show” Bank of America Building Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 “The Circular Ruins” Mac Arthur Concert Center, Oakland, CA
1996 Annual invitation exhibition – Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
  “In Defense of Expression” San Jose Center for Latino Arts, San Jose, CA

Collaborations

2005 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO – lecturer
2002 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO – visiting lecturer
2001 Parson’s School of Design, New York, NY – visiting lecturer
  South Bronx Mural Project, Leadership and Education in the Arts Program, New York, NY
2000 Child Abuse Prevention Center, Palo Alto, CA
  Outreach Project Developer/Art Instructor
  “Couture for the Cure” art auction – Jenjoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  Mayor’s Youth Employment Education Program, San Francisco, CA
  Participating mentor/employer, East Bay Advocacy for Children, Oakland, CA
  Project leader/instructor, Oakland Children’s Hospital, Oakland, CA
1999 “Auction for Action” San Francisco, CA, Chairperson, Curator
  “Couture for the Cure” art auction – Jenjoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  Presidio Arts and Education Center, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA, Project Developer
1999 Public Installation, East Bay Advocacy for Children, Oakland, CA, Project Leader
  Women’s wisdom project, Sacramento, CA, Instructor
  The Center for Young Women’s Development, San Francisco, CA, Artist in Residence
  Artist Exchange Program, San Francisco, CA – Berlin, Germany, Co-Director
Horizons Unlimited, San Francisco, CA
  “Generations”, Collaborative project led by Evangela Remoundos, Walden House, San Francisco, CA – Instructor
1998 “Auction for Action”, San Francisco, CA, Co-Chairperson
  Women’s Wisdom Project, Sacramento, CA, Instructor
1997 “San Francisco Opera Children’s Poster Contest”, San Francisco, CA, Co-Chairperson
  Women’s Wisdom Project, Sacramento, CA, Instructor
  Artist Exchange Program, San Francisco, CA, Berlin, Germany, Co-Director
2000 Nika Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Founder/Director/Curator
1994 Benefit for Fresh Start Farms, San Francisco, CA, Co-Chairperson

Publications And Other Media

2000 “Objects and Icons,” Watermark Press, San Francisco, CA
  “Putting Narrative Within the Frame,” Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, August, 2000 – review
1999 Bay Guardian, November issue, San Francisco, CA – review
  KPFA, Berkeley, CA – Radio interview
1998 “In Our Own Voices” Essays and Short Stories For an Anthology, San Francisco, CA
1997 “The Moongoddess” – Author/Illustrator, San Francisco, CA
1996 “The New Asia America” – Essay for a book on contemporary female artists, Oakland, CA

Download Monika’s CV [69.0KB]