Visiting Artist Lecture: Hai-Wen Lin

Visiting Artist Lecture: Hai-Wen Lin Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 7 p.m. Civic Square Building, Room 110 Bio Hai-Wen Lin is an artist from Elk Grove, California, currently working somewhere beneath the sky. Their work addresses autobiographical narrative and constructions of the body, often moving through metaphor, etymology, sunlight, wind, and the way time passes perfectly when you are out walking on a beautiful day in your favorite dress. Lin is an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, received a M.Des in Fashion, Body and Garment from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA from the University of California, Davis. They are a recipient of the Museum of Art and Design’s Burke Prize, the Ellis-Beauregard Visual Arts Award, and a Luminarts Visual Arts Fellow. Lin has been an artist-in-residence at MacDowell, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Lighthouse Works, Ox-Bow School of Art, the Grand Canyon National Park, among many others. Recent solo exhibitions of their work have been held at the Museum of Art and Design (2026), Chinese American Museum of Chicago (2025), the Centre for Cultural and Artistic Practices (2025), and Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (2025). Lin is one half of medium-sized, a collaborative practice with the poet Margaret Wright. You can often find their work by looking up. Image Credit: Hai-Wen Lin drobe, 2025 This lecture is presented as part of the Fall 2026 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all. ASL/CART available on request. Contact Cassandra at 848-932-5399 / [email protected] one week prior to event. Masks strongly encouraged Wheelchair accessible with ramps and elevators Quiet room available