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Maya Lin is a United States citizen born in Athens, Ohio, in 1959. She works as an architect, sculptor, landscape architect, and printmaker. Her artistic practice is associated with contemporary art and abstract art. She has been educated at Yale University and speaks English.
Lin has received the National Medal of Arts, the National Women's Hall of Fame, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the White House Fellows award. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
She has worked in Montgomery, Colorado, New Haven, and Miami. Her studio is named Maya Lin Studio. She has been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, the Presidential Medal Of Freedom collection, and the Time 100 collection.
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Athens, Ohio, USA
Maya Ying Lin is an American architect and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Lin has designed numerous memorials, public and private buildings, landscapes, and sculptures. Although she is best known for historical memorials, she is…
Known for
- War Paint: Women at War — Self2025
- Finding Your Roots — Self2012
- Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision — Self1995
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Key facts
- Born
- Maya Ying Lin , ( 1959-10-05 ) October 5, 1959 (age 66) , Athens, Ohio , U.S.
- Citizenship
- American
- Education
- Yale University ( BA , MArch )
- Known for
- Land art, architecture, memorials
- Notable work
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982), Civil Rights Memorial (1989)
- Spouse
- Daniel Wolf ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 ; died 2021 )
- Awards
- National Medal of Arts Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Website
- mayalin .com
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Official website
MAYA LIN STUDIO
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maya Lin
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Athens
- Occupation
- printmaker
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- abstract art
- Movement
- contemporary art
- Official website
- www.mayalinstudio.com
- Image
- Maya Lin, 2014 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- Commons category
- Maya Lin
- date of birth
- 1959-10-05
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- Maya Lin
- Commons Creator page
- Maya Lin
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
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Encyclopedic overview
Maya Ying Lin (Chinese: 林瓔; born October 5, 1959) is an American architect, designer, and sculptor. Born in Athens, Ohio, to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture. She has an older brother, the poet Tan Lin.
In 1981, while still an undergraduate at Yale, Lin achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The memorial was designed in the minimalist architectural style, and it attracted controversy upon its release but went on to become influential.
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