Maya Lin

Artist; Architect & Memorial Designer

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Maya Lin Biography

Born in 1959 in Athens, Ohio, Maya Lin catapulted into the public eye when, as a senior at Yale University, she submitted the winning design in a national competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be built in Washington, DC. She was trained as an artist and architect, and her sculptures, parks, monuments, and architectural projects are linked by her ideal of making a place for individuals within the landscape.

Lin, a Chinese-American, came from a cultivated and artistic home: her father was the Dean of Fine Arts at Ohio University, and her mother is a Professor of Literature at Ohio University. Lin remarks: “As the child of immigrants, you have that sense of ‘Where are you? Where’s home?’ And trying to make a home.”

She draws inspiration for her sculpture and architecture from culturally diverse sources, including Japanese gardens, Hopewell Indian earthen mounds, and works by American earthworks artists of the 1960s and 1970s. Her most recognizable work, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, allows the names of those lost in combat to speak for themselves, connecting a tragedy that happened on foreign soil with the soil of America’s capital city, where it stands. Lin lives in New York and Colorado.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/17/2024.

Maya Lin Videos

  • Maya Lin On Being A Female Architect
    Maya Lin is the FIRST woman to design a memorial on the National Mall. "Architecture is a profession where you figure that whether you’re a man or...
  • Interview with Maya Lin - YouTube
  • Maya Lin: Disappearing Bodies of Water | "Exclusive" | Art21 ...

Maya Lin Books

  • Maya Lin: Topologies
    Maya Lin: Topologies
  • Maya Lin - Here and There
    Maya Lin - Here and There
  • Boundaries
    Boundaries

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