Hai-Wen Lin

Hai-Wen Lin is an artist who works from Chicago and grew up in Elk Grove, California. Their practice deals with autobiographical narrative and the body, often through metaphor and etymology. They were named a 2026 Artist-in-Residence at the Fire Island Artist Residency. Lin studied at the University of California, Davis, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. They have received the Burke Prize from the Museum of Art and Design, the Ellis-Beauregard Visual Arts Award, and a Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship. They have also held residencies at MacDowell and Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, among others.