ABOUT LIN FANGLU
Born in China, Fanglu Lin holds both a BA and MFA in Artistic Design from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. During her studies, she undertook exchange programs at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design in Germany and Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan.
Lin’s practice is rooted in a deep engagement with the material traditions and cultural heritage of China’s ethnic minorities. Her recent work focuses on the endangered tie-dye techniques of Bai women in Yunnan and the Dong people’s handcrafted “liangbu” textiles in Guizhou. Through repeated visits and close collaboration with local female artisans, Lin translates these traditional techniques into contemporary fiber-based artworks that speak to memory, identity, and the resilience of craft.
Her work has been featured in major international exhibitions, including ‘Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts’, (Victoria and Albert Museum, London), Homo Faber 2024 (Michelangelo Foundation, Venice), LOEWE: Crafted World (LOEWE Foundation, Shanghai Exhibition Center), the NGV Triennial (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne), Sculpting the Senses (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris), as well as exhibitions at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Power Station of Art, West Bund Museum, Xinjiang Art Museum, Aurora Museum, and CHANEL Culture Fund in China. Recent solo exhibitions include It’s All About Her (Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint Petersburg, 2025), She’s Body (Art+ Shanghai Gallery, Shang-
hai, 2023), The Power of Binding and Weaving (Samgaksan Geumam Museum of Art, Seoul, 2023), and Threads of Change (Art+ Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, 2022).
In 2021, Lin was awarded the prestigious LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize. Her artworks have been collected by renowned institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK) , the Swatch Art Peace Hotel under the Swatch Group (Switzerland), the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris, France), the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia), the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art (St. Petersburg, Russia), the Samgaksan Geumam Museum of Art (Seoul,Korea), The Peninsula Hotels (Hong Kong), the Hyatt Hotels Corporation (Chicago, USA), and the An Museum (Shanghai, China).
Education
2012 MFA., Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008 BA., Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2011 Exchanged in Karlsruhe University of Art and Design Exchanged in Tokyo University of the Arts
Solo Exhibition
2025 ‘It’s All About Her’, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art,
St Petersburg, Russia
2023 ‘Beneath the Skin, She’s Body’, Art+ Shanghai Gallery/Suhe Haus, Shanghai,China
2023 ‘The Power of Binding and Weaving’,
Samgaksan Geumam Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2021 ‘Threads of Change’, Art+ Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China
Selected Group Exhibition
2025 'A Swatch Art Playground', Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2025 ‘Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts’, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
2025 ‘Sculpting the Senses II’, Kunsthal Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2025 ‘The Tourists’, Tang Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2025 ‘Microcosm: Intimacies Beyond Distance’, Tang Contemporary Art, Singapore
2025‘Balada del Ouroboros’, Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2025‘Integration and Dialogue: 2024 Hong Kong and Macao Visual Arts Biennale’, Beijing, China
2024 ‘Homo Faber Biennale’, Michelangelo Foundation, Venice, Italy ‘Shades of Light’, Galerie56, New York, the United States
2024‘Loewe: Crafted World’, Loewe Foundation, Shanghai, China
2024‘The Nature of Things’, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London, UK
2023‘Sculpting the Senses’, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, France
2023‘NGV Triennial 2023’,National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2023‘Auto-Exotic’, Venice Design Biennial, Venice, Italy
2023‘Flexibility Carries’, Aurora Museum, Shanghai, China
2023‘Xinjiang Biennale’, Xinjiang Art Museum, Xinjiang, China
2023‘Transcend Time, Transcend Space’, Swatch Art Centre Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
2023‘Feel the Power’, Art+ Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai, China
2022‘Hill of the Madman’, Curated by Chanel Culture FundPower Station of Art, Shanghai, China
2021 ‘Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2021’, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, France
2021 ‘Material Tales-The Life of Things’, CAFA Art Centre, Beijing, China
2021 ‘Design and The Wondrous’, Curated by Centre Pompidou, West Bund Museum, Shanghai,
China
Selected Public Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Swatch Art Centre, The Swatch Group, Switzerland
Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, France
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St Petersburg, Russia
Samgaksan Geumam Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
The Peninsula Hotels, Hong Kong
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Chicago, United States
An Museum, Shanghai, China
Residency
2022 Swatch Art Centre Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
