Artist Introduction
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 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, Shanghai, 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 work is held in the permanent collections of An Museum (Shanghai, China), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art (Saint Petersburg), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris), and Samgaksan Geumam Museum of Art (Seoul).
CURRICULUM VITEA
LIN FANGLU
Born in 1989 in Dalian, China. Lives and works in Shanghai, China.
EDUCATION
2012 M.A., Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2008 B.A., Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
2011 Exchanged in Karlsruhe University of Art and Design, Karlsruhe, Germany
Exchanged in Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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 EXHIBITIONS
2025 ‘Microcosm: Intimacies Beyond Distance’, Tang Contemporary Art, Singapore
‘Balada del Ouroboros’, Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum, Shanghai, China
‘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 and Sarah Myerscough Gallery, New York, America
‘Loewe Craft World’, Loewe Foundation, Shanghai, China
Matters of Care, Guangzhou Design Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
2023 NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, Sculpting the Senses by Iris Van Herpen, Paris, France
Auto-Exotic, Venice Design Biennial, Venice, Italy
Flexibility Carries, Aurora Museum, Shanghai, China
Xinjiang Biennale, Xinjiang Art Museum, Xinjiang, China
Formation of Rando, O Gallery, Milan, Italy
Feel The Power, Art+ Gallery, Shanghai, China
2022 Hill of The Madman, Power Station of Art (PSA), Chanel Culture Fund, Shanghai, China
315 Spring Street, Objective Gallery, New York, America
2021 LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize 2021, Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris, France
Material Tales-The Life of Things, London Design Museum, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
Dating genius Mother, UCCA Lab, Shanghai, China
2020 Design and The Wondrous, Centre Pompidou, West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China
One Hundred Days of Solitude, Art+ Gallery, Shanghai, China
2019 Qian Quan, Parkview Green Art Gallery, Beijing, China
1st Biennial of Natural Dyes, China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, China
2018 Craft: The Reset, Sea World Culture & Art Center, Shenzhen, China
2017 Exhibition in the Garden, L Space, Beijing, China
SELECTED AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Apollo Magazine 40 Under 40 Craft
2022 Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency, Shanghai, China
2021 Grand Prize, LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2021
2016 New Designer of the Year, China Building Decoration Association
Innovative Brand of the Year, China Building Decoration Association
Dean's Nomination Award, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
SELECTED TALKS
2023 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2020 Making Nature, West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Museum of Decorative Arts (Musée des Arts Décoratifs), Paris, France
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Samgaksan Geumam Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
An Museum, Shanghai, China
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, St Petersburg, Russia