LIN Yilin

*1964 / China

Works

Solo exhibitions

A Spatio-temporal Tunnel

Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai (CN)
13 Jan 2008 – 25 Feb 2008
Zero Interface: Brave New World

Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou (CN)
13 Sep 2006 – 31 Dec 2006

Group

Inside the Frame: Twenty Years in Focus

SPURS Gallery, Beijing (CN)
13 Dec 2025 – 1 Mar 2026

with Qiu Anxiong, XING Danwen, ZHANG Peili, Huang Rui, CHEN Shaoxiong, Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen), ZHANG Wei
Between Performance and Documentation

Contemporary Photography and Video from China

Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca (US)
26 Aug 2023 – 17 Dec 2023

with LIU Bolin, XING Danwen, SONG Dong, Tao Hui, HONG Lei, Pixy Liao , Ma Qiusha, CHENG Ran, RONG Rong, Miao Ying, JIANG Zhi, QIU Zhijie
One Hand Clapping

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
4 May 2018 – 21 Oct 2018

with CAO Fei, DUAN Jianyu
El artista entre la individualidad y el contexto

Venice Biennale - CU, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Lida Abdul, Celia-Yunior, Olga Chernysheva, Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo, Grethell Rasua
De/constructing China

Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection

Asia Society, New York (US)
9 Jun 2015 – 19 Jul 2015

with HAI Bo, ZHANG Dali, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, Sze Tsung LEONG, Wang Qingsong, CHEN Shaoxiong
IF WALLS COULD SPEAK

PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE ING COLLECTION

The Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
4 Aug 2013 – 13 Oct 2013

with Mario A., Peter Bialobrzeski, Davide Bramante, Goetz Diergarten, Christine Erhard, Julian Faulhaber, Christoph Gielen, Dionisio Gonzalez, Matthias Hoch, Ola Kolehmainen, Katrin Korfmann, Bas Princen …
Thirty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art – Moving Image in China (1988-2011)

Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
9 Sep 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Bao AiLun, Qiu Anxiong, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Zhang Ding, SONG Dong, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, YUAN Goang-Ming, WANG Gongxin, Ran Huang, PENG Hung-Chih, ZHU Jia …
Go Figure: Five Contemporary Videos

Asia Society, New York (US)
13 Jul 2010 – 15 Aug 2010

with Makoto Aida, Patty Chang, CAO Fei, Motohiko Odani
The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
18 Oct 2009 – 10 Jan 2010

with Francis Alys, Guillaume Bijl, Dirk Braeckman, Jef Cornelis, Wim Delvoye, Patrick Everaert, Jan Fabre, Dora Garcia, Geert Goiris, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, YAN Lei, CHI Peng …
Chinese Video: Chord Changes in the Megalopolis

Morono Kiang Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
13 Sep 2007 – 17 Nov 2007

with CHEN Chieh-Jen, WANG Jianwei, Dong Jun, CHENG Ran, WANG Wei , Ai Weiwei, Liang ZHAO, XU Zhen, YANG Zhenzhong, JIANG Zhi
Documenta Kassel 2007

documenta, Kassel (DE)
16 Jun 2007 – 23 Sep 2007

with Halil Altindere, Eleanor Antin, Maja Bajevic, Yael Bartana, Johanna Billing, James Coleman, Danica Dakic, Harun Farocki, Andrea Geyer, Simryn Gill, David Goldblatt, ZHENG Guogu …
Guangzhou

KünstlerInnen aus Kanton (China) aus der Sammlung Sigg

Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern (CH)
11 Mar 2006 – 7 May 2006

with YAN Changjiang, CAO Fei, ZHENG Guogu, Zeng Han, OU Ning, XU Peiwu, CHEN Shaoxiong, O Zhang
The Second Guangzhou Triennial

BEYOND : an extroardinary space of experimentation for modernization

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
18 Nov 2005 – 15 Jan 2006

with Doug Aitken, Paul Chan, WU Ershan, CAO Fei, Fischli & Weiss, Dan Graham, ZHENG Guogu, NI Haifeng, ZHUANG Hui, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, WANG Jianwei, Surasi Kusolwong …
POWER PLAYS

Artists Challenge Authorities

Para Site, Hong Kong (CN)
9 Sep 2005 – 2 Oct 2005

with Francis Alys, ZHAO Bandi, Dennis Beaubois, IRWIN - Dusan Mandic, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, Borut Vogelnik, Santiago Sierra, The Kingpins
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Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastián (ES)
11 Nov 2004 – 5 Feb 2005

with Yael Davids, Marta de Gonzalo, Esra Ersen, Tracey Moffatt, Joao Penalva, Publio Pérez Prieto, Lars Siltberg, Jaan Toomik, Artur Zmijewski
On the Edge - Contemporary Chinese Photography & Video

Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York (US)
30 Jun 2004 – 30 Jul 2004

with ZHAO Bandi, CHEN Baohong, GU Dexin, SONG Dong, XING Fei, AN Hong, ZHANG Jianjun, WANG Jinsong, FANG Ke, ZHOU Ming, WANG Peng, ZHANG Quan …
Chinese Eyes: Contemporary Chinese Photography

Goedhuis Contemporary, New York (US)
3 Jun 2004 – 26 Jun 2004

with XING Danwen, WENG Fen, WANG Jinsong, MA Liuming, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, LIU Wei (*1972), YANG Yong
China now: Alles onder de hemel

MUHKA Museum, Antwerp (BE)
20 Mar 2004 – 30 May 2004

with WANG Ningde, CHEN Shaoxiong, PENG Yu, SHEN Yuan, YANG Zhenzhong
Interferences Biennial

Festival International d´arts multimedia urbains

Le Centre International , Hérimoncourt (FR)
14 Dec 2000 – 20 Dec 2000

with Natalie Bookchin, Gregory Chatonsky, Marina Grzinic & Aina Smid, Marcello Mercado, Orlan, Stéphane Pichard, Jose Alejandro Restrepo, Francisco Ruiz de Infante, Gebhard Sengmüller, Gianni Toti, Mark Tribe, Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries …

Events

Actions Tour: NIT NIU 05

Cala San Vicenc Beach, Pollensa, Mallorca (ES)

with Lara Almarcegui, Yan Duyvendak, Alicia Framis, Surasi Kusolwong, Fiona Tan