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Lin Yan 林延 A New York based artist LinYan was born in Beijing, China. She graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1984, then followed footsteps of her grandfather Pang Xunqin (Hiunkin Pang) and mother Pang Tao to pursue art at École des Beaux Art in Paris and went to graduate school in PA, US in 1986. She uses layered and crumbled Chinese traditional handmade paper to create sculptural paintings and large-scale installations. Her work influenced by minimalism has always related to architecture, especially the traditional ones lost in China today. Her work shows the struggle and resistance in the modernization transaction, and alleviate the restlessness with tranquility quality found in the character of the materials. Her work is represented by Eslite gallery in Taipei and NanHai Art in San Fransisco.