Born: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Lives and works in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Education:
1989-1992 Master of Fine Arts. University of Delaware. Newark, DE. U.S.A.
1987-1989 University of London Higher Diploma in Fine Art (M.F.A.).
                Slade School of Fine Art, University of London. London, U.K.
1985-1987 Postgraduate in Fine Arts. China National Academy of Fine Arts. Hangzhou, China.
1978-1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts. China National Academy of Fine Arts. Hangzhou, China.

Selected Professional Experience:
2001-present Assistant Professor of Painting. School of Art, Art History, and Design.
         Affiliate faculty. China Studies Program, Jackson School of International Studies. University of                  Washington. Seattle, WA.
1997-2001 Associate Professor (tenured). Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.
1992-1997 Assistant Professor. Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.

Selected Grants, Fellowship Awards:
2002-03 Washington State Arts Commission/Artist Trust Fellowship
        Washington State Arts Commission. Olympia, WA. Artist Trust. Seattle, WA.
2000-02 Creative Capital Foundation Grant in Visual Arts (Painting)
        Creative Capital Foundation. New York, NY.
1997-1998 Lila Wallace – Reader's Digest Artists at Giverny Program (France)
        Lila Wallace – Reader's Digest Fund. New York, U. S. A. French Institute. Paris, France.
1996-1996 Art Matters Foundation Fellowship Award
        Art Matters Foundation. New York, NY.
1995-97 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant (Painting)
        National Endowment for the Arts. Washington, DC.
1994-95 Regional Artists’ Project Grant
        National Endowment for the Arts. Washington, DC.
        Rockefeller Foundation. New York, NY.
        Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. New York, NY.
1995-96 Missouri Arts Council Visual Artists’ Biennial Grant
        Missouri Arts Council. St. Louis, MO.
1992-93 Individual Artist Fellowship as an Emerging Professional Artist
        Delaware State Arts Council. Wilmington, DE.

Selected Exhibition Awards:
2000 Grand Prize. ARTstravaganza, 13th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition
        Juror: Helene Seeman. Hunter Museum of American Art. Chattanooga, TN.
1999 Juror’s Award Winner. International Contemporary Painting Competition 1999
        Juror: Andrew Forge. Erector Square Gallery. New Haven, CT.
        Award of Excellence: 1st Place. Audience Choice Award
        12th Northern National Art Competition (national juried exhibition)
        Juror: Christopher Brown. Northern Arts Council. Nicolet College. Rhinelander, WI.
        Best of Show. Contemporary Visions ‘99 (national juried exhibition)
        Juror: Phillip Pearlstein. University of Bridgeport. Bridgeport, CT.
        Award Winner.14th Greater Midwest International Exhibition
        Juror: Dr. Jan Schall. Central Missouri State University. Warrensburg, MO.
1995-96 Missouri Arts Council Visual Artists' Biennial Award
        Juror: Susan Krane. Missouri Arts Council. St. Louis, MO.

Selected Collections:
        China National Fine Art Museum. Beijing
        China National Academy of Fine Arts. Hangzhou
        Britain Great Britain-China Centre. London
        Slade School of Fine Art. University of London, London
        Rothermere Foundation. London
        Michael Marks Foundation. London
        Sue Williams Gallery. London
        Caroline Oriental Company. London
        U.S.A. The Crownery Company. Delaware
        King's Island Company. Pennsylvania

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 “Crossing History/ Crossing Cultures” Spartenburg County Museum of Art, SC
        “Crossing History/ Crossing Cultures” Koplin Del Rio Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
        “Crossing History/ Crossing Cultures” Frye Art Museum. Seattle, WA
2003 “Crossing History/ Crossing Cultures” University Art Gallery, Indiana State University.
         Terre Haute, IN. Juror: Phillip Pearlstein
         Spartanburg County Museum of Art. Spartanburg, SC
2001 Art & Design Gallery, Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO
2000 Center for Visual Arts, University of Toledo. Toledo, OH
        University Gallery, University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA
1999 Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Tennessee Technological University. Cookeville, TN
1998 Boger Gallery, College of the Ozarks. Point Lookout, MO
        Image Point Gallery. Springfield, MO
        Sue Williams Gallery. London, U.K.

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 “Banquet: A Feast for the Senses”, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA
2005 “Re-presenting Representation VII”, (exhibition catalog), Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
        “Ancient Arts in a Modern World: Contemporary Chinese Art”,
2005  Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
         Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ
2002 The Perception of Appearance, a Decade of Contemporary American Figure drawing Frye Art                  Museum. Seattle, WA
         Zhi Lin’s large-scale drawing (12 x 7 ft.), Five Capital Executions in China, Drawing and Quartering,          was included in this exhibition, which featured 100 drawings from 100 American painters since the          later 20th century.
2001 Drawing from Perception IV. Wright State University. Dayton, OH
2000 Tempus Fugit: Time Flies. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City, MO
        One of Zhi Lin’s paintings was on display in the exhibition Tempus Fugit: Time Flies, as one of the         sixty-five exemplary artworks of 20th century art addressing the notions of time.
        ARTstravaganza, 13th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition.
        Hunter Museum of American Art. Chattanooga, TN
1999 Drawing from Perception III. Wright State University. Dayton, OH
        International Contemporary Painting Competition 1999.
        Erector Square Gallery. New Haven, CT
        12th Northern National Art Competition. Northern Arts Council. Rhinelander, WI
        Contemporary Visions ’99. University of Bridgeport. Bridgeport, CT
        14th Greater Midwest International Exhibition.
        Central Missouri State University. Warrensburg, MO
1995-96 Missouri Arts Council Visual Artists’ Biennial.
        Museum of Art and Archaeology. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
        Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art. St. Joseph, MO
        Springfield Museum of Art. Springfield, MO
        Margaret Harwell Art Museum. Poplar Bluff, MO
1992 MOAK 4 States Regional Exhibition. Springfield Art Museum. Springfield, MO
1989 4th International Biennial Print Exhibit: 1989 ROC. Taipei Fine Art Museum. Taiwan
        Chinese Prints. Contemporary Arts Institute. London, U.K.
        British Open 89: Royal Society of Painting-Etchers & Engravers.
        Bankside Gallery. London, U.K.
        Chinese Woodcuts. Flaxman Gallery, University of London. London, U.K.
1988 Slade Prints. British Council Gallery, British Council. Islamabad, Pakistan.
        Contemporary Chinese Paintings & Print
        Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre. London, U.K.
        Contemporary Chinese Art. Churchill College, Cambridge University. Cambridge, U.K.
1987 Chinese Paintings and Prints. Artist Club. London, U.K.
        National Portrait Art Exhibition. National History Museum. Beijing, China.
        National Illustration Art Exhibition. National Fine Art Museum. Beijing, China.
1985 2nd National Young Artists Exhibition. National Fine Art Museum. Beijing, China.
1984 6th National Fine Art Exhibition. National Fine Art Museum. Beijing, China.
1980-87 Participated in over twenty major provincial, regional juried and invitational exhibitions in                 Hangzhou, Wuhan, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Beijing in China

Public Art Commission:
2003-4 Chinese in Tacoma, November 3, 1885
        Washington State Arts Commission. Olympia, WA.

Artist in Residence:
10/2003 Williamson Memorial Artist-in-Residence in Painting
        Indiana State University. Terre Haute, IN.
1998 Lila Wallace – Reader's Digest Artists at Giverny
        Foundation Claude Monet. Giverny, France.
        Also, traveled and studied museum collections in France, England and Italy.

Selected Academic Achievements:
2003 Royalty Research Fund Grant and Royalty Research Fund Scholar
        Research project: Invisible People: Chinese Railroad Workers
        Office of Research, University of Washington. Seattle, WA.
2002 University of Delaware Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement
        University of Delaware. Newark, DE.
        Junior Faculty Development Award
        College of Arts and Science, University of Washington. Seattle, WA.
2001 University Faculty Research Grant. Southwest Missouri State Univ., Springfield, MO.
2000 Faculty Fellowship Award. Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.
        Faculty of the Missouri London Program (2001-2002)
        Missouri State University Consortium. Jefferson City, MO.
        Imperial College, University of London. London, UK.
1999 SMSU College of Arts & Letters Awards in Research
        College of Arts & Letters, Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.
1998 Master Advisor. Academic Advisement Center, SMSU. Springfield, MO.
        SMSU College of Arts & Letters Awards in Teaching
        College of Arts & Letters, Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.
        University Faculty Research Grant. Southwest Missouri State Univ., Springfield, MO.
        International Travel Grant. Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.
1997 SMSU Foundation Awards in Research
        Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.
        Faculty Fellowship Award. Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.
1994 Faculty Fellowship Award. Southwest Missouri State University. Springfield, MO.
1990 Graduate Scholarship. Graduate School, University of Delaware. Newark, DE.
1989 Rothermere Foundation Scholarship. Rothermere Foundation. London, U.K.
1988 Rothermere Foundation Scholarship. Rothermere Foundation. London, U.K.
        Michael Marks Scholarship. Michael Marks Foundation. London, U.K.
        British and Foreign School Society Scholarship.
        British and Foreign School Society. London, U.K.
1987 British National Scholarship. British Council. London, U.K.

Selected Panelists
2003 Panelist. A Seattle Humanities Forum: Chinese Cosmopolitan Culture in the Interwar Period
        Frye Art Museum. Seattle, WA.
        Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. Seattle, WA
        China Studies Program, UW Jackson School of International Studies. Seattle, WA
2002 Session Chair: Teaching Perceptual Drawing and Painting in the 21st Century.
        90th Annual Conference (in Philadelphia). College Art Association, New York, NY.
2000 Panelist. Bridging the Divide Between Art History and Studio.
        61st Conference of the Mid-America College Art Association. Louisville, KY.
1998 Panelist. Art, Culture and Human Rights.
        60th Conference of the Mid-America College Art Association. Lexington, KY.
1997 Panelist. Does art have any relevance for social change in U.S.A.?
        Art Saint Louis. St. Louis, MO. (sponsor: Missouri Arts Council)
1995 Panelist. Missouri Arts Council Visual Artists' Biennial.
        Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia. Columbia, MO.

Selected Visiting Artists
2003 Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
2002 University of Delaware. Newark, DE.
2000 University of Toledo. Toledo, OH.
        University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA.
1999 University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR.
        Tennessee Technological University. Cookeville, TN.
        Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. Lancaster, PA.
        State Fair Community College. Sedalia, MO.
1994 Central China Normal University. Wuhan, Hubei, China.

Selected Guest Speakers:
2003 A Painter’s Journey. Seattle Academy of Fine Arts. Seattle, WA.
2002 Artifacts and Artistic Creations. Henry Gallery, University of Washington. Seattle, WA.
1999 Drawing From Observation. College of Ozarks. Point Lookout, MO.
1998 College of the Ozarks. Point Lookout, MO.
1995 Springfield Art Museum. Springfield, MO.
1992 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Wilmington, DE.
        Council of Delaware Artist. Wilmington, DE.
1989 Royal Society of Painting-Etchers and Engravers. London, U.K.

Selected Bibliography:
2001 Bill Ivey, Jennifer Dowley, Nancy Princenthal, A Creative Legacy – A History of the National                  Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists’ Fellowship. Harry N. Abrams. New York, NY. p. 226
2000 Dr. Jan Schall, Tempus Fugit: Time Flies. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City, MO. October          p.187-88, plate 187.
1999 Marquis Who’s Who, Who’s Who in American. Providence, NJ. Since October.
        Dr. Judith W. Simpson, Art Education and the Creation of Meaning.
1998 Prentice Hall. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1998. p.128. plates 4-1, 4-2, 4-3.

Web Sites:
Creative Capital Foundation. New York, NY.
Arts international, Institute of International Education. New York, NY.
National Endowment for the Arts. Washington, DC.

Exhibition Catalogues:
Norman Lundin, The Perception of Appearance, a Decade of Contemporary American Figure drawing. Frye Art Museum. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, June 2002. p. 133, plate 43.
Dr. Dianne Strickland, Why Modernism wasn’t a public affair. SMSU, Springfield.
March, 2000. p. 19, 20, 23, plate 14 -17.
14th Greater Midwest International Exhibition. Warrensburg, MO. 1999
Susan Krane, 95-96 Missouri Arts Council Visual Artists’ Biennial.
Missouri Arts Council. St. Louis, MO. April, 1995.
MOAK 4 State Regional Exhibition. Springfield Art Museum. December, 1992.
Artists as Teachers. Springfield Art Museum. September, 1992.
4th International Biennial Print Exhibit 1989.
Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Taipei, Taiwan. March 18, 1990. plate 219.
Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Paintings & Prints.
The South Bank Centre and Royal Festival Hall. London, U.K. 1988

Articles:
Victoria Josslin, Intimate Encounters: Contemporary Figure Drawing
American Arts Quarterly. Hastings on Hudson, NY. Summer, 2002. p. 19.
Jud Yalkut, Linear Observation, exhibition of national artists.
Dayton Daily News. Dayton, OH. January 6, 2002. p. 1OC.
Camille Howell, Horror story of human cruelty fills gallery.
News-leader. Springfield, MO. May 7, 2001. p. 5B
Rebecca Golden, A cruel and unusual subject. Toledo City Paper. Toledo, OH. Dec. 14, 2000. p. 14.
Alice Thorson, Quality ‘Time’ at the Nelson, ‘Tempus Fugit’ exhibit succeeds in displaying
art through ages. The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, MO. Sunday, Oct. 29, 2000. Arts, p. 1, 3.
Deborah Dickson Campbell, Considering the Moments and Moment of Time.
Review. Kansas City, MO. November 2000, Vol. 3, No.1 p. 36-37.
Stephen Goode, Avant-Garde Art Has New Bankers. Insight on the News.
Washington, DC. July 17, 2000. Vol. 16, No. 26. p.20-21. plate 21.
Creative Capital Gives First Grants. Art in America. New York, NY. March, 2000. p.160.
Creative Capital. ARTnews. New York, NY. March 2000. p. 66.
Daily News Staff, Artist tells story through paintings. The Daily News. Rhinelander, WI.
October 10, 1999. Section 3, p. 7.
Sara Bennett, Professor Wins Award to Study in France. News-–Leader. MO. May 30, 1997. p. 58.
97 to watch in `97: profiling 97 Springfield comers. Springfield Magazine. MO. January, 1997. p. 32.
Ron Jennings, Art of Conflict. Sedalia Democrat. Sedalia, MO. March 14, 1996. p. 6.
NEA Fellowship for Artists, 1995. Art in America. New York, NY. November, 1995. p.138.
Editorial Page: Artist’s Grim Works Affirm Freedom’s Aim.
News-leader. Oct. 29, 1995. Sunday edition.
Tamlya Beasley, Images of Brutality. News-Leader. Oct. 26, 1995. p. 5B.
Todd Foltz, Ominous Beauty. News-Press. St. Joseph, Missouri. July 14, 1995. p. D1.
Guy Burn, Prints. Art Review. London, U.K. May 5, 1989. p.328-329.