Yshao Lin
Bio: Yshao Lin (Fuzhou, China) works across photography, artist books, sculpture, and installation. Drawing on personal history and collective experience, his practice explores displacement and the ways migration reshapes identity, memory, intimacy, and belonging. Rooted in family narratives and broader social histories, his work examines how home is carried across distance through images, objects, and emotional memory. He holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been recognized with GUP’s Fresh Eyes Photography Award, Photoworks UK’s Graduate Issue, the Flash Forward Award, and the New York Times Portfolio Review.
First Year Exhibition
Yshao Lin
長長999 Forever, Forever, Forever X9, 2025
1000 red paper cranes, table, folder,
100 painted photographs, CRT monitor
1 hour, 28 min.
Courtesy of the artist