Details

First Name

Lin

Last Name

Chau

Username

linchau

Website

lin@chau.com

Region

Lanarkshire

Disciplines

Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Film, Installation

Themes

Abstract, Landscape, Identity, Environment

Statement

Statement

Lin Chau is a multidisciplinary artist based in Scotland. Her practice is underpinned by her connection to the world and her environment–be it social, political, or geographical–that she finds herself within. Much of her recent work is concerned with displacement and the passing of time. In addition to drawing as the core of her practice, Chau works with a variety of media from installation to printmaking, continually exploring new creative techniques that invite viewers to consider diverse ways of looking at the interaction of places and landscapes. Chau graduated with a Master of Letters in Fine Art Practice from Sculpture & Environmental Art and a Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons) from The Glasgow School of Art. Her works have been exhibited widely in the UK and internationally.

Biography

Biography

Upcoming exhibition

Glasgow Print Studio, August 2026

Chaos & Control, RSA Edinburgh, Sept 2026

 

Selected exhibitions

Small Measures, March 2026

Visual Arts Scotland – The Thread That Pulls, National Galleries Scotland (Awarded the Sally Schofield Award) December 2025

Tatha Gallery three-person exhibition, November 2025

The Land’ Scottish Society of Artists exhibition at The Dick Institute, June 2025

Endless Horizons, three-person exhibition, 44 Boyd Street, Largs, North Ayrshire, KA30 8LE, 24 March – 6 April 2025

Inverness Creative Academy Residency Exhibition, Inverness, April 2025

Between Islands, touring exhibitions, Glasgow, September 2024, Dublin, November 2024

Print24 detail Art Gallery, Edinburgh, April 2024

Paisley Art Institute’s 134th Open Annual Exhibition, May 2023

Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, May 2023

Here and Now – Glasgow Print Studio’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition, 2023 Kelvingrove Arts Gallery and Museum, Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG http://www.gpsart.co.uk

Paisley Art Institute’s 133rd Annual Exhibition (Awarded The Bessie Scott Award), November 2022

Glasgow Print Studio Featured Artist solo exhibition, August 2022

Hulabhaig Uig Open 2021/22 (Winter show) 7th December 2021 to 28th February 2022

Invited exhibitions

The James Watt Print Show, Trongate 103, Glasgow, June 2019

CUT, Glasgow Print Studio, August 2017

Festival littéraire de Parisot, France, 2016 – 2025

From a Distance, Howden Park Centre, Livingston, Scotland, Oct 2016

Glasgow City Council Green Year 2015, Growing the Green Economy, Glasgow City Council office, Sept 2015

You Build on Mackintosh, The Art School, Glasgow, Winter 2014

Part Seen, Imagined Part: GSA in Dunoon, Summer 2014

The Shed Artist Residency, Monte San Martino, Italy, Sept 2025

Residencies

2025 – The Shed Artist Residency, Monte San Martino, Italy

2025 – Royal Drawing School Scottish Artists Residency, Scotland

2023 – The Admiral’s House Residency, Isle of Skye, Scotland

2015 – House for An Art Lover Mini-Residency, Glasgow, Scotland

2014 – DRAWinternational – Summer residency, Caylus, France

2014 – Bronze casting residency at Glasgow Sculpture Workshop, Scotland

Professional experiences/projects

2007 to present – Workshop artist

2015 to 2021 – Project work with Glasgow Museums

2011 to 2019 – Art studio assistant for artist and author Alasdair Gray

2010 to 2013 – studio 41, Co-founder and Project Development Coordinator, Glasgow, Scotland

2012 – The Central Academy of Fine Art Beijing, Exchange semester, Chinese Ink Painting, China

 

2004 to 2009 – Ricefield Arts & Cultural Centre, Co-founder and Director, Glasgow, Scotland