About the Artist 

Austin S. Lin resides in the San Francisco Bay Area where he is at work on his current series, The History of Energy.

// Background

Austin S. Lin grew up as an artist in the early 2000s art scene in Atlanta.

Robin Bernat and Kojo Griffin were two local artists selected for the 2000 Whitney Biennial; rockstar galleries like Vaknin Schwartz, Fay Gold and Bill Lowe put Atlanta on the artworld map; startup collectives like Nexus (now Atlanta Contemporary Art Center), Blood Sweat & Steel, Eyedrum and Ballroom Studios were supportive communities where artists could meet one another, check out each other’s studios and share ideas on making art. 

One hour south of Atlanta, Benny Andrews, then juror for the 2002 LaGrange National Biennial, selected work for what would become Austin's first juried group show.

Two of his mentors were the artists Deanna Sirlin, teaching him the business side of the art world, and Eula Rodgers Ginsburg, whom he formally studied painting with at the Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD Atlanta).