Dennis Lin
Dennis Lin 為加拿大籍臺裔藝術家，2000 年畢業於安大略藝術與設計學院。其作品曾於加拿大、日本群馬、美國邁阿密與英國倫敦等地展出，並被包括倫敦維多利亞與亞伯特博物館等多項重要機構納入收藏。
藝術家的創作圍繞圖樣與材質所承載的懷舊情感及歸屬議題，特別關注臺灣，以及在地緣政治張力與時間流逝之下，那些沉默卻極待守護的存在。他透過青銅、木材、石材、香、祖父紙工廠的紙材與現成物等媒材，回應這份深植於內在的迫切情感。藝術家經常在注定被遺忘或逐漸腐朽的邊緣汲取素材，並以細緻且近乎修復性的保存思維與技術，檢視物件與其歷史所層層「囤積」而成的痕跡，以及其中蘊含的情感重量。其雕塑實踐橫跨傳統與當代語彙，使材料在被保存與呵護的同時，也於新的形式中延續存在。對Dennis而言，藝術既是一種深具個人性的敘事方式，也是一種對抗文化抹除的行動——在轉化物質的過程中，捕捉並保留那些原本可能逐漸隱沒的故事與象徵。
Dennis Lin is a Taiwanese-Canadian artist who graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2000. His work has been exhibited in Canada, Gunma, Miami, and London, and is held in prominent institutional collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Lin’s practice centers on themes of pattern, material nostalgia, and belonging, with particular attention to Taiwan and to those quiet yet urgent presences that demand protection amid geopolitical tension and the passage of time. He responds to this deeply rooted inner urgency through materials such as bronze, wood, stone, incense, paper sourced from his grandfather’s paper factory, and various found objects. Often sourcing materials from the margins of obscurity or decay, Lin employs meticulous, conservation-oriented methods to examine the layered traces that objects and their histories accumulate, along with the emotional weight they carry. Spanning both traditional and contemporary sculptural vocabularies, his practice enables materials to be preserved and cared for while continuing to evolve in new forms. For Lin, art operates as both an intimate personal narrative and an act of resistance against cultural erasure—transforming matter in order to safeguard the stories and symbols that might otherwise fade from view.
