Leah Lin Ying is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist crafting kinetic sculptural spectacles through metallic ceramics, 3D-printed metal, creative coding, and performance art. Her practice evokes living sculptures in motion, where cosmic mythologies, cutting edge technology, and human longing converge. Visually situated between the futuristic and the ancestral and grounded in the concepts and strategies of future archaeology, her work bridges supernatural mythologies, traditional craft, and East Asian aesthetics and techniques. Lin’s sculptures balance the rigidity of aluminum and metallic ceramics with the ethereal softness of amorphous shapes—expressing a feminine force both steely and sensuous. Weaving breathable kinetic mechanisms with projection mapping, sound, scent, and exotic plants she cultivates, Lin creates immersive realms that challenge and expand how sculpture engages the viewer.
Lin’s work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, and Kyoto, including at Arsenal Contemporary Art NY, Sculpture Space NYC Gallery, and MAAM Museum in Rome. Beyond the gallery, she has appeared in global high-fashion campaigns as the face of Balenciaga, Moncler, and Coach, and she has been featured in Vogue and V Magazine—bridging visual art, performance, and fashion through a singular, evolving lens. Lin received her MA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and further studied lighting design in Rome and ceramic sculpture in Kyoto. She is currently an artist-in-residence at the World Trade Center through Silver Art Projects until May 2026.
