Self-taught, Hong Kong-based LIN Xue creates ink works on paper with a razor sharp bamboo blade, revealing the soft inner voices of nature. Oscillating between a macro and micro perspective, the minute scale of Lin’s drawings is at odds with his inexhaustible subject matter – nature. The surfaces are vivacious in their intensely rich details. LIN Xue draws, making small marks that form lines. As the lines capture and freeze time bit by bit with an awareness of joy, they join together to form plants, creatures, conglomerations and landscapes. A cosmic celebration thus unfolds before our eyes. It is an invitation to look into inside and hear that which has not been named, to hear the sound of silence.

1968 
Born in Fujian, China
Lives and works in Hong Kong

Solo Exhibitions
2008  
Whispers in the Wind, Gallery EXIT, Hong Kong

Group Exhibitions
1998 
Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 1998, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
1995  
Manulife Young Artists Series, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong