This exhibition shows Survival of the Fittest as thousands of circular dots are painstakingly hand-drawn on paper with colour pencils, only to be mercilessly ripped and destroyed so that other dots can have the limelight. It's through this process that Amy Lin explores social interactions and natural selection - the concept that based on the environment, different characteristics will give a person better or worse chances at survival. In each piece, Amy Lin illustrates social situations by using different criteria for determining which dots "survive" and different ways of banishing the other dots from the forefront of society.

About the Artist

Lin, a self taught American artist, has had numerous solo shows in the United States including one curated by Smithsonian curator Dr. Anne Collins Goodyear. Lin has been published in New American Paintings, reviewed in the Washington Post and American Contemporary Art magazine, and chosen for art critic Lenny Campello's "100 Artists of Washington, D.C." book. Lin is represented by Addison/Ripley Fine Art in Washington, D.C.