Maya LinBy Elena Spahn

American designer and artist

• Born October 5, 1959

• Parents migrated to U.S. from China in 1958

• Studied at Yale

• Bachelor of Arts and Master of Architecture degrees

• Received honorary doctorate degrees from Yale, Harvard, Williams College and Smith College

• Landscape artist

• Sculptor

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

•Best known as the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

•At age 21, she won the competition, beating 1,441 other contestants

Women’s Table

•Both a lament and a tribute

•A string of numbers spirals out from the center starting from the year 1701

•Marks the number of female students at Yale each year

Wave Field

•Memorial to Francois-Xavier Bagnoud

•Located at University of Michigan

•Passage of time changes the way the piece looks

Eclipsed Time

•In Pennsylvania station

•Tries to get commuters to think differently about time and trains

Above and Below

•Indianapolis Museum of Art

•Inspired by the Bluespring Caverns, The Lost River, and the White River

•“Recreates” the experience and emotion of the underwater landscapes

What Is Missing?

•California Academy of Sciences

•Dedicated to raising awareness about habitat loss

Flow

•Used sonar resonance scans, aerial and satellite maps

•installed over 5 days and more than 40 hours

•She has her own studio

•Written a book- includes sketches and comments

•Has created over 30 works of art so far

A Fold in the Field30,000 sq. m