Jiemei Lin 

2025 Smelser Vallion Visiting Artist

 

Jiemei Lin is an artist and art professor who was born in Hangzhou, China, and is currently based in Pullman, WA. Lin works with digital and traditional media to create paintings, murals, and illustrations. Her works frequently take on themes of individual and cultural identity with a particular emphasis on design and color.

 

An award-winning children’s book illustrator, her works represent and communicate with all audiences from underrepresented groups in her visual language.

 

As a public artist, Lin has designed and executed large-scale public murals in the Pacific and the Inland Northwest. These murals function like vignettes or moments of stories, inviting the viewer into the scene to imagine possible narratives.

 

While in Taos, Dr. Lin will engage with students enrolled in ART 4800: Experiencing Taos Architecture through Web Design taught by Professor Ting Wang-Hedges from the Department of Art, Graphic Design, and Art History. Later this fall, she will present a community lecture in Stillwater. Date and time for the lecture are TBA.