Pam Lins

©Chris Baker

Cool White or Daylight, 2004
A garden, reminiscent of institutional style industrial park landscaping, calls nature into the service of language as flowering plants spell “cool white” to accompany the flag above them with the words “or daylight.” This piece creates an unusual combination of the linguistic conceptual work of the 1960s with land art and mall culture. The title – two types of light bulbs that are ideal indoor lighting for painting and viewing natural subjects – is also a reference to a Dan Flavin essay about how he came to make his signature light works.

Born 1960
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education
1993 M.F.A., Hunter College, New York, NY
1983 B.A., University of Minnesota, MN

Pam Lins has exhibited her work nationally since 1993. Her solo shows include: Mercer Union Center for the Arts, Toronto, Canada (2003); Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY (2003, 2001 & 1999); and Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY (1999).

Selected group exhibitions include: Wattage and Friendship, DeChira/Stewart, Berlin, Germany (2001); Achieving Failure, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY and Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (2000); New York Projects, Delfina Arts, London, UK (2000); Hang Time, White Columns, New York, NY (1999); New Museum Benefit, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY (1999); Program Eight, Exit Art, New York, NY (1999); sofa not included, Gallery Untitled, Dallas, TX (1999); Answer Yes, No, or I don’t Know, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY (1999); Hey, You Never Know, New York, NY, (1998); Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (1997); The Most Important Thing in the World, Oasis v’s Blur and the Artists who Rock, New York, NY, (1996); Romper Room, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY (1996); Up Close, Contemporary Art from the Mallin Collection, H.F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (1993); and Projects, SculptureCenter, New York, NY (1993).

Pam Lins has received a Yaddo Artist residency (2003); The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (1991); and the MacDowell Colony Residency (1990).