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Yshao Lin 林意逍

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Finally graduated from Columbia, and my younger sister just graduated from Cornell University for undergrad. We are the first people in our family to graduate from Ivy League schools.
It still feels surreal thinking about everything it took for our family to get here—leaving home, starting over, all the uncertainty, sacrifices, and years of trying to build a life between different worlds.
I honestly don’t know what comes next, but for now I just feel grateful. Grateful for my parents, my friends, mentors, and everyone who supported us along the way.
A very strange and emotional ending to one chapter, and the beginning of another🙇🏻‍♂️⚡️🌈✨ taken in Columbia University by @yshaolin

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4 months ago

Presenting graduating artist Yshao Lin (@yshaolin ), exhibiting their thesis work as part of Columbia University’s MFA Visual Arts program. by @yshaolin

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4 months ago

还是来了这里。如果当时接下了offer，是不是一切都会不一样。 taken in University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design by @yshaolin

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5 months ago

Our thesis exhibition opens on April 26, with a preview on Saturday, April 25, from 2–6 PM. Everyone has been working incredibly hard on the show. It would mean a lot to see you there if you are around!🙇🏻‍♂️🙏🏻♥️ taken in Columbia University by @yshaolin

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6 months ago

Dumping some photos from here and there and some places I can’t even remember. by @yshaolin

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6 months ago

Trying to run away from reality, my thesis, and my unorganized life🥲 by @yshaolin

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6 months ago

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The interview article for "Soft Instructions" is now live on @whitehotmagazine .
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The artists @yshaolin @soomin_the_torangoook @gabrielsiams and curator @fanfan_noire share their insights behind the exhibition.
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Thanks to Kun Sok @kunsokart and Chun Park @chun.park.7 for the thoughtful questions.
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Preface:

"Soft Instructions" lingers in the gray zone where consent, desire, and dependency overlap. What appears gentle can still shape behavior, expectations, and bodily experience. Here, "softness" is not the opposite of structure; rather, it is often the way structure becomes livable — and therefore easier to accept.
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#fanflus #whitehot #whitehotmagazine #nycexhibition taken in Manhattan, New York by @yshaolin

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8 months ago

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"Soft Instructions" is currently on view at Studio 10 @artcake_nyc , until February 1st, Sunday. Thanks for joining us this Friday.
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"Soft Instructions" refer to forms of power that operate within relationships without appearing as explicit commands. Mediated through the language of care or devotion, these instructions are willingly accepted, even relied upon, for their promises of safety, belonging, and the sensation of being arranged.

This exhibition traces how desire and attachment operate under the signs of care and control, allowing power to appear absent while embedding itself more deeply in lived experience.
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Artists:
Yshao Lin @yshaolin
Soomins Kang @soomin_the_torangoook
Gabriel Siams @gabrielsiams
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Curated by @fanfan_noire
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Special thanks to Ashely @cosmic_ashely 🩶
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Photo by Weican Wang and Kon Zeng
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⏰ January 23 - February 1. 2026
📍ART CAKE
2nd Floor Studio 10
214 40th St. Brooklyn. NY 11232 taken in New York City, USA by @yshaolin

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8 months ago

Another year older, maybe not necessarily wiser but I’m grateful for the life I have right now. This past year has been less about chasing answers and more about learning how to sit with myself: looking for a quieter kind of peace, spending time alone without treating solitude like something to fear. I’ve been trying to unlearn the need to perform my life according to some “standard definition” of what I should do, how I should act, or where I should be by this age. Instead, I’m letting my days be shaped by what actually sustains me—patience, honesty, and the small routines that make me feel grounded. I may not have everything figured out, but I feel more present in my own life than I did before, and that feels like its own kind of growth. taken in New York, New York by @yshaolin

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9 months ago

Our open studios are this Sunday! I don’t have much to show, but please still come by and see some amazing art made by my talented friends and colleagues.🙇🏻‍♂️🧏🏻‍♂️♥️ taken in Columbia University by @yshaolin

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a year ago

🌍 Mapping Elsewhere @sch_sos
Our group exhibition opens Aug 29 and runs until Sept 6
@the_koppel_project

A snapshot of creative responses to harm faced by communities — from care for the more-than-human, to death-row inmates, evicted neighborhoods, and lived experiences of trafficking.

All are welcome🫶🏻 taken in The Koppel Project by @yshaolin

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a year ago

An unforgettable journey learning about architecture and urban planning, making new friends, and pulling all-nighters for presentations at GSD. Forever grateful for the quality time spent with incredible people🫶🏻
如果未来有一天你想起我，希望你知道，我做了很多的努力不过是想离你更近一点，而我的心永远真诚且炙热。 taken in Harvard Graduate School of Design by @yshaolin

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a year ago