Lina McGinn

Born 1994 in Brooklyn, NY

Lives and works in New York, NY

Born in Brooklyn in 1994, New York based artist Lina McGinn earned her BFA from the Cooper Union in 2016. McGinn has recently participated in numerous shows in New York, as well as a solo exhibition in the Netherlands. On top of showing her own work she has also undertaken curatorial projects both while attending the Cooper Union and subsequently in Brooklyn and North Carolina. McGinn is known for abstract human scale sculptures that provoke questions of form and purpose. Much of her recent work consists of dramatically colored amorphous mounds of Polystyrene, reminiscent of the tactile popcorn ceilings born of the same material. In some cases appearing comfortably static, in others almost figurative, McGinn's sculptures toe a line between familiarly organic and completely alien, forcing consideration of exactly what separates the two.

Exhibitions

Works on Paper on Fridges

Aug 12 - Sept 6, 2022

Education

2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Cooper Union School of Art

Solo & Two Person

2021
(At) the End (of a Rainbow)
Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY
2019
That's how the light gets in
Gymnasium, Brooklyn, NY
2017
I Heard Your Sound in the Garden
Dokhuis Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
2015
Forgotten Once Vertical
Cooper Union, New York, NY
2014
Presenting Alternative Models for Depicting Space (that reconstitute it in the process)
Cooper Union, New York, NY

Group

2022
Crucible
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Merde!
Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York, NY
NADA NY
Europa, New York, NY
70th St
Colnaghi, New York, NY
2021
Bungalow
57 Orchard, New York, NY
2016
Window Shopping
Non-Stop Cooper, New York, NY
We Want Bread and Roses
Cooper Union, New York, NY
If Butter Flies
Cooper Union, New York, NY
2015
EOYS
Cooper Union, New York, NY
Out The Window
Cooper Union, New York, NY
In Bloom
Chinatown Soup, New York, NY
2014
New Houses
Cooper Union, New York, NY

Curatorial Projects

2022
Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan and Derelict
Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY
2019
This is Not a Chair, Group Exhibition
Plant 7, High Point, NC
2016
We Want Bread and Roses
Cooper Union, New York, NY
If Butter Flies
Cooper Union, New York, NY

Awards

2017
Residency
Plantage Dok, Amsterdam, NL
2016
Medici Award for Excellence in Art
Cooper Union, New York, NY

Press