Joyce Lin is an artist and furniture maker based in Houston, TX whose practice investigates the relationship between surface and structure and the eroding boundaries between the natural and human-made. Merging meticulous craftsmanship with experimental processes in wood, found materials, fiberglass, and more, she reimagines familiar forms—chairs, tables, and other functional archetypes—as studies on dissection, reconstruction, and mimicry. 

Raised in Birmingham, AL, Lin holds degrees in Furniture Design and Geology-Biology through the Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program, an interdisciplinary foundation which continues to inform their work today. Lin has presented solo exhibitions such as Material Autopsy (2023) and Hypernatural (2025) at R & Company in New York.

Lin’s pieces are held in the permanent collections of the RISD Museum, The Mint Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Munson Museum of Art, Houston Civic Art Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, Peabody Essex Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and SFMOMA. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Architect’s Newspaper, Dwell, PaperCity Magazine, and Objects: USA 2020 and Objects: USA 2024.

In addition to her studio practice, Lin has taught in the Rhode Island School of Design’s Furniture Design Department and TXRX Labs in Houston.

She is the recipient of the 2025 John D. Mineck Fellowship from the Society of Arts + Crafts.

For information on available works, please contact R & Company.
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