Jiazi Yin

About the Artist

Jiazi Yin is an artist based in the Maryland and Washington D.C. area. She grew up in China and lived in Japan for four years before she came to America.  Her work is based on her understanding of memory, time and space, and interpersonal relationships. The subject matter varies from human figures to abstractions. These are executed primarily with oil, acrylic, cyanotype on canvas, wood panels, and Yupo paper. Yin uses color to express memories and emotions. As an immigrant, maps signify relocation and memory. She includes abstract maps in her work so she won't get lost. Yupo paper is the main material for her abstract work. Its translucent nature lends itself to the ambiguity of memory, while its double-sided usability provides more layers to memory. For figurative work, she mainly uses cyanotype, a photographic material that reveals the quasi-transience and nothingness of memory. Yin earned her BA degree from the University of Maryland in studio art focused on painting in 2021 with honors. While at UMD, she was awarded the Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship and OMSE Academic Excellence Award in 2020 and 2021. She has participated in numerous exhibitions with D.C. area galleries, such as Touchstone Gallery, Portico Gallery, Stamp Gallery, and DC Arts Center, among other online galleries.  Yin is currently a graduate candidate at American University, where she was awarded the Vollmer Family scholarship and Van Swearingen Award.