Ex-mathematician turned visual artist and touring cyclist, LINDA celebrated her 23rd birthday while cycling across Canada from coast to coast in 2009. After ten years of stationary living in her hometown Montreal, she commemorated that anniversary by embarking on a two-month bicycle tour across half of Europe, from Nantes to Prague. After the pandemic, Linda parted for Asia in 2022-2023 to bike across Japan and Taiwan with a friend.
In Linda’s Artworld, viewers may witness Linda’s inborn obsession with symmetry, form, and proportion, which was further refined by her unfinished undergraduate training in pure mathematics.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Canada, Linda speaks Canadian English, (Standard) French, (Taiwanese) Mandarin and is learning Japanese.
Beside stamps and postmarks, Linda also collects Japanese animation-related artbooks, which are documented in her dedicated blog Animation Artbook.
Realisations
Roads Go Ever Ever On (photo book)
June 2021
First photo book entirely self-designed and self-published with the funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Self-Supported Bicycle Adventures
Tour of Taiwan (1,200 km)
14 Feburary to 4 March 2023
From Taoyuan to Kenting to Taoyuan (in a close loop).
Tour of Japan (4,500 km)
13 October 2022 – 5 January 2023
From Hokkaido to Okinawa.
Tour of Europe (3,400 km)
6 July – 23 August 2019
From Nantes, France, to Prague, Czech Republic.
Cycling Across Canada (11,000 km)
16 June – 16 November 2009
From St. John’s, NL, to Victoria, BC.
Education
Certificate in Asian Languages and Cultures: Japanese (UQAM)
2020-2022
Estimated JLPT level reached: roughly between N3 and N2.
Certificate in 3D Animation and Digital Design: Visual Effects for Films and TV (NAD-UQAC)
2016 – 2021
Taking university-level courses in photography, lighting, environment design and matte painting.
Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, Houdini, Mari, Maya, Nuke, VUE, zBrush, etc.
Intended area of specialisation: matte painting / environment design.
BSc in Mathematics (McGill University)
2006 – incomplete (dropped out)
Intended area of specialisation: combinatorial geometry.
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