About the Artist

Maya Lin is an internationally renowned American architect who lives and works in New York, New York. Lin graduated from Yale University in 1986 with a masters in architecture.

While still a senior at Yale, Lin won a national competition for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Lin's designs effectively changed the relationship between memory works and public spaces, reshaping the way we interact and perceive collective histories. Lin was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2009, as well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.