Lena Chin is a first-generation Ecuadorian-Chinese artist and curator based in New York’s Hudson Valley. Bridging her biracial heritage with a focus on material storytelling. Chin’s practice spans ceramics, exhibition-making, and critical dialogue. She holds a BFA in Ceramics from SUNY New Paltz and is currently pursuing an MA in Museum Studies from CUNY, deepening her commitment to reimagining institutional narratives and amplifying intersectional voices.

Chin’s studio work is a vibrant exploration of identity, belonging, and play through the lens of a biracial artist. Her ceramic pieces interrogate the nuances of expression through design. Using bold lines, dynamic colors, and form colliding to encourage investigation. Contrasting surfaces against form, these sites of joyful experimentation converge personal heritage with communal narratives. Chin invites viewers to create connections by searching and knowing—holding multiple truths at once.

In 2025, she was awarded the Helene Zucker Seeman Curatorial, Research, and Critical Writing Fellowship for Women by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), recognizing her innovative approach to bridging art, community, and critical theory.

Chin’s research in Museum Studies focuses on the ethical stewardship of marginalized histories, while her studio practice remains an avenue for intersectional exploration. She views curation as an extension of her artistic inquiry: a way to foster spaces where fragmented stories coalesce into shared cultural resilience.