about

 

Cori Nakamura Lin (she/her)

I am a Japanese//Taiwanese-American illustrator and designer specializing in culture-centered storytelling and radical information sharing. 

My work has been published in the LA Times, Eater Chicago, WBEZ Curious City Chicago, PBS Learning Media, the Twin Cities Daily Planet, and has been featured on the History Channel. I am currently illustrating The Night Parade, my sister Jami Nakamura Lin’s forthcoming memoir-in-essays, set to release in 2023 from Mariner Books/HarperCollins.

I am inspired by cephalopods, visionary fiction, my own hunger, and the future generations of gosei/rokusei.

As an artist and community organizer, I am in solidarity with other communities of color to fight for Black and queer liberation, Indigenous sovereignty, climate justice, and the end of empire. My art roots Asian American folks in collective struggle, by visualizing marginalized narratives and illuminating concepts of abolition, community care, and generational curse-breaking. By pushing us to imagine future(s) beyond this current dimension, I make art that fuels action.

LET’S WORK TOGETHER

I am the recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board 2019 Cultural Community Partnership Grant, the Minnesota Regional Arts Council 2019 Community Arts Grant, 2018 Jerome Emerging Artist Tofte Lake Residency, and the CURA Artist Neighborhood Partnership Grant 2017-2018.

@cori.lin.art
@maa.maa.dei congee season comes to a close! I loved painting the congee offerings from one of Chicago's most talented pop-ups ✨ swipe thru for pics of the painting process as well as the congee! Making THE WATER WE SWIM IN cover 🌊✂️ @xtian_as' debut poetry chapbook is so full of care, magic, and vision that I knew the cover needed to be HAND CRAFTED with as much intention and spirit. THE NIGHT PARADE book cover is in progress 👻🎴 ICEWATCH | Answering the call of the water Beings 🌊🌊 ICEWATCH | WBEZ. With my gratitude to the lake spirits. Artwrap 22: SKETCHBOOK > PAINTINGS > DIGITAL ✨ Art Pop-Up @sidepractice.coffee | sat dec 17 | 8am - 2pm | Pre-order by DM now! My art is up for Chicago's new Community Wealth Ecosystem Building Pilot! The city is accepting proposals, deadline Nov 1st! 🌼 CORI x WHAT MARGIE MADE = Renegade collab of the century!!! Find our shared tent this weekend at @renegadecraft 🍰 🎨 11am-7pm Booth 255 on the north west corner of Paulina and Division!