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
Unraveling patterns of Japanese Americanness 🧡 Telling stories of ourselves through the lens of Militarism, Race, and Class. βž• JAngst mood board lol. ABOLISH // CASH BAIL stickers for mutual aid! Order online --> ships next week! πŸ”— link in bio! πŸ”— β˜€οΈπŸ”· easing into a new skin β˜€οΈπŸ”· updated my website and it feels like **me** 🀬 END PRISON BIRTH 🀬 @endprisonbirth πŸ‘» one full year of yōkai πŸ‘» UPDATE: **Devastated** to say I got covid (grateful formild symptoms!) and will be isolating instead of being in person for the sale. You can still support me by getting my things at the market, tho! My sisters and @xtian_as have stepped up and said they will vend in my stead! Pls mask up and be nice to my fam as they sell my wares!! πŸ”₯ snake debut pt 2πŸ”₯ meet akamatā my new familiar πŸ’› aaaaahhh @endmoneybond organizers are spreading the word that the Pretrial Fairness Act is at real risk of being rolled back during the last week of session!!! If you live in IL pls take a sec and use the link in my bio to send an email of support to your legislators! UPROOTED: The effects of World War II incarceration on three Japanese American families β€” from the West Coast to Chicago.