Maya Lin

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architect artist designer human sculptor

Maya Lin is an American designer and artist best known for creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architect → artist → designer → human → sculptor →
activeSince	1980s →
awardReceived	National Medal of Arts → National Medal of Arts (2009) → Presidential Medal of Freedom → Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1959-10-05 →
degree	Bachelor of Arts → Master of Architecture →
designed	Civil Rights Memorial → Vietnam Veterans Memorial → Wave Field → What Is Missing? → Women’s Table →
educatedAt	Yale School of Architecture → Yale University →
ethnicOrigin	Chinese American →
familyName	Lin →
fieldOfWork	architecture → art → environmental art → memorial design →
genre	land art → public art →
givenName	Maya →
hasWebsite	https://www.mayalin.com/ →
languageSpoken	English →
movement	minimalism →
name	Maya Lin →
notableFor	designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. →
notableWork	Civil Rights Memorial → Vietnam Veterans Memorial → Wave Field → What Is Missing? → Women’s Table →
occupation	architect → artist → designer →
parent	Henry Huan Lin → Julia Ming Hui Chang Lin →
placeOfBirth	Athens, Ohio, United States →
residence	New York City →
spouse	Daniel Wolf NERFINISHED →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Civil Rights Memorial → Vietnam Veterans Memorial →	designer
Vietnam Veterans Memorial →	architect
Vietnam Veterans Memorial →	designCompetitionWonBy
Civil Rights Memorial →	designedBy
Storm King Art Center →	hasArtistInCollection
Yale School of Architecture →	hasNotableAlumni
Maya Lin →	name
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters →	notablePersonFeatured