Lin Flores

Lin Flores is an Austin-based multidisciplinary artist and educator whose

work explores the intersection of language, architecture, and visual

expression. Currently an Associate Professor at Austin Community

College, she brings a rich tapestry of life experiences to both their artistic

practice and teaching.

Her journey to the visual arts has been shaped by a diverse background

spanning military service, linguistics, and education. After earning a

Translator Certification while serving with the US Army's Multinational

Peacekeeping Force in Sinai, Egypt, she went on to study foreign

language and English literature, receiving a B.A. in English from the

University of Texas at Austin in 1994. This foundation in language and

communication continues to inform their artistic sensibility.

A pivotal moment came in 2014 when she attended the University of Texas

School of Architecture Summer Academy, where they received the Book

Award. That same year, their work was featured in

PERSPECTIVASdosmil14, an exhibition organized by Latinos in

Architecture (LiA-AIA) at Austin City Hall and the Austin Center for

Architecture, supported by a grant from the Austin Foundation for

Architecture.

Her work has been exhibited throughout Austin, including the 2019 solo

exhibition The Poetry of Edges at Highland Gallery. Their art and writing

have also been published in The Rio Review, Austin Community College's

literary and arts journal.

With over three decades of teaching experience spanning military

instruction, bilingual elementary education, and higher education, she

continues to nurture the next generation of artists and makers while

maintaining an active studio practice.

Creating art connects me to the divine, and to the divine within myself. In that

process, I find a freedom and fluidity that moves through me rather than from

me.

I work in silence or to a single song on continuous loop. Both hands begin to

move, and I enter a meditative state. Sometimes they work independently, one

shaping while the other smooths, or moving across opposite ends of the

material. Other times they move in tandem, responding to the clay, the wood, or

the canvas. Time dissolves. I exist only in the moment until the work declares

itself complete.

Each piece, whether carved, formed, or painted, is an emotion captured in the

instant of its creation.