Wan Lin Qin
Lived in Canada, the USA and France
Currently resides in London.
After graduating from the Hotchkiss School with the Senior prizes in Visual Arts and French, Wan Lin Qin entered the French National School of Fine Arts l’École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2017, matriculating to the studios of comic book artist Joann Sfar and French multimedia artist Hélène Delprat. She draws inspiration from nature, symbolism, and fine jewelry with the purpose to create paintings that radiate beauty and heal. Her works can be found in the collections of Moēt Hennessy and Gide Loyrette Nouel, and have been exhibited in places such as Les Beaux-Arts’ Théâtre des Expositions, the Musée de la Toile de Jouy, Mairie du 13e Paris City Hall, SoBD Parisian comic arts fair, Gide Law offices and Moët Hennessy dining room in their headquarters at Le Bon Marché. She currently studies spiritual healing at the Harry Edwards Foundation while maintaining her artistic practice and YouTube channel La Princesse des Beaux-Arts, documenting her spiritual insights and growth as a young artist.
YouTube: La Princesse des Beaux-Arts
Instagram: @la_princesse_des_beauxarts
Background / Parcours
Education / Études :
École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, DNSAP Diploma, 2017-2022
The Hotchkiss School, 2013-2017
EXHIBITIONS + AWARDS
2025
"The Perspective Narrative", Tremaine Gallery at The Hotchkiss School, 50th anniversary of Women at Hotchkiss and AAPI month Celebration; Lakeville, CT USA
"A Lover's Churchyard", the Crypt at St Giles Church, Camberwell
2023
Exhibition in the Musée de la Toile de Jouy - Finaliste Prix de la Toile de Jouy 2023 Catégorie Professionels
2022
Third Prize of the Paris CROUS Concours de BD Comic art Contest
Exhibitor at the SoBD Parisian Comic Art Salon, Halle des Blancs Manteaux
Collective exhibition in the Galerie Cécilia F. Lauréats du Concours de BD du Crous and Crous Paris Cultural Center
2021
Laureate of the Gide Loyrette Nouel x Beaux-Arts de Paris prize with a hand-drawn animation exhibited in Gide’s Parisian Office, 15 rue Laborde
Laureate of the Moët Hennessy appel à projet with an illustrated magnetic chessboard for the company’s dining and reception room in Le Bon Marché, 38 rue de Sèvres
First Prize in the Concours Jeunes Talents by Le Cercle des Gobelins, the art society of Paris’ 13e arrondissement; exhibited in the Mairie du 13e Town Hall and the Italie 2 commercial center for le Printemps au Gobelins
2020
Creation of the YouTube Art Channel La Princesse des Beaux-Arts
Enrolled in the atelier of Hélène Delprat at ENSBA
2019
Studied Flute performance at the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot for the 2018/19 Academic year (dual enrolled with ENSBA)
Illustrator for France Culture Radio's article: "Les Enfants de Duras"2018
Exhibitor at the Salon des Arts Visuels affiliated with Paris’ Mairie du 11e, Salle Olympe de Gouges
Collective exhibitions with Art Gapi : Café Aux Arts etc. 15 Quai de Montebello and 16 Rue de Cygne
2017
Enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris in September, studio of Joann Sfar
Fashion Studio Assistant and Illustration seminar teacher at Interlochen Arts Academy’s summer visual arts program, Interlochen Michigan USA
Graduated from The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, CT USA
Senior Awards: Thomas P. Blagden ‘29 Art Award, Emerson Bigelow Prize in Conversational French