BIOGRAPHY

Andrea Lin has been involved in the arts from a very early age. At seven she was creating her own storyboards and Manga designs. Her schooling was intense and very rigid. While an outstanding student the artist in her longed to make an appearance. Her first major break came as a model where she worked in front of as well as behind the camera.

After placing second in the National Exams she was admitted to the number one university in Taiwan, NTUT. While attending the university she began to explore not only commercial art, but new forms of self expression such as ballroom dancing and other Latin based rhythmic movement. Her natural abilities as a dancer helped her take first place in the American Tango division of local competitions.

She first came to America in 1997 and decided to make the US her new home. Working as a translator she was able to return to her homeland with new goals and desires. With her head full of dreams, the young performer returned to the States where she decided that the best way to experience her new country was to see it first hand for herself. Andrea backpacked from Los Angeles to New York stopping in most of the major cities on her way. Her creativity and interest in the arts was piqued and she coined the phrase, 'nothing is impossible', as her new mantra.

 

In 2000 Andrea began to seriously study dance in New York where her natural aptitude helped her pick up many dance styles and methods. Soon she was teaching herself. By 2003 the talented performer had already appeared on television, film, music videos and stage shows with celebrities such as Britney Spears, Madonna, LL Cool J, Puff Daddy, Lenny Kravitz, Thalia, Dave Chappelle and many others.

During this period the Asian beauty worked diligiently on her modeling career and she worked with various artists and photographers on commercial, print and high end art collaborations. In 2004 she explored her abilities as a producer as she worked on and produced stage shows and major productions such as FemmeNoir, live charity events and continuous live nightclub and dance reviews such as Cirque Erotique and many others.

   

In 2005 Andrea began a successful association with the New Shanghai Circus and La Grande Cirque, events that toured the country and featured live acrobatic and dramatic stories in the vein of Cirque De Soleil. She continued this work in 2006 where she worked as producer, translator and liason between the shows producers, choreographers and talent.

Currently, the model, actress, dancer and performer is working in Los Angeles and is beginning to produce her own graphics, films and specialty projects while working with established photographers and producers.