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'''Victoria Yin''' ([[Simplified Chinese characters|simplified Chinese]] 尹亮前, born in 1997) is an [[United States|American]] artist and poet. China Central TV, China Education TV, Cleveland WCPN Radio, THNKRTV, China Daily call her a [[child prodigy]].<ref name="CCTV culture express">{{cite web|last=|title=Prodigy Siblings Hold Exhibition in Beijing CCTV News, CCTV culture express, China Central TV, Beijing, China November 2011|url=http://english.cntv.cn/program/cultureexpress/20111018/103945.shtml}}</ref><ref name="China Education TV">{{cite web|title=Interview with China Education TV 1 Arts & Calligraphy, December 2011, Beijing, China|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mIqhBjjqYgQ}}</ref><ref name="CCTV cross over">{{cite web|title=Interview with CCTV cross over, November 5, 2011, China Central TV, Beijing, China|url=http://english.cntv.cn/program/crossover/20111106/100196.shtml}}</ref><ref name="Cleveland Ohio WCPN">{{cite web|title=Cleveland Ohio WCPN Around Noon, Live Radio Interview with Dee Perry, November 16, 2010|url=http://www.ideastream.org/an/entry/32928}}</ref><ref name=THNKRtv>{{cite web|title=Young Prodigies Dazzle The Art World|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwXSWsC60lY}}</ref><ref>[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2011-10/26/content_13978521.htm Get Up, Close and Personal with Genius, CHINA DAILY, October 25, 2011 ]</ref><ref>[http://mom.me/parenting/3965-worlds-youngest-art-prodigies/item/victoria-yin/ Victoria Yin: The World's Youngest Art Prodigies]</ref><ref>[http://blogs.psychcentral.com/creative-mind/2012/10/does-creativity-have-an-expiration-date/ Does Creativity Have An Expiration Date?]</ref>
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She currently attends Brown University.

== Background ==
Yin was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. Her mother, Yuemao Xu, is an architect, landscape architect, and real estate developer. Her father, Dr. Yizhong Yin, is a biomedical scientist and businessman. Her younger sister, [[Zoe Yin]], is also known as a [[child prodigy]].

== Career ==
Yin began drawing at an early age and has been represented by galleries in America and China. By age ten, her artworks had attracted worldwide collection, and Yin became internationally known.<ref>[http://artexponewyork.com/2009/11/artist-victoria-yin-child-prodigy/ Artist Victoria Yin, Child Prodigy, Nov 17, 2009 Artexpo New York]</ref><ref>Art “Way Beyond Her Years”: Victoria Yin’s Surrealistic Paintings Create a Stir with Collectors, Art Business News, July- August, 2010</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cover Story "Brush With Fame"—Strokes of Genius, The Andover Magazine, North of Boston Living|url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/cuttings/cuttingpdfs/20761/444dd741eb31d99ae548a93f376abd19.pdf}}</ref><ref>[http://www.snhu.edu/7669.asp Child Artist Victoria Yin At Southern New Hampshire University, July 14. 2008]</ref><ref>[http://www.creativitypost.com/arts/creativity_peak At What Age Will Your Creativity Peak? | The Creativity Post By THNKR | Oct 28, 2012]</ref><ref>[http://lakewoodobserver.com/read/2010/11/04/child-prodigies-bring-artistic-talents-to Child Prodigies Bring Artistic Talents to Beck Center]</ref><ref>[http://stillcoloringoutofthelines.blogspot.com/2010/09/young-artists.html Still Coloring Out Of The Lines: Young Artists]</ref><ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/wireless/read.cfm?id=197613 Child Prodigies Bring Artistic Talents to Northeast Ohio 11/15-12/31]</ref><ref name="Beck Center for Arts">{{cite web|title=Yin Sisters Artists’ Reception, November 12, 2010|url=http://www.beckcenter.org/events/yin-sisters-artists-reception/}}</ref><ref name="Hattie Larlham">{{cite web|title=Hattie Larlham And Beck Cafe Host Yin Sisters Artists Reception|url=http://fineartamerica.com/pressreleases/hattie-larlham-and-beck-cafe-host-yin-sisters-artists-reception-.html}}</ref>

At age twelve, Yin was invited by the [[Ministry of Culture (China)|China Cultural Ministry]], Arts and Entertainment Group to hold a joint art exhibition with her sister, 8 year old Zoe Yin, at the World Art Museum in Beijing, China. The exhibition “Strokes of Genius-- Exhibition by the Art World Child Prodigy Siblings Victoria Yin . Zoe Yin” was held two years later in October 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.china.org.cn/video/2011-10/18/content_23654566.htm |title=Prodigy Siblings Hold Exhibition in Beijing, China |date=Oct 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Child Prodigy Siblings Victoria Yin and Zoe Yin, CCTV News|url=http://www.firstpost.com/topic/place/beijing-cctv-cultureexpressmp4-video-3GkffYdXb3M-76-5.html|publisher=www.FIRST POST.com}}</ref> A book with a collection of both sisters' works, “Art World Child Prodigy Siblings-- Victoria Yin, Zoe Yin” was published in English and Chinese,<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Yin. Zoe Yin- Art World Child Prodigy Siblings (English and Chinese Edition|url=http://www.amazon.com/Victoria-Prodigy-Siblings-English-Chinese/dp/7119043315 |location=Beijing, China |publisher=Foreign Language Press |date=October 2011 |ISBN=978-7119043319}}</ref> and was selected to be exhibited at the [[Frankfurt Book Fair|Annual Frankfurt Book Fair]], Germany.

Yin was interviewed by CCTV (China Central TV) cultural express,<ref name="CCTV culture express" /> China Education Television TV,<ref name="China Education TV" /> and CCTV world wide broadcasting program cross over and painted live in front of a worldwide audience.<ref name="CCTV cross over" />

Yin's story was documented in two episodes of PRODIGIES, "Young Prodigies Dazzle The Art World" <ref name=THNKRtv /> and "Teen Art Star Compared to Dali" <ref>{{cite web|title=TEEN ART STAR COMPARED TO DALI|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JBo98pErBg|publisher=THNKRTV}}</ref> when she was 14. (PRODIGIES is a bi-weekly series from THNKRtv, initiated by Google, showing the youngest and brightest talents).

Yin's book of poems, "A Mind's Journey-age 7 to 15", was published by the Xinhua Publishing House in China in August 2013.<ref>{{cite book|last=Yin|first=Victoria|title=A mind’s Journey – Age 7-15|year=2013|publisher=Xinhua Publishing House|location=Beijing, China|isbn=978-7-516-60580-6}}</ref>

== References==
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== External links==
* http://www.victoriayin.com
* http://www.victoriayinandzoeyinglobalfoundationforchildrensarts.com

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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American painter and poet
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[[Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:1997 births]]
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[[Category:American women poets]]
[[Category:21st-century American painters]]
[[Category:21st-century American poets]]
[[Category:American women writers]]
[[Category:21st-century women writers]]