Mimi Lien

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| name = Mimi Lien

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| birth_date = 1976

| education = Yale University {{small|(BA)}}
New York University {{small|(MFA)}}

| occupation = Set designer

| years_active = 2003–present

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| website = {{URL|www.mimilien.com/work}}

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Mimi Lien (born 1976) is a Chinese American set designer, best known for the scenic design of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812. In 2017, she received a Tony Award for her work with the Broadway production.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/theater/tony-winners-list.html|title=2017 Tony Awards Winners|last=Chow|first=Compiled By Andrew R.|date=2017-06-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-14|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Lien is also a 2015 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/939/|title=Mimi Lien — MacArthur Foundation|website=www.macfound.org|language=en|access-date=2017-06-14}}

Education

Lien graduated from Yale University in 1997, and she then attended New York University where she earned her MFA in design from Tisch School of the Arts in 2003. Much of Lien's education is centered around architecture, which contributes to the large scale of her set designs. She has designed over 100 shows, operas, and installations, including two Broadway premieres. Lien is currently teaching as an adjunct professor in Set Design at NYU Tisch.{{Cite web|title=Faculty & Staff|url=https://tisch.nyu.edu/design/faculty|access-date=2021-11-24|website=tisch.nyu.edu|language=en}}

Lien is married to writer and director Alec Duffy. Together, Lien and Duffy are co-founders of JACK, a performing arts space in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.