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YING-PIN LIN|Artist • Educator • Creative Learning Practitioner

About

Ying-Pin Lin is a painter, art historian, and visual 
arts educator who believes that great works of art 
are not museum objects — they are living tools for 
thinking, questioning, and creating.

Rooted in the traditions of art history and grounded 
in studio practice, he brings masterworks into the 
classroom not as subjects to be memorized, but as 
mysteries to be solved. Whether challenging the 
conventional title of Van Eyck's Portrait of the 
Arnolfini Couple, uncovering the hidden narrative 
of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, decoding 
the dramatic choreography of Rembrandt's Night Watch, 
or reimagining Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles as a 
space of longing — his students become cultural 
detectives, using iPad and digital tools to see 
what others overlook.

As an Apple Distinguished Educator, Apple Learning 
Coach, and Apple Professional Learning Specialist, 
he works at the intersection of art education and 
digital learning — not to replace deep thinking 
with technology, but to use technology as a catalyst 
for it. His teaching has been recognized by Apple, 
GoodNotes, and BenQ, and his work reaches from a 
junior high school in rural New Taipei City to 
international education stages.

His work as an educator is inseparable from his practice as a painter.

Featured Video|
My Apple Distinguished Educator Journey

Roles & Recognition

  • Visual Arts Teacher, Ruifang Junior High School, New Taipei City

  • M.F.A., Graduate Institute of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University

  • Apple Professional Learning Specialist

  • Apple Learning Coach

  • Apple Distinguished Educator

  • Member, Taiwan iPad Seed Teacher Promotion Team

  • Member, New Taipei City Smart Education Advisory Team

  • Lecturer, National Open University
    — AI Application Designer Course
    — Apple and AI Creative Course

  • Featured Speaker, Drawing Track —
    iPad Learning & Creation Challenge (ILCC) 2026

Selected Honors

  • Excellent Teacher in Technical Arts Education, New Taipei City (2015)

  • Distinguished Teacher, New Taipei City (2017)

  • New Taipei City Outstanding Information Technology Personnel Award (2024)

Award-Winning Mentorship

  • 2019 Platinum Award, International CyberFair

  • ​2009–2017 Four Golds and Three Silvers, International CyberFair

  • 2025 iPad Learning & Creation Challenge (ILCC), 1st Edition
      · Student Mentorship — Junior High Division, Excellence Award

      · Best Presentation Award
      · Best Creativity Award  

        · ECC Music Award​

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AS FEATURED BY

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APPLE

Global Learning Coach Success Story

Featured across Apple's worldwide education websites, including an official film produced by Apple. The only Chinese-speaking educator selected as a representative voice for this global initiative.

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Apple Taiwan

APLS Public Directory

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Goodnotes Education

Official Case Study Film

APPLE

Global Learning Coach Success Story

Featured across Apple's worldwide education websites, including an official film produced by Apple. The only Chinese-speaking educator selected as a representative voice for this global initiative.

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Apple Taiwan

APLS Public Directory
 

Listed on Apple Taiwan's official Apple Professional Learning Specialist directory — one of the very few educators publicly recognised in this role in Taiwan.

Goodnotes Education

Official Case Study Film

 

 

One of a select few schools worldwide chosen for a dedicated GoodNotes Classroom film — and the only school in Taiwan.

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