Maya Lin has proposed ways of thinking and imagining that have challenged how we look at and understand the world around us. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Maya Lin: Topologies, a monograph spanning the past 30 years of her career, was published in 2015. In 2009 she was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest honour for artistic excellence, and in 2016 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama, the highest civilian honour. She joined Pace Gallery in 2008.