Linda Swanson
solo exhibitions
2019 Omphalos | A-B Projects | Los Angeles, California
2018 Phasis | Galerie Maria Lund | Paris, France
2017 We are time's subjects | Galatea Contemporary Art | Bucharest, Romania
2016 Always Becoming | Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre | Skaelskor, Denmark
2015 Quantum Bloom | Practice Gallery | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2012 Resolutions | Luce Gallery at Cornell College | Mt Vernon, Iowa
2011 INFESTATION | Parcs Canada Lachine Canal National Historic Site | Montreal, Canada
2011 InFormation | McClure Gallery | Montreal, Quebec
2011 Prima Materia | Florida Aquarium | Tampa, Florida
2007 Reorientations | Galerie Maria Lund | Paris, France
2005 Views | Fosdick Nelson Gallery | Alfred, New York
2002 OF | Merlino Gallery | Long Beach, California
large-scale installations
2020 RAW | Gardiner Museum | Toronto, Ontario
2019 You am I | Veronique Wants Gallery | Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018 Together / Apart | Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2017 Material Histories Cultures of Resistance | Majestic Galleries | Nelsonville, Ohio
2016 Form Phenomenon | Hatton Gallery | Colorado State University | Fort Collins, Colorado
2015 Rooted in Soil | DePaul Museum | Chicago, Illinois
2014 Transformation 9: Raphael Prize Exhibition | Society for Contemporary Craft | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2014 Flow | Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, Minnesota
2013 The Ephermal: The Evolving | Barr Gallery at Indiana University Southeast | New Albany, Indiana
2013 Elemental | The Northern Clay Center | Minneapolis, Minnesota
2011 Pommes de la Terre | City of Mont Saint Hilaire and Le Pavillon de la Pomme | Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec
2010 Jardins 2010 Réinventées | City of Bromptonville Maison de la Culture Bromptonville | Sherbrooke, Quebec
2010 Clay Metamorphosis | Ainslie Art Center | Alexandria, Virginia
2010 Nuit Blanche | New City Gas Griffentown | Montreal, Quebec
2009 Grottos | Concordia, University | Montreal, Quebec
2005 Topologies | Loupe Gallery | Prattsburgh, New York
art fairs
2017 Art Paris with Galerie Maria Lund | Grand Palais | Paris
2013 SOFA Chicago with Lacoste Gallery | Navy Pier | Chicago, Illinois
2012 SOFA Chicago with Lacoste Gallery | Navy Pier | Chicago, Illinois
group exhibitions
2021 Equivocal Beauties (upcoming Summer 2021) | Bernardaud Foundation | Limoges, France
2021 Contemporary Clay (upcoming Fall 2021) | Western Carolina University Museum | Culowhee, North Carolina
2020 Sculpture National | Clay Center of New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana
2019 Cluj Biennale of Ceramics | Muzeul de Arta Cluj-Napoca | Cluj, Romania
2019 OIKOSystems | The Gallery at St Paul Academy | St. Paul, Minnesota
2018 New Orientalia | Yingge Ceramics Museum | New Taipei City, Taiwan
2018 Shoe Box Show | Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre | Skaelskor, Denmark
2018 NCC Residential | Northern Clay Centre | Minneapolis, Minnesota
2017 L'experience de la Coulour | Musée| de Sèvres | Paris, France
2017 Displace | Rockland Community College Gallery | Portland, Oregon
2016 Un Paradis sans pommiers | Grey Nuns Garden | Concordia University | Montreal, Québec
2016 Sight Unseen | NCECA Convention | Kansas City Convention Centre | Kansas City, Missouri
2016 From there to here | Marietta Building Foyer | Kansas City, Missouri
2016 International Cone Box Show | Hilliard Gallery | Kansas City, Missouri
2016 Coast to Coast | Brancoveneanu Palace Cultural Center | Bucharest, Romania
2015 Calibrating Color: The Visible Spectrum and the Ceramic Surface | Cohen Gallery | Alfred, NY
2014 Reclaimed: Documentation of Performance, Installation and Site-Specific Ceramic Work | One Wall Gallery | World Wide Web
2014 Clay Studio National | The Clay Studio | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 Earth Moves: Shifts in Ceramic Art and Design | Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities | Arvada, Colorado
2013 New Directions | Lacoste Gallery | Concord, Massachusetts
2013 Workhouse Clay National | Workhouse Arts Center | Lorton, Virginia
2013 NCECA Expo | George R. Brown Convention Center | Houston, Texas
2013 Out of the Blue | The Clay Studio of Missoula | Missoula, Montana
2013 Two by Two | Gallery of Art at Eastern Washington University | Cheny, Washington
2012 Earth & Alchemy | Massart | Boston, Massachusetts
2012 Sortir de son assiette | Bibliothèque Neufchâtel | Quebec City, Canada
2012 fragile | The Seattle Design Center | Seattle, Washington
2012 La céramique dans tous ses états | Centre d’expositions du Vieux Presbytère | Saint-Bruno, Quebec
2011 Travel Size | Southwestern College Art Gallery | Chula Vista, California
2008 Women of the Flint Hiills | Strecker-Nelson Gallery | Manhattan, Kansas
2008 Featuring | 17 Main Gallery | Alfred, New York
2007 HARDedgeSoft | Cazenovia College Art Gallery | Cazenovia, New York
2007 Red | Baltimore Clayworks | Baltimore, Maryland
2007 Made in New York | Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center | Auburn, New York
2007 Issues of Substance | GE World Headquarters Gallery | Fairfield, Connecticut
2006 Craft Art 2006 | Burchfield-Penny Art Center | Buffalo, New York
2006 Crossovers: Art, Craft and Design | Delaware Center Contemporary Art | Wilmington, Delaware
2005 Alfred on 25th | Lohin Geduld Gallery | New York, New York
2005 Contemporary Ceramic Art | Harvey Meadows Gallery | Aspen, Colorado
2005 Chautauqua Clay Regional | Portage Hill Gallery | Westfield, New York
2005 Southern Tier Biennial | Olean Public Library Gallery | Olean, New York
2004 Group Thaw | Artsite | Wellsville, New York
2004 NCECA Juried Regional Student Exhibition | MICA | Baltimore, Maryland
2003 Grads Gone Wild | Artsite | Wellsville, New York
2003 CSULB Ceramics Retrospective | Gatov Gallery | Long Beach, California
2003 NCECA Juried Regional Student Exhibition | San Diego State University Gallery | San Diego, California
commissions
2007 Play Light | Permanent architectural installation in le Blé en herbe Nursery School | Clichy, France
academic appointments
Concordia University | Associate Professor Studio Arts, Ceramics | Montreal, Canada | 2009-present
Kansas City Art Institute | Lecturer | Kansas City, Missouri | 2007-2008
Alfred University | Adjunct Assistant Professor | Alfred, New York | 2005-2007
education
Alfred University | MFA Ceramics | 2005
California State University, Long Beach | BFA Ceramics | 2002
Tekisui Museum Workshop, Ashiya Japan | 1990-4
University of California, Santa Barbara | BA with honors Art History | 1990
Université de Bordeaux III France | Year Abroad at Ecole des Beaux Arts | 1987-8
visitng artist lectures & activities
2021 University of California, Los Angeles | zoom to Los Angeles, California
2021 Louisiana State University | zoom to Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2021 Concordia University | zoom to Montreal, Quebec
2020 Massachusetts College of Art | zoom to Boston, Massachusetts
2020 Gardiner Museum | Toronto, Ontario
2020 European Ceramic Work Center | Oisterwijk, Netherlands
2019 Oregon College of Art & Craft | Portland, Oregon
2017 University of Nevada | Reno, Nevada
2017 University of Ohio | Athens, Ohio
2017 Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio
2016 Brancoveanu Palace Cultural Center | Bucharest, Romania
2016 Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Centre | Skaelskor, Denmark
2016 University of Colorado, Boulder | Boulder, Colorado
2015 Colorado State University, Fort Collins | Fort Collins, Colorado
2015 School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois
2015 Fort Hays State University | Fort Hays, Kansas
2014 Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2014 The Society for Contemporary Craft | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2013 Cal State Long Beach | Long Beach, California
2013 USC | Los Angeles, California
2013 Cal State University Northridge | Northridge, California
2013 Midwestern State University | Wichita Falls, Texas
2013 Sheridan College | Oakville, Ontario
2013 Northern Clay Center | Minneapolis, Minnesota
2013 Mason des Métiers d'Art | Quebec City, Canada
2012 University of Georgia | Athens, Georgia
2012 Georgia State University | Atlanta, Georgia
2012 Concordia University | Montreal, Quebec
2012 Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, Maryland
2011 McClure Gallery | Montreal, Quebec
2011 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University | Halifax, Nova Scotia
2010 School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois
2010 SUNY Oswego | Oswego, New York
2010 Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, New York
2009 SUNY Plattsburgh | Plattsburgh, New York
2009 Concordia University-Grotto Project | Montreal, Quebec
2008 Concordia University | Montreal, Quebec
2008 Kansas State University | Manhattan, Kansas
2008 Kansas City Art Institute | Kansas City, Missouri
2007 Alfred University | Alfred, New York
2006 Museum of the Earth Art Salon | Ithaca, New York
conference presentations
2018 NCECA Lecture - Hot Alchemy | Minneapolis, Minnesota
2018 NCECA Concurrent Exhibition - Together / Apart | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2017 NCECA Concurrent Exhibition - Displace | Portland, Oregon
2016 NCECA Concurrent Exhibition - Sight Unseen & From There to Here | Kansas City, Missouri
2014 University Art Association of Canada, Urban Clay: Deploying Craft in the City | Toronto, Canada
2014 College Art Association, In a Material World: The Experiential Nature of Ceramics | Chicago, Illinois
2014 NCECA Invitational Exhibition - Flow | Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2013 NCECA Expo - Emerging Artists | Houston, Texas
2013 Ephmeral Art & Practice, The Evolving Panel | Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2013 Emerging Artist Presentation, Panel and Expo Gallery Talk | NCECA Houston
2012 NCECA Panel On the Edge of Form moderated by Amy Gogarty | Seattle, Washington
2012 NCECA Concurrent Exhibition | Seattle, Washington
curated
2016 Épisode: Second Virginia McClure Ceramics Biennial | McClure Gallery | Montreal, Québec
2012 fragile | Seattle Design Center | Seattle, Washington
honors
2016 NCECA International Residency Award | Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark
2016 President's Excellence in Teaching Award | Concordia University | Montreal, QC
2016 Hot Alchemy Research-Creation Project | FRQSC- Fonds de recherche Société et culture Québec
2016 Purchase Prize | Orton Cone Box Show
2016 Gardiner Sculpture Competition, Finalist | Gardiner Museum | Toronto, Canada
2014 Raphael Prize Winner | The Society for Contemporary Craft
2013 Juror's Prize | Two by Two Sculpture Biennale | Gallery of Art at Eastern Washington University
2013 Emerging Artist Award and Grant | NCECA & The Windgate Charitable Foundation
2012 SSHRC Travel Grant | Concordia University
2011 SSHRC Travel Grant | Concordia University
2007 Special Opportunity Stipend | New York Foundation for the Arts
2006 Special Opportunity Stipend | New York Foundation for the Arts
2006 Member’s Award | Delaware Center for Contemporary Art
2005 Individual Artist Grant | Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts
2005 Best of Category Mixed Media | Cattaraugus Arts Council
2005 Elmer Craig Award | NCECA
2002 Aardvark Merit Award | NCECA
2002 Individual Project Fellowship | Cal State Long Beach Art Department
2002 Iceland Travel Fellowship | Cal State Long Beach Art Department
1998 New York Travel Fellowship | Cal State Long Beach Art Department
artist residencies
Louisiana State University Ceramics Department | 2021
European Keramik Work Center | 2020
Mid-Atlantic Keramik Exchange@Myndistaskolinn Reykjavik, Iceland | 2019
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center | 2016
Northern Clay Center | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2013
Concordia University | Montreal, Quebec | 2009
Kansas State University | Manhattan, Kansas | 2007-8
authored
2016 Épisode: 2nd Virginia McClure Ceramics Biennial. McClure Gallery. Catalogue. Print.
2016 Linda Swanson on the Ceramics in the Expanded Field Conference. Journal of Modern Craft. Web.
2015 Urban Clay - Deploying Craft in the City. Ceramics Art & Perception. Issue 102. December. Print
2012 Swanson, Linda. "Material Time." NCECA Journal, 2012:33. Print.
publications
2018 Boyce, Maryse, "La Céramique dans l’Art Contemporain." Voir , vol. 3 #12, pp. 42-43. Print
2017 Duponchelle, Valérie, "Quand Sèvres Hisse Les Couleurs!," Figaroscope , Janvier, 2018. Print
2017 L’Expérience de la Couleur Catalogue. Print
2017 Bodet, Frédérique, "L’Expérience de la Couleur – Une grande exposition et une saison culturelle à Sèvres-Cité de la
Céramique," Sèvres Magazine, #26, 2017, pp. 160-164. Print.
2017 Belleau, Mimi, Technologie des matériaux céramiques, 2017. Print
2017 Overstreet, Audrey, “Water themed exhibit of works by Chris Tyllia, Lisa Nappa and others opens at Saranac,” The Spokesman
Review, April 6, 2017. Web
2016 Tronaru, Daniel, “Coast to Coast – expozitia ceramistilor nord-americani la Palatul Mogosoaia”
cultura, October 9, 2016. Web
2016 Van Hoof, Marine, "Épisode", Vie des Arts, October, 2016. Print
2016 Donslund Mailing, Mathilde, « The Elements are Interpreted by Canadian Artist», Sjellandske,August 16, 2016. Print
2016 Stovall, Saba, "Sight Unseen", Yarrobil, July 2016: 4. Print
2015 Feige, Jacob, "Linda Swanson, Quantum Bloom,” Title Magazine . Web
2015 Carrol, Michael, “Quantum Bloom – Practice Gallery,” The Guide@Geist . June 4. Web
2015 “Rooted in Soil at the De Paul Art Museum” C Studiomosaic. March 15. Web
2015 Waxman, Lori, “Dirt Takes Center Stage at Depaul Art Museum,” Chicago Tribune . March 4. Print, Web
2015 Bartolovic, Frederick & Zakin, Richard, Electric Kiln Ceramics: A Guide to Clays, Glazes and Electric Kilns. The American
Ceramic Society, 2015.
2015 “Rooted in Soil” Catalog. DePaul Museum. 2015. Print.
2014 Taylor, Brian & Doody, Kate, Glaze: The Ultimate Ceramic Artist’s Guide to Glaze and Color. Book.
2014 “Transformation 9: Raphael Founder’s Prize Exhibition” Catalog. Society for Contemporary Craft. Print and Web.
2014 McKenzie, Heidi, “Flow: NCECA Invitational Exhibition,” Ceramics Monthly. 2014; 48-53. Print.
2014 Koplos, Janet, “Elemental Northern Clay Center Minneapolis,”Ceramics: Art & Perception. 2014, Issue 96; 100-103. Print.
2013 Janssen, Shauna, “INFESTATION: Subversive Ceramics in the Urban Field.”Ceramic ReviewMagazine.
November/December 2013, Issue 264;79. Print.
2013 Keane, Erin, “This is Not a Painting: Ephemeral Art Symposium Explores Fleeting Nature of Art and
Time.” WFPL News. November 2014. Web.
2013 Koplos, Janet, “Earth & Alchemy,”Ceramics: Art & Perception. 2013, Issue 93; 7075. Print.
2013 Lacoste, Lucy, "New Directions: Lacoste Gallery presents group exhibition of avant garde artists." Artdaily.org. August. 2013.
2013 “Earth Moves: Shifts in CeramicArt & Design” Catalog. Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities. 2013. Print
2013 Silberman, Rob. Elemental, Catalog from the Northern Clay Center, 2013. Print.
2013 Bowlby, Kalika. Interviewing NCECA 2013 Emerging Artist Linda Swanson, NCECA Blog. 2013; June. Web.
2013 Hanus, Julie K. Top 10 NCECA Conference Moments. American Craft Council Site. 2013; April 3. Web.
2013 "Exposure: Northern Clay Center Elemental Exhibition." Ceramics Monthly 2013; 5. Print.
2013 Glentzer, Molly. "That's Amazing Heart Often at Ceramics Conference." Houston Chronicle. 2013; March 20. Print.
2013 Combs, Mariann. "Northern Clay Center examines the elements of ceramice art." MPRnews. State of the Arts, April 19, 2013. Web.
2013 Swanson, LInda "Resistance." NCECA Journal, 2013. Print.
2013 "Exposure: Out of the Blue at The Clay Studio of Missoula." Ceramics Monthly. 2013; 2:21. Print.
2011 Black, Heather. "Knowles and Swanson: Nature Reigns." Westmount Indpendent, June 21-22, 2011:23. Print and Web.
2010 Gogarty, Amy. Ceramics, Dissolution and Weak Thought: Towards a New Understanding of Practice.
Cahiers métiers d’art/Craft Journal. 2010; 3(2); 7-24. Print.
2009 Brown, Glen R. Ceramics Pluralism: Diversity of Practice and the Role of Criticism. Ceramics Art & Perception. 2009; 78: 43-47. Print.
2007 Gandouet, Marielle Ernould. Les Observations de Linda Swanson La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre. 2007; 157: 55-57.
2004 Rovner, Sophie L. A Haven for Glass & Ceramics: Alfred University trains some of the world’s top glass and ceramics
engineers and artists. Chemical & Engineering News. 2004; 82(21): 33-39. Web.
time based media
2015 DePaul Art Minute "Rooted in Soil | video
2015 The Buffalo Bro Radio Hour, "Rooted in Soil Interview with Laura Fatemi and Linda Swanson." January 25.
2013 “Elemental Podcasts.” northernclaycenter.org. June. 2013. Web. | northernclaycenter.org
collections
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art | Alfred, New York
Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection KCAI | Kansas City, Missouri
Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts | Ithaca, New York
various private collections | USA, Canada, Korea, France
representation
Lacoste Gallery | Concord, Massachusetts
Galerie Maria Lund | Paris, France