Disks
Grotto
IMAGES: LINDA SWANSON Google Images
WEBSITE: LINDA SWANSON
CONTACT:
- 3679 Rue Clark Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 2S1
- Email: swanquist@gmail.com
- email: lswanson@alcor.concordia.ca
- tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 4619
LINKS:
- Harvey Meadows Gallery Aspen, Colorado
- Maria Lund Gallery Paris, France
BIO/CV: exhibitions
- 2009 Grottos solo Concordia University Montreal, Canada
- 2007 Reorientations Galerie Maria Lund Paris, France
- 2005 Views Fosdick Nelson Gallery Alfred, New York
- 2002 OF Merlino Gallery Long Beach, California
group
- 2008 Women of Flint Hills , 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
- 2006-7 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 Topologies,Loupe Gallery Prattsburgh, 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 Juried Regional Student Exhibition,NCECA Baltimore, Maryland
- 2003 Grads Gone Wild, Artsite Wellsville, New York
- 2003 Ceramics at CSULB,Gatov Gallery Long Beach, California
- 2003 Juried Regional Student Exhibition NCECA San Diego, California
commissions
- 2007 le Blé en Herbe Clichy, France
publications
- 2007 La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre
- 2004 Chemical & Engineering News
Collections
- Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art Alfred, New York
- Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection KCAI Kansas City, Missouri
- various private collections USA, Korea and France
honors
- 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
- 2003-4 MFA Full Tuition Scholarship NYSCC at Alfred University
- 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
Residencies
- 2009 Concordia University Montreal, Canada
- 2007-8 Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
education
- 2005 MFA Ceramics NYState College of Ceramics at Alfred University Alfred, NY
- 2002 BFA Ceramics California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA
- 1990-1994 Tekisui Museum Workshop Ashiya, Japan
- 1990 BA Art History w/honors University of California, Santa Barbara , CA
- 1987-1988 Ecole des Beaux Arts / Université de Bordeaux III Bordeaux, France
academic experience
- 2009 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Concordia University Montreal, Canada
- 2007-2008 Lecturer , Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, Missouri
- 2005-2007 Adjunct Assistant Professor Alfred University School of Art and Design Alfred, New York
- 2003-2005 Teaching Assistant , Alfred University School of Art & Design Alfred, NY
artist lectures
- 2009 Concordia University Montreal, Canada
- 2008 Concordia University Montreal, Canada
- 2008 Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
- 2008 Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, Missouri
- 2007 Alfred University – Junior Installation Art Alfred, New York
- 2006 Museum of the Earth Art Salon Ithaca, New York
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Linda Swanson’s interests are rooted in the metamorphic nature of ceramic materials and processes. She is particularly interested in how matter takes form and our perception of material over time. Within the framework of installation and sculpture, she sets up situations in which matter can act according to its own tendencies. Using processes inherent to fire, water, clay and glaze such as precipitation, evaporation, and dissolution, she explores how matter transforms as it changes states. Her work engages the enigmatic properties of matter on an elemental level and the capacity of wonder to question how and what we know.Image Descriptions
1 Grotto 2009 salt, bentonite, plastic, metal 144”h x 240” x 48”A soda ash solution moves from liquid to solid dripping to coat a steel mesh form to a floor of powdered bentonite. Crystals form in the translucent sacs as the mesh is transformed from transparent to opaque.
2 Grotto (detail)2009salt, bentonite, plastic, metal 144”h x 240” x 48”
3 Bentonite Ground (detail) 2005bentonite clay, steel, nylon, water 96”h x 192” x 48”A field of dry bentonite clay sifted onto a thin steel base absorbs water dripping from suspended nylon membrane. The clay expands to 15 times its own particle size appearing to grow. The bulging and cracking formations that relate physically and visually to formations in the larger landscape. Bentonite is linked to theories of the origin of life on earth.
4 Bentonite Ground 2005bentonite clay, steel, nylon, water 96”h x 192” x 48”
5 Time Tanks 2005raw glaze salts, water, glass, concrete 55”h x 20” x 10”Three tanks contains a solutions of raw glaze materials poured as an opaque liquid that slowly separates to precipitate salt crystals and evolve into solids that visually relate to mineral formations in the larger landscape on a small scale.
6 Red Fly View 2007crystalline glazed porcelain, aluminum 23” x 23” x 4.5”d
7 Yellow View (detail) 2005crystalline glazed porcelain, aluminum 23” x 23” x 5.5”d
8 Green View (detail) 2005crystalline glazed porcelain, aluminum 24” x 24” x 5.5”d