BIOGRAPHY BY NAME        BY SPECIALITY
 

“Linda Christianson” Profile

1952        Born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin
1974        B.A. Studio Art Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
1975        Hamline University Graduate Apprenticeship Program
1997        Ceramic Studio Workshop Program, Banff Centre School for                       
               Fine Arts, Banff,Alberta, Canada

 

RECENT EXHIBITIONS


2007          Tea, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
                 Yunomi Invitational,  Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
                 Cups Coming Together: Clay Art Center Celebrates 50 Years, Clay Art Center,
                 Port Chester, New York
                 In Matters of Earth and Fire, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest,
                 Clermont, KY
                 Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York
                 Woodfire Invitational, The Clay Place, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
                 The Circle of Eight and Their Influential Artists, Mad about Art, Louisville,  Kentucky


2006          Pots With Purpose, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts
                 20th Anniversary Ceramic Retrospective, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
                 The Potters Tea Party, Red Star Studios Ceramics Center, Kansas City, Missouri
                 Living Dishes: A New Generation of Functional Pots, curated at Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
                 36th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Wisconsin
                 La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay, Portland, Oregon
                  Woodfire, Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon
                 Tea Time: The Art of the Teapot. Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
                 The Dinner Party Eclectic, Red Star Studios Ceramic Center, Kansas City, Missouri
                 Engaging the Senses: From Cuppa to Ceremony, White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
                 The Elegant Table, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, New Jersey
                 Woodfired Pots: Three Minnesota Potters, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
                 At Your Service, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico           
                 Perspectives, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia
                 Teapots, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
                 Our Cups Runneth Over, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts
                 Pots With Purpose, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts
                 Ceramics Retrospective, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania                         

 

RECENT AWARDS

2001          East Central Arts Council McKnight Foundation Fellowship
1999          Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship
1997          McKnight Foundation Ceramic Fellowship
1996          Metropolitan State University Faculty Grant East Central Arts Council McKnight Foundation Fellowship
1993          National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1992          East Central Arts Council McKnight Foundation Fellowship
1990          McKnight Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant
1988          Purchase Award, S. I. U. E. Clay National
1983          Purchase Award, Images ‘83

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