“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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