Linda Geary Explained

Linda Geary
Birth Date:14 February 1960
Birth Place:Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Education:University of San Diego,
University of Delaware
Occupation:Visual artist, educator, printmaker
Known For:Paintings, murals
Movement:Abstract painting

Linda Geary (born 1960) is an American visual artist and educator.[1] She is known for her large scale abstract paintings and murals.[2] [3] Geary is chair of the painting department and a professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. She lives in Oakland, California.

Biography

Linda Geary was born on February 14, 1960, in Santa Rosa, California, to parents Therese (née Hassler) and William Geary.[4] She received two B.A. degrees in 1982 from the University of San Diego, in fine arts and English; and received a M.F.A. degree in 1986 from the University of Delaware, in painting.

In her early career, Geary worked as a printmaker at Crown Point Press in San Francisco.[5] She is known for her large scale abstract paintings and murals, which have their roots in collage.[6] [7] [8] In 2021, Geary installed a mosaic mural titled "River" in the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport.

Her artwork has been reviewed in Artforum, Art Practical, Art in America, KQED, Huffington Post, The Sacramento Bee, The Mercury News, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Geary was awarded a MacDowell fellowship in 2022;[9] a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2021; and the Elizabeth Foundation grant in 1998.[10]

Geary is a professor of painting, and the chair of the painting department at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco.[11] [12]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Porges . Maria . 2007-02-01 . Linda Geary . 2024-06-22 . . en-US.
  2. News: Baker . Kenneth . September 20, 2013 . Philip Jarmain extracts beauty from grains of decay . SFGate.
  3. Web site: 2011 . Linda Geary . 2024-06-22 . New American Paintings.
  4. Book: Who's Who of American Women, 1997-1998 . December 1996 . Marquis Who's Who . 978-0-8379-0422-1 . 374 . en.
  5. Book: Breuer, Karin . Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press: Making Prints, Doing Art . Fine . Ruth . Nash . Steven A. . 1997 . . National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Crown Point Press . 978-0-520-21061-5 . 20 . en.
  6. News: Bonetti . David . December 6, 1996 . Return of the abstract at Mills College . SFGate.
  7. News: Baker . Kenneth . October 26, 2002 . Are they spills or deliberate forms? / Linda Geary's canvases keep it ambiguous . SFGate.
  8. Web site: Baron . Jaimie . 2022-02-21 . Faces, furniture, flowers are alchemically transformed at Berkeley Art Center . 2024-06-22 . . en-US.
  9. Web site: Linda Geary, MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts . 2024-06-23 . MacDowell . en.
  10. Web site: 2022-08-31 . Linda Geary "What Gives" . 2024-06-23 . Art Week . en.
  11. Web site: Linda Geary . 2024-06-22 . . en.
  12. Markopoulos . Leigh . April 15, 2013 . Painting Expanded . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613182901/https://www.artpractical.com/review/painting_expanded/ . June 13, 2013.
  13. News: 2000-01-30 . Linda Geary: New Work . 2024-06-23 . . 248 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: Baker . Kenneth . September 20, 2013 . Philip Jarmain extracts beauty from grains of decay . SFGate.
  15. News: August 13, 1995 . San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art: "Ocular Constructions" . 2024-06-23 . . 144 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: July 21, 1995 . San Jose ICA . 2024-06-23 . . 80 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: 1996-11-10 . Mills College: "Abstraction Absolved: 10 Bay Area Painters" . 2024-06-23 . . 271 . Newspapers.com.

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