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.[4]
Linda Geary | |
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| Born | February 14, 1960 Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of San Diego, University of Delaware |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, educator, printmaker |
| Known for | Paintings, murals |
| Movement | Abstract painting |
| Website | www |
Biography
editLinda Geary was born on February 14, 1960, in Santa Rosa, California, to parents Therese (née Hassler) and William Geary.[5] 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.[5]
In her early career, Geary worked as a printmaker at Crown Point Press in San Francisco.[6] She is known for her large scale abstract paintings and murals, which have their roots in collage.[7][8][9] In 2021, Geary installed a mosaic mural titled "River" in the international terminal at San Francisco International Airport.[4]
Her artwork has been reviewed in Artforum,[1] Art Practical,[10] Art in America, KQED, Huffington Post, The Sacramento Bee, The Mercury News, and the San Francisco Chronicle.[8] Geary was awarded a MacDowell fellowship in 2022;[11] a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2021; and the Elizabeth Foundation grant in 1998.[12]
Geary is a professor of painting, and the chair of the painting department at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco.[4][10]
Exhibitions
editSolo exhibitions
edit- Linda Geary: New Work (2000), Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, California[13]
- Linda Geary: New Drawings and Paintings (2007), Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California[1]
- All The Pink Together: Boom (2013), Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, California[14]
Group exhibitions
edit- Line as Element: Paintings by Linda Geary, Doug Glovaski, and Seiji Kunishima (1995), San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California[15][16]
- Abstraction Absolved: 10 Bay Area Painters (1996), Mills College (now Mills College at Northeastern University), Oakland, California[17]
- The Possible (2014), Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
References
edit- ^ a b c Porges, Maria (2007-02-01). "Linda Geary". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (September 20, 2013). "Philip Jarmain extracts beauty from grains of decay". SFGate.
- ^ "Linda Geary". New American Paintings. 2011. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ a b c "Linda Geary". Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ a b Who's Who of American Women, 1997-1998. Marquis Who's Who. December 1996. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-8379-0422-1.
- ^ Breuer, Karin; Fine, Ruth; Nash, Steven A. (1997). Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press: Making Prints, Doing Art. National Gallery of Art (U.S.), Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Crown Point Press. University of California Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-520-21061-5.
- ^ Bonetti, David (December 6, 1996). "Return of the abstract at Mills College". SFGate.
- ^ a b Baker, Kenneth (October 26, 2002). "Are they spills or deliberate forms? / Linda Geary's canvases keep it ambiguous". SFGate.
- ^ Baron, Jaimie (2022-02-21). "Faces, furniture, flowers are alchemically transformed at Berkeley Art Center". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
- ^ a b Markopoulos, Leigh (April 15, 2013). "Painting Expanded". Art Practical. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013.
- ^ "Linda Geary, MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts". MacDowell. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Linda Geary "What Gives"". Art Week. 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ "Linda Geary: New Work". The San Francisco Examiner. 2000-01-30. p. 248. Retrieved 2024-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (September 20, 2013). "Philip Jarmain extracts beauty from grains of decay". SFGate.
- ^ "San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art: "Ocular Constructions"". The San Francisco Examiner. August 13, 1995. p. 144. Retrieved 2024-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "San Jose ICA". The San Francisco Examiner. July 21, 1995. p. 80. Retrieved 2024-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mills College: "Abstraction Absolved: 10 Bay Area Painters"". The San Francisco Examiner. 1996-11-10. p. 271. Retrieved 2024-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Profile at CCA