Linda Geary

Linda Geary
Born (1960-02-14) February 14, 1960 (age 64)
Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of San Diego,
University of Delaware
Occupation(s)Visual artist, educator, printmaker
Known forPaintings, murals
MovementAbstract painting
Websitewww.lindageary.com

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]

Biography

Linda 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

Solo exhibitions

  • 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

References

  1. ^ a b c Porges, Maria (2007-02-01). "Linda Geary". Artforum. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. ^ Baker, Kenneth (September 20, 2013). "Philip Jarmain extracts beauty from grains of decay". SFGate.
  3. ^ "Linda Geary". New American Paintings. 2011. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  4. ^ a b c "Linda Geary". Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  5. ^ a b Who's Who of American Women, 1997-1998. Marquis Who's Who. December 1996. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-8379-0422-1.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Bonetti, David (December 6, 1996). "Return of the abstract at Mills College". SFGate.
  8. ^ a b Baker, Kenneth (October 26, 2002). "Are they spills or deliberate forms? / Linda Geary's canvases keep it ambiguous". SFGate.
  9. ^ Baron, Jaimie (2022-02-21). "Faces, furniture, flowers are alchemically transformed at Berkeley Art Center". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  10. ^ a b Markopoulos, Leigh (April 15, 2013). "Painting Expanded". Art Practical. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013.
  11. ^ "Linda Geary, MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts". MacDowell. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  12. ^ "Linda Geary "What Gives"". Art Week. 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  13. ^ "Linda Geary: New Work". The San Francisco Examiner. 2000-01-30. p. 248. Retrieved 2024-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Baker, Kenneth (September 20, 2013). "Philip Jarmain extracts beauty from grains of decay". SFGate.
  15. ^ "San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art: "Ocular Constructions"". The San Francisco Examiner. August 13, 1995. p. 144. Retrieved 2024-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "San Jose ICA". The San Francisco Examiner. July 21, 1995. p. 80. Retrieved 2024-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Mills College: "Abstraction Absolved: 10 Bay Area Painters"". The San Francisco Examiner. 1996-11-10. p. 271. Retrieved 2024-06-23 – via Newspapers.com.