Linda Smith
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LINDA SMITH
b. 1947, Manhattan, New York
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/ Art Advisory Board, Los Angeles, CA
Ms Foundation for Women, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 del Mano Gallery, Window Display, Los Angeles, CA
Simply Red, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
Chasing the Blues Away, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
Extreme Clay, President's Show, American Museum of Ceramic Art
(AMOCA), Pomona, CA, Second Place Award, juror Dora De Larios
2006 Portraits, Regent Gallery 01, Los Angeles, CA
Art of the Bicycle, Pacifica Center for the Arts, CA
Diversity in Clay, President's Show, The City of Burbank Creative
Arts Center, Burbank, CA, Honorable Mention
California Clay Competition Exhibition, The Artery, Davis, CA
Beatrice Wood Ceramics Annual, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts,
Ojai, CA
Hearts & Flowers Exhibition, The Folk Tree Collection, Pasadena, CA
The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Tony Mack, Los Angeles, CA
2005 The Inaugural Exhibition, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, curator
Kevin Wallace, Ojai, CA
The Art of the Bike, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento,CA
Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
The Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA
2004 The President's Show 2004, The American Ceramic Society, Design
Chapter, Burbank, CA
2002–05 Orlando Gallery- Tarzana, CA.
2002, 03 A Classic Competition, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2002 C'est la Vie Exhibit, Juror: Martin G.Betz, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2001 Mail Art Exchange, Made in California: Art, Image, Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 All Creatures Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
High Jinx, Laguna Art Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Pacific Prints 2000, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto - Palo Alto, CA
1999 Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Gail Michael Collection & Gallery, Studio City, CA
1995 Childress Gallery, Ojai, CA
Fine Art at Factory Place Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Calgane Corp., courtesy Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
1990-91 Ratliff-Williams Gallery, Sedona, AZ
1990 Schwartz Cierlak Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Drawings for Funk's Sake, Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
Schwartz Cierlak Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Auction for Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
L'Elan Vital (Gallery), New York, NY
1988 Two-Person Exhibit, The Ivey, Los Angeles, CA
1986-07 The Ivey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 –02 Spago Restaurant, Hollywood, CA
1984 Factory Place Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Sushi Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1982 Gallery Helene - West Hollywood, CA
1981-82 Elizalde Gallery International, Laguna Beach, CA
1981 Proteus Gallery - Beverly Hills, CA
New Talent, Cicchinelli Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 Kevin Wallace, "The Stellar Legacy of Beatrice Wood," Craft Arts
International #68
Ceramics Monthly, Upfront Section, October
1990 Sean Elder, "New West", CALIFORNIA Magazine
1989 John Castagno, American Artists - Signatures & Monograms 1800–1989, Scarecrow Press
1988 Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section: Galleries, Marlena Donahue
1987 L.A. Woman Magazine, cover art and story
Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, "Galleries", Suzanne Muchnic
1983 L.A. Weekly, "Galleries"
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
After studying painting at SUNY, Buffalo, I went on to get an MFA in
film from NYU and then moved to Los Angeles from New York City. In Los
Angeles, I began painting again and started exhibiting my work.
My work is inspired by my daily life, a mix of relationships with
people, cats and dogs, along with inspiration from art history from
the early Greeks to more contemporary art . I am really influenced by
Picasso, Leger and Matisse, and of course Viola Frey, Robert Arneson
and the Funk movement up in Northern California.
In 1996 I started working in ceramics, and presently work with clay
and glazes creating ceramic sculpture. It's an exciting medium. I love
to explore with color pattern and shape, using my imagination. Whether
it be in painting, prints, mosaics or sculpture, my imagination takes
over. Art is basic to my life, and it gives it joy, struggle and
meaning.
b. 1947, Manhattan, New York
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/ Art Advisory Board, Los Angeles, CA
Ms Foundation for Women, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 del Mano Gallery, Window Display, Los Angeles, CA
Simply Red, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
Chasing the Blues Away, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
Extreme Clay, President's Show, American Museum of Ceramic Art
(AMOCA), Pomona, CA, Second Place Award, juror Dora De Larios
2006 Portraits, Regent Gallery 01, Los Angeles, CA
Art of the Bicycle, Pacifica Center for the Arts, CA
Diversity in Clay, President's Show, The City of Burbank Creative
Arts Center, Burbank, CA, Honorable Mention
California Clay Competition Exhibition, The Artery, Davis, CA
Beatrice Wood Ceramics Annual, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts,
Ojai, CA
Hearts & Flowers Exhibition, The Folk Tree Collection, Pasadena, CA
The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
Tony Mack, Los Angeles, CA
2005 The Inaugural Exhibition, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, curator
Kevin Wallace, Ojai, CA
The Art of the Bike, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento,CA
Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
The Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA
2004 The President's Show 2004, The American Ceramic Society, Design
Chapter, Burbank, CA
2002–05 Orlando Gallery- Tarzana, CA.
2002, 03 A Classic Competition, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2002 C'est la Vie Exhibit, Juror: Martin G.Betz, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2001 Mail Art Exchange, Made in California: Art, Image, Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 All Creatures Great and Small, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
High Jinx, Laguna Art Museum Rental and Sales Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Pacific Prints 2000, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto - Palo Alto, CA
1999 Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Gail Michael Collection & Gallery, Studio City, CA
1995 Childress Gallery, Ojai, CA
Fine Art at Factory Place Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Calgane Corp., courtesy Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
1990-91 Ratliff-Williams Gallery, Sedona, AZ
1990 Schwartz Cierlak Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Drawings for Funk's Sake, Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery, Davis, CA
Schwartz Cierlak Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Auction for Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
L'Elan Vital (Gallery), New York, NY
1988 Two-Person Exhibit, The Ivey, Los Angeles, CA
1986-07 The Ivey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1985 –02 Spago Restaurant, Hollywood, CA
1984 Factory Place Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Sushi Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1982 Gallery Helene - West Hollywood, CA
1981-82 Elizalde Gallery International, Laguna Beach, CA
1981 Proteus Gallery - Beverly Hills, CA
New Talent, Cicchinelli Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 Kevin Wallace, "The Stellar Legacy of Beatrice Wood," Craft Arts
International #68
Ceramics Monthly, Upfront Section, October
1990 Sean Elder, "New West", CALIFORNIA Magazine
1989 John Castagno, American Artists - Signatures & Monograms 1800–1989, Scarecrow Press
1988 Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section: Galleries, Marlena Donahue
1987 L.A. Woman Magazine, cover art and story
Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, "Galleries", Suzanne Muchnic
1983 L.A. Weekly, "Galleries"
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
After studying painting at SUNY, Buffalo, I went on to get an MFA in
film from NYU and then moved to Los Angeles from New York City. In Los
Angeles, I began painting again and started exhibiting my work.
My work is inspired by my daily life, a mix of relationships with
people, cats and dogs, along with inspiration from art history from
the early Greeks to more contemporary art . I am really influenced by
Picasso, Leger and Matisse, and of course Viola Frey, Robert Arneson
and the Funk movement up in Northern California.
In 1996 I started working in ceramics, and presently work with clay
and glazes creating ceramic sculpture. It's an exciting medium. I love
to explore with color pattern and shape, using my imagination. Whether
it be in painting, prints, mosaics or sculpture, my imagination takes
over. Art is basic to my life, and it gives it joy, struggle and
meaning.