Linda Lopez resists acknowledging that the objects inhabiting our lives are inanimate. By considering the objects’ needs, and denying our needs for those objects, they can expose a life and language of their own.
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About Linda Lopez
Linda Nguyen Lopez (b. 1981, California) received a MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Lopez has exhibited her work in New Zealand, England and throughout the United States including Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach; The Hole, New York; Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn; and the Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery, New York. She has been an artist in residence at The Clay Studio, Archie Bray Foundation and Greenwich House Pottery. In 2016, Lopez received the Lighton International Artist Exchange Program Grant to be an artist-in-residence at C.R.E.T.A. Rome Residency Program. She is represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, FL.
Linda Lopez resists acknowledging that the objects inhabiting our lives are inanimate. By considering the objects’ needs, and denying our needs for those objects, they can expose a life and language of their own. A stack of books hidden by a blanket of dust waits patiently to fulfill its purpose. The books appear to be aged and desolate, yet shielded and protected by time and neglect. By carefully observing the relationships between the things around us, She has found them to reveal their physical and psychological states that often go unnoticed. In this realm, objects are personified, perception is ever changing, and things become their true self.
Linda Lopez CV
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Title TBD, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MO
2019
Stranger, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2018
Intermission. Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Linda Lopez and Marc Mitchell. Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR
2016
Ghost Hands. Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Linda Lopez. Mindy Solomon Gallery at VOLTA, New York, NY
2015
Tooth, Bark, and the Laws of Contact. Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN
Let’s Just Say What We Mean: Linda Lopez and Mathew McConnell. Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
Linda Lopez and Alina Tesser. Pig and Pony Gallery, Austin, TX
2014
Linda Lopez. Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2013
That Thing That Is and Isn’t. Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY
Dependable Contentment. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2012
They Way Things Are. Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY
Linda Lopez and Joanna Platt: Curated by Jenny Moore. Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2011
New Works. Bonovitz Space, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Seen and Unseen, We Are Here. Aquarium Project, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
The Backbone of Things, Te Auaha NZ Institute of Creativity, Wellington, New Zealand
2019
Burke Prize, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Design Miami represented by Mindy Solomon, Miami, FL
Open to Art, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
Small But Mighty in conjunction with NCECA, Clay Squared, Minneapolis, MN
Terra Incognita, Plant Seven, High Point, NC
2018
Clay Today, The Hole, New York, NY
Melting Point: Movements in Contemporary Clay, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
Ceramics Now, Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Tactic III, Gertrude Hebert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
2017
Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collections, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
Method/Accumulation, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Portland, OR
Tactic, Portland Convention Center in conjunction with NCECA, Portland, OR
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Arkansas Artist Work Enrichment Billboard Project, Rogers, AR
A Hard Swath to Mow, Belger Crane Yard, Kansas City, MO
2016
Contemporary Clay. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
If You Build It. The Willows at Lord & Taylor Penthouse, New York, NY
Now and Then. Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, MO
Transformed by Fire: A Collection of Contemporary Ceramics. Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Art Miami with Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Market Art and Design with Mindy Solomon Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Sight Unseen. Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
Flora, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Repeat, ZOOM exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
5x5x5. Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Shades. Bedfellow’s Club, Little Rock, AR
2015
Pulse Miami Beach with Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Defying Gravity: Interventions in Clay. Sun Valley Arts Center, Ketchum, ID
Young Sculptors Competition juried by Anne Barlow. Miami University, Oxford, OH
Scripps Ceramic Annual. Scripps College, Claremont, CA
One Nite Stand. LALALand, Fayetteville, AR
Market Art and Design with Mindy Solomon Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
In Residence. New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
Colors Defined. Cohen Gallery, Alfred, NY
Small Favors. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Six Under Thirty-Six. Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Constructed. Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR
2014
State of the Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Souvenirs from the Future: A Survey of Contemporary Ceramics, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
Armatures of Audubon. Kentucky School of Art, Louisville, KY
Scores. Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
The Clay Studio 40th Anniversary Exhibition. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Immersive Stages. Pritzlaff Building, Milwaukee, WI
A Complicated History. Vanguard Sculpture Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
The Clay Studio National. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Primary Clay: Ceramic Artists Working in Arkansas. University of Arkansas-Little Rock
2013
Object Object. Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
The Unexpected. Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Finger to Thumb: A Thousand Marks of Pinching Artists. Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Resident Artists Exhibition. Warehouse Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Heat Wave. Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
Clay on the wall, curated by Glen Brown and Juan Granados. Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, TX
Small Favors VIII. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Idea to Object. The Clay Arts Center, Port Chester, NY
Skin Embellished. Gallery 1724, Houston, TX
Call and Response, curated by Darien Johnson. Jung Center, Houston, TX
2012
Transition Points. Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
VOX III, jurors Ruba Katrib and Marlo Pascaul. Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
The Cat Show. Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Flat*ter*y. The Nicklas Gallery, Seattle, WA
Deviations from Comfort, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
Informal Exchanges, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
Our Community. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Travel Size: Ceramic Visit with Artaxis. Southwestern College Gallery, Chula Vista, CA
Horsing Around. Boulder Avenue Arts Center, Helena, MT
Small Favors. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Our Community. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Even Younger Than Jesus. Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Spring 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition. CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO
Emerging 4. Vertigo Art Space, Denver, CO
COLLECTIONS
Archie Bray Foundation, Montana
Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University
Betty Woodman Study Collection, University of Colorado, Boulder
Herman Miller Collection, Michigan
JP Morgan Chase Art Collection, New York
EDUCATION
2010
M.F.A Studio Art, Ceramics. University of Colorado, Boulder
2006
B.F.A Studio Art, Ceramics. California State University, Chico
2006
B.A. Art Education. California State University, Chico
RESIDENCIES
2020
International Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard, Denmark
2017
GAAP Resident, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Resident Artist, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2016
Resident Artist, CRETA. Rome, Italy
2014
AIA Summer Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Newcastle, ME
Surface Forum, Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN
2013
Summer Resident, Archie Bray Foundation. Helena, MT
2010-2012
Resident Artist, The Clay Studio. Philadelphia, PA
2011
AIA Summer Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Newcastle, ME
2010
Visiting Artist, Unitec. Auckland, New Zealand
2007
Kiln God Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Newcastle, ME
2006
Summer Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Newcastle, ME
GRANTS & AWARDS
2017
Greenwich House Pottery Fellowship, New York, NY
2016
Lighton International Artist Exchange Program Grant
Sally A. Williams Artist Fund, Arkansas Arts Council, Little Rock, AR
2015
Faculty Stipend Award, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2014
Sally A. Williams Artist Fund, Arkansas Arts Council, Little Rock, AR
2013
Bill and Sterling Sage Summer Scholarship. Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2012
Emerging Artist. Ceramics Monthly
PUBLICATIONS
2019
Paglia, Michael. As Summer Wanes, Artists Go Organic. Westword. August 28
Staugaitis, Laura. Droopy Porcelain “Dust Furries” Accumalate Gold Dandruff. Colossal. July 3
2018
Borghi, Laura. Linda Lopez, Lauren Clay and Tamara Van San, Fragile Magazine. pg38-42
Vansynghel, Margo. Claytimes, Sabato. pg 50-56
Mauracher, Max. Yearbook, ENTKUNSTUNG. pg 288
Henrickson, Katy. Making the Abstract Come Alive, Arkansas
Made. December
Jones, Whitney. Bienvenido a Miami, CFile. Dec 7
Froelich, Jacqueline. Ozarks at Large, NPR
Ford, Kody. Arkansas Artists You Need To Know, AY Magazine. November
Seven Contemporary Ceramicists to Collect. Artsy, July 9
Turner, Elisa. Linda Lopez: Intermission. Delicious Line. July 10
Howarth, Dan. Eight Highlights from New York’s Collective Design Fair. Dezeen. March 9
Lesser, Casey. Why Ceramic Artists Are So Good With Dealing With Failure. Artsy, Jan 9
Cobb, Sunshine. Material Handbuilding. Voyager Publisher, 2018
2017
Olson, Carly. Inside London’s Newest Ceramic Show. Architectural Digest, Nov 17
www.architecturaldigest.com/story/vigorous-form-londons-newest-contemporary-ceramics-show
Moon, Courtenay. The New Zeitgeist of Contemporary Ceramics. Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Nov 13
www.sothebysinstitute.com/news-and-events/news/new-zeitgeist-of-contemporary-ceramics/
Hirst, Hailey. Lodged Out: An Unplugged Retreat for Makers. She Explores, September 27
Baumgardner, Julie. Green Thumbs: Collective Design Fair Takes a Bucolic Bent. Wallpaper*, May 12
www.wallpaper.com/design/collective-design-fair-2017-the-highlights
Olson, Carly. Paddle8 Holds First Fine Ceramic Auction. Architectural Digest, June 16
www.architecturaldigest.com/story/paddle8-holds-first-fine-ceramics-auction
Fredman, Alexander. 8 Things to Know About Contemporary Ceramics. Paddle8, June 19
www.paddle8.com/editorial/8-things-to-know-about-contemporary-ceramics/
Ross, Jessica. Looking at the Wave of Ceramics. Juxtapoz, Sept 2
juxtapoz.com/news/sculpture/looking-at-the-wave-of-ceramics-in-busted-cooler-gallery-brooklyn/
Coca-Cola + Sunkist Ceramics, Furries, Ruffles and More! by Whitney Jones. Cfile, May 10
https://cfileonline.org/spotted-coca-cola-sunkist-ceramics-furries-ruffles/
Participatory Stool Making, Reclaimed Materials, and More at Collective Art Fair by Allison Meier.
Hyperallergic, May 2
https://hyperallergic.com/376257/collective-design-fair-2017/
The Abstracted Domestic: Linda Lopez Sculptures. Juxtapoz, April 14
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/sculpture/the-abstract-domestic-linda-lopez-sculptures/
2016
Interview with Linda Lopez by Sabrina Moller. Art and Signature, March 4
Clay: Contemporary Ceramic Artisans by Amber Crewel Bell. Thames and Hudson, 2017.
Your Concise Guide to Armory Week By Benjamin Sutton. Hyperallergic,
http://hyperallergic.com/279245/your-concise-guide-to-armory-week-2016/
2015
Young Sculptors Competition by Anne Barlow. Exhibition catalog, Miami University
Questions This Clay Asks by Leah Ollman. Exhibition catalog Scripps College, page 3-16
Everyday Magic by Sebby Jacobson. American Craft Magazine, June/July
Domestic Abstract by Susie Silbert. American Art Collector, June, pg 164-167
Design Miami 2015 by Lisa Morales. La Ceramica, December, pg 50
Six Under Thirty-Six by Ashley M. Biggers. Santa Fean, Jan 15, pg 22
Six Under Thirty-Six by Lauren Tresp. The Magazine, February, pg 57
Constructed. Exhibition Catalog, Eastern Oregon University
2014
State of the Art: Four for Four by Nathan Larson. Burnaway.org, November 10.
Exposure, Ceramics Monthly, December, p 17.
The Clay Studio by Mary Anna Rodabaugh. Maincoursephl.com, April 17.
A Cross Country Search by Haley Bradford Bateman. Celebrate Magazine, September, p 68.
Art’ Four: Salvest, Martin, Bell, Lopez by Leslie Peacock. Arkansas Times, July 17.
2013
Caressable Clay, Pictorial Sculpture by Donald Kuspit. Exhibition catalog series Ceramics Now,
Greenwich House Pottery, pg 6-9.
A quartet of gallery summer shows by Mark Jenkins. Washington Post, July 12.
Life in Ordinary Objects by Alex Golden. The Arkansas Traveler Newspaper, October 30, pg 8.
Clay on the Wall, 20th Annual Invitational Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue with essays by Glenn
Brown and Juan Granados.
2012
Emerging Artists 2012, Ceramics Monthly, May.
The Material Unreal by Libby and Roberta. www.theartblog.org, July 22.
2011
Corrina Hoseason’s Favourite Things by Zoe Walker. New Zealand Herald, Oct 7.
2009
West Edition, New American Paintings, Issue No. 84, December.
LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, & TALKS
2017
(Upcoming) Visiting Artist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
(Upcoming) Workshop, Lodged Out, Worley, ID
Visiting Artist, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
Adult Workshop, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
2016
Visiting Artist, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Visiting Artist, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Summer Course, Oxbow School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI
2015
Visiting Artist, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Visiting Artist, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Gallery Talk, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR
2014
Visiting Artist, Kendall College of Art and Design at OxBow, Saugatuck, MI
Visiting Artist, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
2013
Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Visiting Artist, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Gallery Talk, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Visiting Artist, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2011
Visiting Artist, California State University of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2010
Gallery Talk, Vertigo Art Space, Denver, CO
Composition & Layout: Contemporary Design & Objects
September 17 - October 22, 2022
Design Miami/ American Design Stories: Linda Lopez
December 10, 2020/by Frances TromblyIn Pursuit of A Meaningful Mark
March 14 - April 25, 2020
Both Galleries
Both Galleries
Hidden Hour
October 25 - November 23, 2019
Droopy Porcelain Dust Furries in Colossal
July 4, 2019/by Frances TromblyVirginia Leonard and Linda Lopez finalists
February 18, 2019/by Frances TromblyLinda Lopez in the Arkansas Times
December 6, 2018/by Frances TromblyLinda Lopez featured in Sabato Magazine!
September 20, 2018/by Frances Trombly7 Contemporary Ceramicists to Collect: Linda Lopez in Artsy
July 9, 2018/by FulanoLinda Lopez: Intermission
June 2-July 21, 2018
Front Gallery
Front Gallery
Dezeen highlights Linda Lopez
March 9, 2018/by Frances TromblyLinda Lopez featured in Artsy
December 17, 2017/by Frances TromblyLinda Lopez, Andrew Casto, and David Hicks in Vigorous Form
November 17, 2017/by FulanoAndrew Casto, Linda Lopez and David Hicks in Architectural Digest
November 17, 2017/by Frances TromblyThe New Zeitgeist of Contemporary Ceramics
November 13, 2017/by Frances TromblyLinda Lopez in She Explores Blog
September 28, 2017/by Frances TromblyLinda Lopez featured in Juxtapoz
September 4, 2017/by Frances TromblySeattle Art Fair
August 3 - 6, 2017
Mindy Solomon artists featured in cfile.org
May 18, 2017/by Frances TromblyMindy Solomon Gallery in Wallpaper*
May 12, 2017/by Frances Trombly7 Stunning Objects You Might Have Missed at Collective Design
May 5, 2017/by FulanoLinda Lopez
The Abstract Domestic: Linda Lopez Sculptures
April 14, 2017/by FulanoLinda Lopez in Juxtapoz
April 14, 2017/by Frances TromblyCollective Design Fair
May 3 - 7, 2017
Linda Lopez Featured in Clay: Contemporary Ceramic Artisans
October 3, 2016/by Frances TromblyLinda Lopez:Ghost Hands
September 24-October 22, 2016
Front Gallery
Front Gallery
Mindy Solomon at Volta NY with new works by Linda Lopez
February 19, 2016/by Frances TromblyVisit
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