Linda Sormin           Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics
  2003     New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Ceramics Diploma, School of Crafts and Design
  2001     Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, summa cum laude
  1993     Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2008

• “Sounding Retreat”, solo exhibition, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
• “Full and Spare: Ceramics in the 21st Century”, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (catalogue)

2007

• Arthaus Miami, Parting Favors, White Box NY group show, Miami Beach, FL
• “Mobile Structures”, Roaming Tales in TechLab, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
• “Mobile Structures”, Roaming Tales at Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK (catalogue)

2006

• “Cheh-ae Siah”, solo exhibition, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB
• “Contemporary Canadian Ceramics”, Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB (catalogue)
• “White Gold”, Flow Gallery, London, UK
• “From the North: Canadian Ceramics Today”, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2005

• “Taipei NCECA Exhibition”, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
• “The Conative Object”, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
• “NCECA Clay National”, Baltimore, MD
• “School's Out!”, NCECA Conference, Baltimore, MD
• “30,000 +”, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC

2004

• “Languor”, Lohin-Geduld Gallery, New York, NY
• “Hot Clay”, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC (publication)

2003

• “Selections I”, Lohin-Geduld Gallery, New York, NY
• MFA Graduate Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
• “NCECA Clay National”, San Diego, CA

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2008

• Artist in Residence, Louisiana Artworks, New Orleans, LA
• Visiting Artist, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

2007

• Visiting Artist, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
• Interview (video), Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
• Visiting Artist, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
• Panelist, “Five Emerging Ceramic Artists Survey the Discipline”, CAA, NYC
• Panelist, Mobile Structures Symposium, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK

2006

• Artist in Residence, Medalta Int’l AIR Program, Medicine Hat, AB
• Visiting Artist, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, AB
• Panelist, White Gold Porcelain Symposium, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2005

• Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
• Visiting Artist, Royal College of Art, London, UK
• Visiting Artist, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
• Visiting Artist, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
• Visiting Artist, California State University, Long Beach, CA
• Visiting Artist, Fraser Valley Potters’ Guild, Surrey, BC

2004

• Guest Artist, 1000 Miles Apart, University of Regina, SK
• Panelist, “Leaving it be: Apathy, Activism and Ethnicity in Contemporary Practice”, Powell Street Festival, Vancouver, BC
• Intranation Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB

RECENT EMPLOYMENT

2006-present

• Assistant Professor of Ceramics
  Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2005-2006

• Head of Visual Arts
  Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC

2003-2006

• Assistant Professor of Ceramics
  Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC

ARTICLES/REVIEWS

2007

• Hanaor, Ziggy, Breaking the Mould: New Approaches to Ceramics, Black Dog Publishing, 37, 128-129
• Sormin, Linda, “IntraNation”, West Coast Line 49, vol. 4, no. 1, 60-64
• Long, Timothy, “Unearthing”, Mobile Structures: Dialogues Between Ceramics and Architecture in Canadian Art catalogue, 8-19
• Gogarty, Amy, “A Bell Rings Out” — Recollection, Architecture, and Ceramics at The End of Modernity”, Mobile Structures catalogue, 38-47
• Burisch, Nicole and Diana Sherlock, “Linda Sormin: Two Views”, Ceramics Art & Perception; Issue 67, 27-31

2006

• Hanessian, Holly, “Encountering Abundance: Multiplicity in Clay”, Ceramics Art and Perception; Issue 63, 9-12
• Neeley, James, “Diverse Ceramics”, Medicine Hat News, June 2, 2006, A4
• Sikora, Linda, “Metaphysical Materiality”, Stride Gallery solo exhibition essay
• Sherlock, Diana, “Ceramics reshape familiar forms”, Calgary Herald, April 8,
• Nicole Burisch, “Collected visions: Linda Sormin’s chaotic ceramic landscape, FFWD (Vol. 11 #17, April 6, 2006)

2005

• Levin, Victor, “Linda Sormin”, Fusion Magazine (l. 29 No.2 Spring, 2005)
• Mathur, Ashok, “Leaving It Be,” Fuse Magazine (Vol. 28, No. 2)
• Ghaznavi, Corinna, “Conative Object,” York Quay Gallery, Jan. 2005

COLLECTIONS

• Carol Mayer, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Marlin and Ginger Miller, Reading, Pennsylvania
• Joel and Ann Moskowitz, Corona del Mar, California
• Schein-Joseph Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, New York
• World Ceramic Exposition Permanent Collection, Gyeonggi Province, Korea