Sormin, Linda
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Maker Name
Sormin, Linda
Biography
Linda Sormin was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and moved to Canada with her family at the age of five.
She has a BA in English Literature (Andrews University) and worked in community development for four years in Thailand and Laos.
She has received degrees from Andrews University, Sheridan College, and Alfred University, USA, and has taught ceramics at Emily Carr University, Rhode Island School of Design, Sheridan College and Alfred University.
Linda has received numerous grants , fellowships, scholarships from Canada and USA. She has been a visiting lecturer and speaker at many symposiums and was the keynote speaker at the 2018 “Restating Clay: Making, Learning, Communicating & Collecting Contemporary Studio Ceramics,” Conference, Centre of Ceramic Art, York Art Gallery, York, UK .
She has contributed a chapter in the edited volume, Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture (Routledge, 2019),
She has attended many residencies, across the Unites States, and Erope and at Medalta, Alberta,(2006) and the Banff Centre for the Arts in 2004.
Linda lives and works in New York City, and is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at New York University.
In 2021 she was a participant at European Ceramic Workcentre in the Netherlands, creating new work for three exhibitions in 2021-2023
Linda Sormin’s work is included in private and public collections in Canada, Korea, USA, England, and Denmark.
During the time Linda was teaching at Emily Carr, she was included in the 2004 'Hot Clay, Sixteen West Coast Ceramic Artists', at the Surrey Art Gallery, curated by Liane Davison.
At times Linda has worked in situ, coiling, inserting, pinching around detritus, while constructing , fragile, web-like structures, exploring modern conditions of migration, instability, survival and change. Unlike most ceramic practices there is no reference to vessel or containment, instead fragile fragments and networks of coiled clay are actively searching and reaching into space.
Please see her website for extensive lists of exhibitions, articles, publications, and teaching.
She has a BA in English Literature (Andrews University) and worked in community development for four years in Thailand and Laos.
She has received degrees from Andrews University, Sheridan College, and Alfred University, USA, and has taught ceramics at Emily Carr University, Rhode Island School of Design, Sheridan College and Alfred University.
Linda has received numerous grants , fellowships, scholarships from Canada and USA. She has been a visiting lecturer and speaker at many symposiums and was the keynote speaker at the 2018 “Restating Clay: Making, Learning, Communicating & Collecting Contemporary Studio Ceramics,” Conference, Centre of Ceramic Art, York Art Gallery, York, UK .
She has contributed a chapter in the edited volume, Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture (Routledge, 2019),
She has attended many residencies, across the Unites States, and Erope and at Medalta, Alberta,(2006) and the Banff Centre for the Arts in 2004.
Linda lives and works in New York City, and is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at New York University.
In 2021 she was a participant at European Ceramic Workcentre in the Netherlands, creating new work for three exhibitions in 2021-2023
Linda Sormin’s work is included in private and public collections in Canada, Korea, USA, England, and Denmark.
During the time Linda was teaching at Emily Carr, she was included in the 2004 'Hot Clay, Sixteen West Coast Ceramic Artists', at the Surrey Art Gallery, curated by Liane Davison.
At times Linda has worked in situ, coiling, inserting, pinching around detritus, while constructing , fragile, web-like structures, exploring modern conditions of migration, instability, survival and change. Unlike most ceramic practices there is no reference to vessel or containment, instead fragile fragments and networks of coiled clay are actively searching and reaching into space.
Please see her website for extensive lists of exhibitions, articles, publications, and teaching.
First name
Linda
Last name
Sormin
Place of Birth
Bangkok, Thailand
Studio location
Formal Education
Major Exhibitions
Please see website
2004 Hot Clay, Sixteen West Coast Ceramic Artists, Surrey Art Gallery, Liane Davison
Collections
American Art Museum (Washington, DC, USA
Gardiner Museum (Toronto, ON, Canada
CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art (Middelfart, Denmark)
Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, NY, USA)
Arizona State University Museum, (Tempe, AZ, USA),
Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK)
World Ceramic Exposition (Gyeonggi Province, Korea)
Schein-Joseph Museum of Ceramic Art (Alfred, NY, USA).
Personal Website
https://www.lindasormin.com
Links to Further Resources
https://messumswiltshire.com/exhibitions/exhibition-linda-sormin/
https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/user/5351
Source
Debra Sloan