all material copyright © Linda Ford 2022 unless otherwise noted
all material copyright © Linda Ford 2022 unless otherwise noted
EDUCATION
2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2002 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, Sculpture, San Francisco, CA
1989 BA Fine Arts, Cum Laude, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
1988 The Museum of Fine Arts School, Additional Coursework, Boston, MA
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES AND SCREENINGS
2024
BODIES OF WATER, BODIES OF LAND, BODIES, Public Installation Project, Interlace Fund Grantee, Providence, RI
BODIES OF WATER, BODIES OF LAND, BODIES, Mercantile Gallery, Providence, RI
2021
BODIES OF WATER, BODIES OF LAND, BODIES, Project Space, Providence, RI
2016
TERRITORIALIZE, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
2015
DOWNSTREET Art Festival (Organized by MCLA, North Adams and MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA - *Public Performance & Installation
2012
ZERO 1 BIENNIAL: THE ARTIST IS ELSEWHERE, The Performance Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2010
VIDEO DILEMMA! (Curated by Dale Hoyt), Build Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES & SCREENINGS
2023
TWENTIETH ARTS WORCESTER BIENNIAL (Juried by Conor Moynihan), ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA
SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS, Mary Cosgrove Gallery, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA
WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND WHY, Resident Gallery, Providence, RI
2022
THE POWER OF EMPATHY, Women Eco Artists Dialog, Oakland, CA
THE LONGEST NIGHT GATHERS LIGHT, Aborn Gallery, Providence, RI
2021
THREE TURNS: SPECIAL PROJECTS (Curated by Tony Labat), Untitled Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
COSTUME & WEARABLE ART ZINE, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 75th Anniversary Zine, 22 West Street, New York, NY
A SPIRIT OF DISRUPTION, The San Francisco Art Institute's 150th Anniversary Exhibition, Walter & McBean Gallery (Curated by Margaret Tedesco & Leila Weefur)
San Francisco, CA
MURMURATIONS, The Project Space at AS220, Providence, RI
2020
TOGETHER CROWNED IN A HALO OF LIGHT, Aborn Gallery, Providence, RI
2018
CONTACT/CONNECT, Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA
DOGDAYS, AS220 Main Gallery, Providence, RI
2017
CRY ME A RIVER, Luna Loba, AS220 BlackBox, Providence, RI *Public Performance & Installation
DRAWING WATER, Street Performance, PVDFest, Providence, RI
2016
RESIDENT & STAFF EXHIBITION, AS220 Main Gallery, Providence, RI
2015
FALL FACULTY SHOW, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI
2014
THE INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY WIND CHIMES, Rocksbox Contemporary Fine Art, Portland, OR
2013
SKOWHEGAN PERFORMS (Annual Juried Alum Site-Specific Show), Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY *Public Performance & Installation
2012
NIGHTLIGHT, MULTIMEDIA GARDEN PARTY (Curated by Justin Hoover), SOMarts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2011
TRAMPOLIM, Galeria Homero Massena, Vitória, Brazil (Catalogue)
2010
LOW LIVES (Catalogue) (Curated by Jorge Rojas), El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY; Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA; Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL; The Temporary Space, Houston, TX; Obsidian Arts, Minneapolis, MN; Terminal APSU, Clarksville, GA;
Co-Lab, Austin, TX; Studio 304, Brooklyn, NY
2009
THE SEDUCTION OF DUCHAMP, Slaughterhouse Space, Healdsburg, CA
2008
CONTAMINATE 3, Midway Studios, Boston, MA
CLOSE CALLS, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2007
THE PROFESSIONALS, Queens Nails Annex, San Francisco, CA
HAUNTED, Disjecta, Portland, OR
TRUTH AND LIES, (Annual Juried), Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
2006
TERROR?, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
V1B3 VIDEO PROJECT, TRAVELING SCREENINGS, Orange, California & London, UK
STRANGER THAN FICTION, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
ELSEWHERE-ANDERSWO, Saarlandisches Kunstlerhaus, Saarbrucken, Germany
2005
CLOTHING AS ART, ART AS CLOTHING (Catalogue)(Curated by Anuradha Vikram), The Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
SUMMER SONNEN FEST, Takt Kunstprojekttraum, Berlin, Germany
FORM/REFORM (Curated by Margaret Tedesco), Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2004
AN ACCUMULATION OF CONVENTION: EN MASSE (Curated by Camilo Alvarez), Samson Projects, Boston, MA
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR (Curated by Jackie Sumell), The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
VIVA (A VIDEO SHOW), Gallery at the Cafe de Asis, Panama City, Panama
ANNUAL 12 TO 12 VIDEO MARATHON, Art In General, New York, NY
TEST TUBE: FREEZERBURN, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
WINDOW SHOPPING, A PUBLIC PROJECTION, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA
2003
ESPACIOS A LA EXPERIMENTACION II, Costa Rican Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, San Jose, Costa Rica
VIVA (A VIDEO SHOW), The Table, Philadelphia, PA
LODGED IN: PERFORMANCE, VIDEO, SOUND, Big Oaks Lodge/CalArts, Saugus, CA
KABARET, A NIGHT OF PERFORMANCE, The Make-Out Room, San Francisco, CA
DRESS ME UP, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
PERFORMATIVE VIDEO, The Remote Lounge, New York, NY
THE L7 PROJECT: PUBLIC PERFORMANCES IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT, San Francisco, CA
INSIDE/OUTSIDE, A PUBLIC VIDEO ART PROGRAM, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
BAY AREA SCULPTURE BIENNIAL, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, San Francisco, CA
MEAT MEET (PERFORMANCE IN THE FLESH AND ON THE WEB), SFAI, San Francisco, CA
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO GET OUT, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
THE F-WORD PROJECT, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
THINK AGAIN, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
FUSE, IPW GALLERY, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
ECCENTRIC ABSTRACTIONS, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS, HONORS AND RESIDENCIES
INTERLACE FUND PROJECT GRANT 2024-25 Cycle, Providence, RI
THE STUDIOS AT MASS MoCA RESIDENCY, North Adams, MA 2016
SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE FELLOWSHIP, Skowhegan, ME 2002
THE ORCHARD PROJECT, Santa Paula, CA, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE MFA SHOW HONORABLE MENTION, San Francisco, CA, 2002 (Juried by Lucinda Barnes)
SCHMIDT FELLOWSHIP, SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, 2001
MASTER WORKSHOP IN ART FELLOWSHIP, Long Island University, Southampton, NY, 1989
THE RICHARD AND MARIANNE MARTIN AWARD FOR THE ARTS, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1989
THE ALISON MACOMBER SCHOLARSHIP, BOSTON COLLEGE, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1989
WORK/CURATORIAL/LECTURE EXPERIENCE
ADJUNCT FACULTY, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND, Warwick, RI 2015-2016
PORNOGRAPHY IN THE CITY PANEL, THE JAMES GALLERY, CUNY, New York, NY, 2009
Invited by Linda Norden and guest curator Amy Herzog to speak on the panel
"Pornography in the City". Participants included Douglas Crimp, Jeff Escoffier,
Dagmar Herzog, William Kornblum, Bjarne Melgaard, Melissa Ragona, and
Amy Herzog, CUNY Media Studies professor & curator of the exhibition “Peeps”.
ASSISTED WITH EXECUTION OF PAUL KOS PUBLIC ART WORK - “RIVER” Balfour Beatty, Inc., Sacramento, CA 2009
GUEST LECTURER, SMITH AND HAMPSHIRE COLLEGES, Amherst, MA 2009
PRE-COLEGE PROGRAM FACULTY, SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA Summer, 2007
GUEST LECTURER, SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, Art and Psychology Class, Susan Greene, Ph.D, San Francisco, CA 2007
GUEST LECTURER, SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, 2005
ACE PROGRAM INSTRUCTOR, SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, San Francisco, CA, 2004
CURATORIAL COMMITTEE ASSISTANT, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005
DIEGO RIVERA JUROR, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA 2004
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Russ Crest, Linda Ford, BEAUTIFUL DECAY MAGAZINE, 7/2012.
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