Linda Threadgill

Linda Threadgill, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

Education:
1978 Master of Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
 
Professional Positions:
2003 – Present, Studio Artist, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
1979 – 2003, Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
 
Selected Exhibitions:
2015 Cultivating Ornament-Linda Threadgill Master Metalsmith, The National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2015  A Journey Through Time:  Explorations of Artful Adornment and Sculptural Vessels Through theAges, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2014 Digital Hand, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA
2013 Objects of Status, Power and Adornment II, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2013 Norton Museum of Art, Bijoux 2013, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA    
2011 Linda Threadgill:  Conceptualizing Ornament, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
2010 Extreme Tea, Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts, Houston, Texas, USA  
2010 Brooching the Subject: One of a Kind,  Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
2009 SOFA NEW YORK (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art) Exhibition, New York, New York, USA
2009 TYLER Alumni Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   
2008  Museum of Arts and Design/Museum Collection Online, New York, New York, USA
2008  Women of Metal, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
2008 New Novel and Never Shown Before, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
2007 Art 5,  Andy Warhol Foundation Regional Invitational Exhibition, D. W. Williams Art Center , New Mexico State University at Solano, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
2007 Jewelry by Artists, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2007 Celebrating the Art of Adornment, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA            
2005 200 Rings, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, Gallery M, Cleveland, Ohio, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine, Facere Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2005 Two Person Metals Invitational Exhibition, Montgomery College Arts Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
2004 Korean/American International Invitational Exhibition, Kepko Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea              
2003 Jewels and Gems, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA                    
2003 Extreme Metal: Contemporary Metalsmithing, Mary Brogan Museum of Art, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2003 Charmed Lives:  Narratives of Personal Wisdom, Facére Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA
2002 Seven Echoes, Contemporary Hollowware Invitational Exhibition, USA and UK, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2002 SOFA NEW YORK  (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art) Exhibition, The Teapot Redefined, Mobilia Gallery of Cambridge Massachusetts, New York, New York, USA
2001 The Ring, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, The Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin, The Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas, Gallery, Ruthin, Wales, UK    
2000 Attitude & Action:  North American Figurative Jewelry, Atrium Gallery,  University of Central England,Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, England, The Jewellery Gallery at DESIGNyard, Dublin, Ireland, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1996 American Revelations, Contemporary Survey of Jewelry, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, England, Birmingham School of Jewellery and Silversmithing, Birmingham, England, Surrey Institute of Art, Farnham, England, Cleveland Craft Centre, Middlesbrough, England, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1995 In Praise of Craft, Renwick Gallery, Contemporary American Craft, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, USA
1995 Art Jewelry:  Survey of Contemporary Work 1940 to Present, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1994 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Electrum Gallery, London, England
1989 Craft Today USA, American Craft Museum, New York, NY, State Painting and Sculpture Museum, Ankara, Turkey, St. Peters Abbey, Ghent, Belgium, America House, Berlin, Germany, Zappion, Athens, Greece, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Grazzi Museum, Leipzig, Germany, Sala Sant Jaume Fundacio, Barcelona, Spain, The Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal 
 
 
Grants and Awards:
2015  -  Master Metalsmith, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
2005  -  Fellow of the American Craft Council College of Fellows, New York, New York, USA
2003  -  Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA
2001  -  Artisan Member, Society of American Silversmiths, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
2000  -  Trustee Emerita, American Crafts Council, New York, New York, USA
1981 through 2000 - Recipient of 11 University of Wisconsin Faculty Research Grants
1984  -  National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, Washington, DC, USA
1979  -  Florida Fine Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
 
Collections:
Swiss National Museum, Alice and Louis Koch Ring Collection, Zürich, Switzerland
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusets, USA          
Kamm Foundation, Sparta, North Carolina, USA
The Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York, USA
Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
RAM Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
deYoung Museum, San Francisco, California, USA
 
Artist Lectures and workshops (selected):
2014, 1994, 1991, 1988 - Etching workshop and lecture, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, USA
2012  Visiting Artist, Lecture and Etching Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2011, 1987, 1984 - Artist in Residence, Lecture and Workshop, Kent Blossom Art, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA
2008   Lecture & Workshop, Institute for American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2007  Tessellations Workshop,  University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
2007  Tessellations Workshop, New Mexico State University, , Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
2005  Etching Workshop and Lecture, MAKER 2005 Symposium, Loma Mar, California, USA
2005, 1999, 1991, 1986 - Etching Workshops, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, USA
2002  Artists Lecture, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
2002  Artists Lecture, Gallery Hyundai, , Seoul, South Korea
2000, 1996 - Etching Workshop and Lecture, California College of Arts, Oakland, California, USA
1999   Etching Workshop and Lecture, Enameling Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1998   “Crafts, What’s Hot, What’s Not”, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
1992, 1990 - Etching Workshop and Lecture Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA
1992, 1997 - Electroforming Workshop, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, USA
1990, 1983 - Etching Workshop and Lecture, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
1989  Etching Workshop and Lecture, Royal College of Art, London, England
1988  Etching Workshop and Lecture, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
1988  Artists Lecture, Hongik Metal Craft Association, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
1987  Etching Workshop and Lecture, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
1986  Etching Workshop and Lecture, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
1985  Etching Workshop and Lecture, State University of New York, College at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, USA
1985  Etching Workshop and Lecture, Southwest Art Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
1985  Etching Workshop and Lecture, George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1984  Artists Lecture, Montreal Craft Guild, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1984  Etching Workshop, Ecole De Joaillerie Et De Metaux D'Art De Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1984  Conference Lecture, Fashion Institute of Technology, Jewelry Art and Industry, New York, New York, USA
1984  Etching Workshop and Lecture, Boston University, Program in Artisanry, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 
Memberships:
Society of American Silversmiths, Artisan Member
Society of North American Goldsmiths, Member

 

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