JOAN LINDER

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EDUCATION

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 1999
MFA Columbia University, New York, NY, 1996
BFA Tufts University, Medford, MA, 1993


SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2015
Project Sunshine, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Ground, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Anatomy of Everyday Things, Fiendish Plots, Lincoln, NE

2014
Drawn Home, The Charles B. Benenson Visitors Center and Gallery, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY

2013
Sink, Mixed Greens, New York, NY

2011
Mamma, Museum of Motherhood, New York, NY

2010
Junk Mail Drawings, Incident Report, Hudson, NY
Cost of Living, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Domestic Products, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2008
More Fun in the New World, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA

2007
the pink redux, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
the pink, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Drawings About Buildings and Bodies, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY

2006
Sex, Death, War, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL
118-60 Metropolitan Ave, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

2005
That What Was Was, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Joan & Liz Linder: Self-Help, Samson Projects, Boston, MA (two-person)

2004
Making Money out of Nothing, Running up Debt, Trusting in God, Mixed Greens, New York, NY

2003
Project Space, Riva Gallery, New York, NY
White Room, White Columns, New York, NY

2000
118-60 Metropolitan Ave, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
When? Now, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

1999
Corporate Art (sic), PS 122, New York, NY
Channel Surfing, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston, TX

1998
Silent Pictures, DeChiara Stewart Gallery, New York, NY


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015
Natural States, Dowd Gallery, State University of New York, Cortland, NY
Possibilities of Paper: Highlights from the Lucas Artists Program (2005-2015), Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
Domestic Ideals: Nostalgia and the Home, curated by Yan Cheng and Peter Gynd, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY

2013
Vascular Modes, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

2012
DECADE: Contemporary Collecting 2002-2012, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2011
Functional Shift, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Visual Epistemologies, University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Idée Fixe : Drawings of an Obsessive Nature, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
Flora: Brad Durham, Betsy Eby, Joan Linder, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Buds, Blooms & Berries: Plants in Science, Culture & Art, The Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
You Told Me So, Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Figuration and its Disconnects, University of Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY
The Bank and Trust Show, The Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY
AVA The Collection, All Visual Arts, London, UK


2010
Magna Carta: Art/Paper, Cain Schulte Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The House In My Head, curated by Marie Dufresne, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Beyond/In Western New York 2010: Alternating Currents, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Drawing Itself: A Survey of Contemporary Practice, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
UCross: 26 Years of Visual Art Exhibitions, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
Random Thoughts, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

2009
To Draw, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1:1 Contemporary Large-Scale Drawings from the West Collection, Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Back to the Drawing Board, Arin Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA
X: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
The Labyrinth Wall: From Mythology to Reality, Exit Art, New York, NY

2008
Union Square, Then & Now: Draw-A-Thon, Union Square Park, New York, NY
Opportunity as Community: Artists Select Artists, Part Two, Dieu Donné, New York, NY
Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York, NY

2007
Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Anatomical Attitudes, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY
PED.Rio, File Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2006
Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Made in America, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
Prevailing Climate, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
Menschenbilder, Kunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen, Germany
Block Party, HS Townhouse Development, Brooklyn, NY
Home for Lost Ideas, General Public, Berlin, Germany
Considered Drawing, College of St. Rose, Center for Design, Albany, NY

2005
Erotic Drawing, Diverse Works, Houston, TX; Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
759Running Feet, Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, Korea
Print Portfolio 2005, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Five Projects, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
Fifteen Paces, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Cold Cuts, Rowland Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Works with Paper, Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA

2004
Bush League, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Desire Lines, Fusebox Gallery, Washington DC
The Essence of Line, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY
Conceptual Realism, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Freehand, Marvelli Lab, Brooklyn, NY
Finesse, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lower East Side Printshop: Shoshana Dentz, Joan Linder and Dannielle Tegeder, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Supersalon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Artist in Residence Biennial, Eweing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2003
Drawn Page, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
ID_entity, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
637 Running Feet: Black on White Wall Drawings by 14 Artists, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
Dreamy, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
Crossings: Artistic and Curatorial Practice, Cuchifritos, New York, NY

2002
Four Brooklyn Artists, New York, Saito Tomayo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Drawing, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY

2001
Traveling Scholars, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Superimposition, curated by David Hunt, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY

2000
Nude + Narrative, PPOW, New York, NY
Private Worlds, Art In General, New York, NY
Public Culture, Private Nature, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Art in Embassies, American Embassy In Chad, US Department of State

1999
Artist in the Market Place, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York, NY

1997
Inside Out Art Fair, curated by Kenny Schacter, 32 Mercer, NYC


PUBLIC COMMISSION

2014
ArtFarms, with Mille Chen and Warren Quigley, Buffalo, NY

2012
MTA, D LINE - Permanent Installation 71st Street Station, Brooklyn, NY


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015
Maynard, Lauren Newkirk. “UB artist finds terrible beauty in Niagara Falls’ toxic past.”UB Reporter, July 30, 2015
Foran, Jack. “Nature Shows Victorious in Exhibit at Nina Freudenheim Gallery.” Art Voice, April 9, 2015
Wolgamott, Kent. “Joan Linder’s drawings find art in the everyday.” Ground Zero, February 28, 2015

2014
Griffin, Amy. “Sweating the Details.” Times Union, November 12, 2014

2013
Paeslack, Miriam, ed. Ineffably Urban: Imaging Buffalo. Burlington: Ashgate, 2013. (book cover)
Khamsi, Roxanne. “Subway Freeloaders.” New York Magazine, November 3, 2013. (illustration)
Brody, David. “Art Critical Pick: Joan Linder at Mixed Greens.” Art Critical, May 18, 2013.
Schultz, Charlie. “Doing the Dishes.” ARTslant, April 30, 2013
“Joan Linder.” New American Paintings, #104, Northeast Issue, February/March 2013

2012
Vladimirova, Laura. “D-Train Stop Gets a New Permanent Public Art Display,” BensonhurstBean.com, April 10, 2012

2011
Eaton, Collin, “'My Students and I Were Looking at the Nude Figure Every Week, but We Never See Death,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 23, 2011
Darcy Bhandari, Heather, “Interview with Joan Linder,” The Ministry of Artistic Affairs, October 3, 2011
Wheatley, Charmaine, “Joan Linder,” FUKT Magazine, Issue # 10, July 2011
Dabkowski, Colin, “It Figures: The human body finds its way into paintings, sculptures,” Buffalonews.com, May 6, 2011.


2010
Hirsch, Faye, “Review: Beyond Western New York, Art In America, Dec 1, 2010
Wheatley, Charmaine, “Joan Linder,” Border Crossings Magazine, Vol. 29, No 3, Issue 115, September 2010
Curcio, Seth, “Joan Linder,” Daily Serving, May 20, 2010
"Incident No. 37: Joan Linder Junk Mail", IncidentReport.info


2009
Lewis, Michael J. "The Art of Obama Worship," Commentary Magazine, September 2009.
Siegle, Jaimie. “Pollock Features Ballpoint Pen Drawings,” The Daily Mustang, February 18, 2009.


2008
McQuaid, Cate. “Compelling the eyes of the beholder,” The Boston Globe, July 16, 2008.

2007
Genocchio, Benjamin. “Rediscovering Drawing, the Forgotten Art,” The New York Times, November 25, 2007.
West, Paige. The Art of Buying Art, Harper Collins, New York, 2007.
The Pink, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY (catalog)

2006
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review, Prevailing Climate," The New York Times, August 11, 2006.
Thomas, Mary. "Family in Frame," Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette, July 5, 2006.
Workman, Michael. "Eye Exam: The Worst of Times," New City Chicago, March 21, 2006.
Kerr, Merrily. "Joan Linder at Mixed Greens," Art on Paper, March 2006.
118-60 Metropolitan Avenue, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
2 Bienniele der Zeichnung, Kunstvereing Eislingen (catalog)

2005
Tsai, Eugenie. "Five Projects at Wave Hill," Time Out New York, October 13- 19, 2005.
Fensterstock, Lauren. "Joan and Liz Linder: Self Help," Art in New England, October/November 2005.
Fardy, Jonathan. "When Aesthetic Meets Incorrect," Arts Media, May/June 2005.
Muther, Christopher. "Sister Act," The Boston Globe, May 5, 2005.
Harpers, May 2005. (illustration)
739 Running Feet, Gwanjgu Art Museum (catalog)
Erotic Drawing, Aldrich Museum and Diverse Works (catalog)


2004
Leibowitz, Cathy. "Joan Linder at White Columns and Mixed Greens," Art in America, November 2004.
Smith, Roberta. "Caution: Angry Artists at Work in the Season of Political Fervor," New York Times, August 27, 2004.
Gagon, Adrienne. "Linear Thinking," San Francisco Chronicle, July 21-27, 2004.
Streitfield, L.P. "The New Aldrich Draws It's Own Page," Art New England, June/July 2004.
Brakke, Micheal. AIR Biennial, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (catalog)

2002
Landi, Ann. "The Many Faces of Realism," ARTnews, June 2002.

2001
Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: Skank," The New York Times, June 1, 2001.

2000
Gluek, Grace. "Art in Review: Private Worlds," The New York Times, June 30, 2000.


AWARDS AND HONORS

2014
Yaddo, Residency Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY

2013-4
Faculty Research Fellowship, Humanities Institute, University at Buffalo SUNY

2012
ISEA Artist in Residence (with Paul Vanouse), Wild Rivers Recreation Area, BLM, Questa, NM

2010
MTA Subway Commission, New York, NY

2007
Smack Mellon, Artist Residency Studio Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY

2006
Constance Saltonstall Foundation Grant, Ithaca, NY
Ucross Foundation, Artist Residency Fellowship, Ucross, WY

2005
Lucas Artist Program at Montalvo, Residency Fellowship, Saratoga, CA

2004
MacDowell Colony, Residency Fellowship, Peterborough, NH

2003
Yaddo, Residency Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
Art Omi International Artist Colony, Residency, Ghent, NY
Ronnie Heyman Prize for Emerging Artists, Foundation for Jewish Culture, New York, NY
Artist-in-Residence, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2002
Yaddo, Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
Lower East Side Printshop Special Editions Fellowship, New York, NY

2001
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY

2000
School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Alumnae Traveling Scholars Grant


TEACHING

2006-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies, University of Buffalo, SUNY

2004-2005
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Studies, University of Buffalo, SUNY

Lives and works in Buffalo, NY, and Brooklyn, NY