Linda MacDonald - Résumé

Résumé

Education | Exhibitions & Awards | Publications | Teaching Experience | Collections

EDUCATION:
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, M.F.A., 1992
Dominican College, San Rafael, CA, Single Subject Credential, Art, 1985
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, B.A., 1978

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
(1984 to present, group shows unless otherwise noted.)

Ongoing
A selection of my work is on display at SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason, Bldg. A, San Francisco, CA

2007
QUILT NATIONAL '07, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, May 25 - Sept. 3
SATURN RETURNS: BACK TO THE FUTURE OF FIBER ART , San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles San Jose, CA , October, 2007 - January, 2008
SVMA BIENNIAL 2007, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, June - August, 2007.

2006
VISIONS 2006, The Art Quilt, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA, Nov. '06 - Feb. '07.
PARABLES or PREDICTIONS? New Works on Environmental Issues of California (solo exhibition), Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA Oct. 7 - Nov. 9.
EARTHLY CONCERNS: Activist EcoArt curated by WEAD, Thacher Gallery at USF, San Francisco, CA, Aug. - October.
TAKING A STAND, VOICES IN FIBER, Translations Gallery, Denver, CO, Sept. 15 - Oct. 27.
TEXTILE EXPRESSIONS: Contemporary Art Quilts, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, Feb. - Apr.

2005
"LAYERS OF MEANING " The Art Quilt 2005, Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery, Portland, OR, March 12 - May 8
WORLD QUILT CARNIVAL, Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan - Curated by Yoshiko Wada, May 20 - 22
QUILT NATIONAL '05, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, May 27 - Sept. 5

2004
"Painted Quilts" Episode QLT-928 on HGTV Click for details
EXPLORATIONS, Quilt Surface Design International, Traveling Show -
Mansfield Art Center June 6 - July 31
Southern Ohio Art Museum Oct. 17 - Dec. 31
MENDOCINO HUMOR, FROM LIGHT TO DARK - Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA, Feb.21 - May 16
10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Gross McLeaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, April - May
ART QUILTS from the Collection of the Museum of Arts & Desgin, American Textile Museum, Lowell, MASS, July 24 - October 11

2003
EXPLORATIONS, Quilt Surface Design International, Traveling Show - Wesseriling Textile Museum, Mulhouse, France June 21 - Sept. 21
FABRIC CONSTRUCTIONS, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, May 30-June 30
QUILT NATIONAL 2003 - The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH May 23 - Sept.1
INSPIRED OBJECTS, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA May 17 - Aug.17
INNOVATIONS IN FIBERART, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA Feb 13 - March 23
30 DISTINGUISHED QUILT ARTISTS of the WORLD, Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 25 - Feb. 1

2002
ECO2, 14 Bay Area artists respond to the environment, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Dec. 13-Jan. 25
INSIDE THE OUTSIDE, One Person Show, Willits Center for the Arts, Willits, Nov. 16-Dec. 14
VISIONS - Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA - Nov. 2-Jan. 5
INSTRUCTORS' SHOW, Mendocino Art Center, March 9-April 7
ART QUILTS at the Sedgwick - Philadelphia, PA - April 5-May 5
GROSS MCCLEAF GALLERY - Philadelphia, PA - Jan. 4-25

2001
PARALLEL THREADS - New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA - Aug 23 - October 28
VERMONT QUILT FESTIVAL - New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA - Aug 23 - July 27
TACTILE MATTERS, "A" Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, June 9 - July 7
MATERIAL ESSENCE: ART QUILTS AT THE MAIN STREET GALLERY - Main Street Gallery, Cottonwood, AZ - May 1 - June 2
QUILTS JAPAN PRIZE - Quilt National '01, Athens, Ohio
QUILT NATIONAL '01- Athens, Ohio - June-July & Traveling Show
FABRICATIONS - Mendocino College Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA - Feb. 8-April 5

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2000
TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL ART IN QUILTS & BASKETS - The Willits Center for the Arts, Willits, CA - Nov 4-Dec 16
QUILT 21-AMERICAN ART QUILTS FOR THE 21st CENTURY - The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA, Aug 13-Oct 1 & Traveling Show
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER; CONTEMPORARY QUILTS BY CALIFORNIANS - Turtle Bay, Redding Museum of Art & History Redding, CA - Aug 5-Sept. 24
ART QUILTS: AMERICA AT THE MILLENNIUM - Quilt Expo, Strasbourg, France - April 5-9
CROSSOVER QUILTS--ARTISTS WHO USE QUILTMAKING IN THEIR WORK - Pennsylvania School of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA - Jan 18-March 31

1999
STANFORD ART SPACES - QUILT EXHIBIT - Stanford University, Nov-Dec
QUILT NATIONAL '99 - Athens, Ohio - June-July & Traveling Show
EDGE TO EDGE: SELECTIONS FROM STUDIO ART QUILT ASSOCIATES - Museum of American Folk Art at Heritage Plantation, Cape Cod - May 9-Oct. 17

1998
WOMEN PUSHING BOUNDARIES: EXTRAORDINARY ART FROM CLOTH - Nazareth College Art Quilt Show, New York, Oct. 1-Oct. 29,
THE AMERICAN QUILT: FROM CRAFT TO FINE ART - Roberts Wesleyan College, New York, Sept. 1-Oct. 4,
5th Quilt Nihon Exhibition-(Michael James Award) Japan Handicraft Instructors Assoc. Tokyo, Japan, June
Arrowmont Faculty Show, Gatlinbury, Tennessee, May-August

1997
QUILTS FROM THE COLLECTION: American Craft Museum, June - Sept.
PARALLEL PATHS, SEPARATE VISIONS - 4 Person Show, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA, June-Sept.
THE FABRIC OF LIFE, 150 Years of Northern California Fiber Art History - San Francisco State University A&I Gallery, June-Oct.
TIL DEATH DO US PART, Stewart-Kummer Gallery: 2-Person Show, Gualala, CA, Aug. '97- Jan. 1998

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1996
FINE ARTS CENTER: Pieces, Parts and Passion, Lubbock, Texas, traveling show, 1996-97
CONTEMPORARY QUILTS FROM THE JAMES COLLECTION: Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY, Oct. 1996 - Jan. 1997
CITY ART GALLERY: 2-Person Show, City College of San Francisco, March '96
VISIONS: QUILTART, San Diego Museum of History, San Diego, CA, Nov. '96 - '97
-Award: BEST AGRICULTURAL THEME, Quilt, California State Fair, 1996

1995
DIVERSITY! Art Quilts for the Next Century, Arrowmont, School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, Oct.-Nov., 1995 & Traveling Show
QUILTS, PAINTED QUILTS, PAINTINGS - Mendocino County Museum, Willits, CA, June, 1995, 1-Person Show
FIBERART INTERNATIONAL '95, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, June 1995
QUILT NATIONAL '95 - Athens, Ohio, June-July 1995 & Traveling Show
THE FULL DECK, Renwick Gallery & Traveling Show, Washington, D.C. March, 1995
SOFT PROTESTS, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, March, 1995
FANTASTIC FIBERS, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, March, 1995

1994
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA, 4-Person Show, Nov. 1994
VISIONS - Layers of Excellence, San Diego Museum of History, San Diego, CA, June 1994
ART QUILT INTERNATIONAL 94, Mountain View Civic Center, Mountain View, CA, Penny Nii Art Quilt, Sept. 1994
NEW DIRECTIONS, QUILTS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Feb. '93

1993
Crafts Council, London, England, CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN QUILTS, July-August, 1993, Traveling Show in 1994 United Kingdom
A SHOW OF HANDS, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA, August 1993
California Contemporary Craft, Media: Fiber, Corte Madera, CA, June 1993
QUILT NATIONAL '93 - Athens, Ohio, June-July 1993 & Traveling Show
Gallery At Studio B - SMALL WORKS, Lancaster, OH, June, 1993
The Wetsman Collection - QUILT AS A NEW ART FORM 3, Birmingham, MI, April-May,'93

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1992
NORTHLIGHT GALLERY, Gualala, CA, 4-Person Show, August 1992
ON THE SURFACE, American Museum of Quilts & Textiles, 3-Person Show, San Jose, CA, May, 1992
The Kentucky Quilt Project - Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY, Feb.-March, 1992

1991
NORTHLIGHT GALLERY, Gualala, CA, Group Show, August 1991
Auburn Arts Center - ORIGINALS, Auburn, CA, July 1991
QUILT NATIONAL '91 - Athens, Ohio, June-July 1991 & Traveling Show
The Society for Art in Crafts - Pittsburgh, PA, March-April, 1991

1990
California Crafts Museum - PROGRESSIONS II, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 1990
San Jose State University - THE EDGE OF BEAUTY, Convergence '90, July, 1990
VISIONS - Quilts of a New Decade, San Diego, CA, June 1990

1989
Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA - Annual FOCUS MAGAZINE Design Award, July 1989
FIBER NATIONAL '89, Adams Art Gallery - Dunkirk, N.Y., , June-Aug. 1989
CRAFT TODAY U.S.A. - American Craft Museum Traveling Show, Europe: Frankfurt, Warsaw, Lausanne, Moscow, Ankara, Oslo, Ghent, Berlin, Athens, Bratislava, Leipzig, Barcelona, Lisbon, 1989-1993, USIA Agency Arts America Program
QUILT NATIONAL '89 - Athens, Ohio, June-July, 1989, Traveling to St. Louis, MO, (St.Louis Center), Anchorage, AK (Anchorage Museum of History & Art), and Japan
The Works Gallery - THE QUILT AS ART, Philadelphia, PA, April-May, 1989

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1988
MENDOCINO ART CENTER - Mendocino, CA - April-June, 1988
LAWRENCE GALLERY - Gleneden Beach, Oregon, Jan. 1988

1987
American Craft Museum - New York City, QUILT NATIONAL '87 - Nov. 1987
GAYLE WILLSON GALLERY - Southampton, New York, Sept.-Nov. 1987
QUILT NATIONAL '87 - Athens, Ohio, June-July, 1987
Museum of Arts & Sciences - Macon, Georgia, Jan. - Feb. 1987

1986
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery -FIVE ARTISTS: QUILTS, San Francisco, May - July 1986
SYNTEX GALLERY - Palo Alto, CA, 5 Artists, Nov. -Dec., 1986

1985
QUILT NATIONAL '85 - Athens, Ohio, June 1985
EXPO '85 - April 1985, East Meadow, New York
THE CONTEMPORARY QUILT - Japan, Oct. -March 1985

1984
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF QUILTS, 1-person show, San Jose, CA, June-July 1984
CALIFORNIA CRAFTS MUSEUM - San Francisco, CA, Group Show, March-June, 1984
SCHOOL OF DESIGN- N. Carolina State U., Group Show, Raleigh, NC, March 1984

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Chasing Red Dogs - detail, 1985

PUBLICATIONS (Selected Listings)
ARTWEEK - March 2003, Vol 34, Issue 2, ECO 2 Review, Falkirk Cultural Center
American Art Quilts: Quilt 21/2000, catalog, Quilt 21 Press, Lowell, MA 2000
American Craft Magazine, Page 87, Gallery section, Aug/Sept 98
Catalog, The 5th Quilt Nihon Exhibition '98, "International Quilt Contest
The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw, Hugh Lauter Levin Assoc., Inc. 1997
Imagery on Fabric, Jean Ray Laury, C&T Pub. page 73, 1997
Interview with Cover Artist: Linda MacDonald, Sojourn Magazine, Fall, 1997
LINDA MACDONALD: THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARTIST'S IMAGERY, by Candace Crockett, Surface Design Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3.
QUILTS, A Living Tradition, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc. 1995
Fiberarts Design Book Five, Lark Books, 1995
Contemporary Designs In Fabric, Quilt National '95, Lark Books
Fiberarts Magazine, Mar/Apr, 1995,
Art Quilts: Playing With A Full Deck, Sue Pierce, Verna Suit, Pomegranate Art Books, San Francisco, CA, 1995
88 Leaders In The Quilt World Today, Nihon Vogue, Upon Publication,1995
The Art Quilt Magazine, Lynn Lewis Young, Issue 2, 1995
VISIONS, Layers Of Excellence, Quilt San Diego, 1994
Contemporary American Quilts, Craft Council, London, England, 1993
Where, St. Louis, Statements In Stitches, page 6, Oct. '93
American Craft Magazine, Fiber Gallery, page 77, April/May '93
Surface Design Association News, Volume 6 No. 2, Spring 1993
American Craft Magazine, Portfolio Section, Dec. '91-Jan. '92
Fiberarts Design Book Four, Lark Pub., 1991
The New Quilt 1, The Taunton Press, 1991
America's Quilts, Publications international Ltd., 1990
Geometry, McDougal, Littell & Co., 1990
VISIONS, Quilts of a New Decade, C&T Publishing, 1990
The Contemporary Quilt 1990. A Calendar, Pomegranate Press
Yesterday & Tomorrow: California Women Artists, by Sylvia Moore, Midmarch Arts,1989
New Quilts: Interpretations & Innovations, QN '89, Schiffer Pub. Co., 1989
The Fine Art of Quilting, Vicki Barker & Tessa Bird, E.P. Dutton, N.Y., 1988
The Quilt Digest 5, Quilt Digest Press, San Francisco, CA 1987
Fiber Expressions - The Contemporary Quilt, Quilt Nat'l 1987, Schiffer Press
The Complete Book of Quiltmaking, by Michele Walker, Knopf 1986
American Craft Magazine, Feb/Mar 1985, "Beyond Tradition, The Art of the Studio Quilt" by Michael James
The Quilt Digest 3, Quilt Digest Press, San Francisco, CA 1985
The Fiberarts Design Book II, A Fiberarts/Lark Book, 1983
The Quiltmaker's Art: Contemporary Quilts and Their Makers, Lark Communications & Fiberarts, 1982
The New American Quilt, A Fiberarts/Lark Book, 1981
Quilting, Patchwork & Applique, A Sunset Book, 1981

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Selected Listings)
San Francisco State University, Lecturer in Art, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Spring 2003
San Hedrin High School Art and Social Science Teacher, Willits, CA, 1985-2001
Arrowmont, School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, July 31- August 6, 2005
Arrowmont, School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, June 1998
Arrowmont, School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, June 1995
Juror, San Francisco State University Gallery, Student Textile Show, Nov., 1995
College of the Redwoods, Fort Bragg, CA, Visiting Teacher, 1994,1995, and 1996
Juror for Quilt National '95, Oct, 1994, Athens, OH
Lecture & Workshop, San Francisco State University, Sept. 1994
Lecture, Contemporary Art Quilts, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA, March 1994
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, Surface Design, August 1993 & 94
Contemporary Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, June 1993
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, Surface Design, August 1991
Contemporary Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, June 1991
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, May 14-15, 1988
Exemplary Arts Program, California Arts Council Grant: quiltmaking, design, calligraphy--public schools, Willits, CA, April-May 1983 & Jan-April 1984
Mendocino County Arts Coalition Grant, Basic Design, Willits, CA, Fall 1983
Mendocino Art Center, Basic quiltmaking & Special Approaches, Aug. 1983

IN THE COLLECTION OF
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
The White House, Washington D.C.
City of San Francisco, CA
Mendocino County Museum, Willits, CA
Peter Brooks Quilt Collection, ME
Robert & Ardis James Quilt Collection, NY
Jack Walsh Quilt Collection, NJ
Arrowmont, School of Arts and Crafts, TN
Kathleen & Robert Kirkpatrick Collection, Willits, CA
Many private individuals

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