LINDA GRIGGS
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SOLO EXHIBITION
1994
Family Outing Carolyn J. Roy Gallery (catalog) NYC
2012
Solo Exhibiton Hampden Gallery, UMASS Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
Find & Combine - Elisabeth Condon, Judith Simonian, Amy Hill, Mary Ann Standell, Carla Gannis.
Abrazo Interno Gallery, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, NYC
2010
Sweetness and Light: Art Made of or About Candy, Cakes, and Sugar - Richard Baker, Tom Bogaert, Ya Ya Chou, Sally Curcio, Lori Ellison, Emily Eveleth, Linda Griggs, Julia Jacquette, T. Charnan Lewis, Christina Marsh, Tracy Miller, Mary Schiliro, Rebecca Siemering, Lynn Talbot, Mary Jo Vath, Jessica Westbook, Chris Wright. Hampden Gallery, UMASS Amherst. Catalog PDF
2009
Black Walnut Ink Drawings The Tides Asbury Park, NJ
A.I.R.Benefit Exhibition NYC
Community~Word Project's 9th Annual Benefit National Arts Club, NYC
2008
Walk-Ins Welcome, Umbrella Arts/Curcio Projects, NYC
PS122 for $122 Invitational Benefit Exhibition PS122 NYC
Providence Art Windows Summer Invitational, Providence, R.I.
Broadthinking Cosmology Map ABC No Rio
Clothesline Benefit ABC No Rio NYC
Community~Word Project's 8th Annual Benefit, NYC
Sweetness & LightE32 5C Cultural Center, NYC
Dance Parade Benefit NYC
Mad Hatters Review Benefit NYC
2007
Community~Word Project's 7th Annual Benefit, NYC
This Can't Be Happeningcurated by Aaron Friedman Sputnik Brooklyn, NY
Flights of Fancy E32 35 Clinton Street NYC
Brite: Building Readiness in Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs 2nd Benefit Action, Asian Cultural Center, NYC
Galleryless Gallery at Artcrime, NYC
2006
Working Space 06Cuchifritos art gallery/project space [Rune Olsen, Nola Romano, Chitra Ganesh] 2005
Method Becomes Practice Office of the Manhattan Borough President, NYC
2004
Artists in the Studio: 30 Years at the Millay Colony for the Arts Albany International Airport Gallery Albany, NY
The Matzo Files Inaugural Show at Streits Matzo Factory, NYC
SHARE: Benefit for Womens Cancers Sideshow Gallery, NYC
Friends of Hunter College Galleries Benefit Auction, NYC 2002
Friends Seminary Benefit Auction, NYC
2000
Summer Group Show Bart Gallery Cincinnati, OH
Friends of the Hunter College Art Galleries Benefit, NYC
1999
Human/Nature Lynn Chavez Gallery San Francisco, CA
1998
Friends of Hunter College Art Galleries Benefit Auction, NYC
The Bronx High School of Science Benefit Auction, NYC
Union Settlement House Benefit Auction, NYC
Friends Seminary Benefit Auction, NYC
Women's Show III: Home & Fringe Dwellers Bullet Space - ABC No Rio NYC
1996
Colored Stories: Depictions of Race in Narrative Art [Kerry James Marshall, Carrie Mae Weems] Scope Art Gallery - mediabridge.com/nyc/scope
1995
An Exhibition of Poets Chap Books Hamilton Fish Branch, NY Public Library NYC
Beauty/Death Scope Art Gallery - mediabridge.com/nyc/scope 1994
A Sense of Place Gahlberg Gallery at the College of Du Page (catalog) [David Hodges, Stephen Lack, Lys Martin] Glen Ellyn, IL
1993
Linda Griggs, Allen Hansen and Donald MacFadyen Joy Roy Fine Art NYC
Representational Paintings: Advertisements, Snap Shots & Underwear [Portia Munson, Tasha Depp] Flamingo East NYC
Group Show Bennett Gallery Knoxville, TN
Group Show Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery Kent, CT
1992
Contemporary Icons: From the Sublime to the Fetishistic Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College (catalog) [Dottie Attie, Richard Baker, Vija Celmins, Mark Innerst, Donald MacFadyen, Joan Nelson, Mary Jo Vath]
Group Exhibition Joy Roy Fine Art NYC
Group Show Vim Gallery Richmond, VA
1991
The First Decade of the M.F.A. Program Hunter College (Catalog) NYC
Artists and the American Yard Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Catalog) Racine, WI
1990
Seven Women Artists ‑ New Talent Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery
1989The Family in Contemporary Art Nexus Gallery Faith Ringgold and Sidney Goodman, curators Philadelphia, PA
Talbot-Perkins Adoption Program benefit auction Christies Inc NYC
Small Works 80 Washington Square East Galleries Carlo Lamagna, curator NYC
Small Paintings Gallery La Luz La Luz, NM
Small Works 80 Washington Square East Galleries Barbara Toll, curatorNYC
1986 Now Gallery, NYC
1985 Free Lunch Free Lunch Gallery
Summer Group Show Vox Populi/American Fine Arts, NYC
COLLECTIONS
JP Morgan Chase Peter Klein/Obac Corporation Ann Partlow Sheila Curran Bernhard Jack Youngerman Eileen Schwab Therese Lictenstein Rena Kosersky
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
1992 The MacDowell Colony for the Arts Peterborough, NH
1991 Millay Colony for the Arts Austerlitz, NY
Change, Inc. New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
New York Times, New York, NY, Sunday, Sept. 25, 1994, Arts and Leisure Guide, listing.
Cover, New York, New York October 1994, Painter Redevelops the Roots of Soul by Jeanne C. Wilkinson (illus., Happy Motoring)
Family Outing exhibition catalogue by Therese Lichtenstein, Sept. 1994. Carolyn J. Roy Gallery, New York, NY (illus., Red Indian)
"A Sense of Place" exhibition catalogue by Eileen Broido, Jan. 1994. The Gahlberg Gallery at the College of Du Page, Glen Ellyn, IL (illus., My Mother in her Wedding Dress)
HX Issue Issue 28:17 April 1992, short list
"Contemporary Icons: From the Sublime to the Fetishistic", exhibition catalogue and essay by Susan Edwards, November 1992. The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY. (illus., Home Beauty Salon, 1991.)
The Sunday Gazette, Austerlitz, NY, November 24, 1991, "Poet's Legacy" by Eleanor Koblenz
"Artists and the American Yard", exhibition catalogue and essay by Bruce W. Pepich, Director, June 1991. the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Journal, September 1, 1991, "Racine show has a fun time with yard goods", by James Auer
Art Matters, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 1989, "Reviews in Brief" by Kathy Curnow Nasara.
Philadelphia Daily News, Jan. 20, 1989, "Multi-Media Look at the Family" by Dave Bittan.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 14, 1989, "On Galleries" by Victoria Donohoe.
EDUCATION
1984 Master of Fine Art Hunter College
1982 Bachelor of Fine Art Virginia Commonwealth University