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Linda Ge

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    Bone Platter #1

    Porcelaneous stoneware
    Art dimensions: 5" x 8.5" x 2"
    $75

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    Bone Platter #3

    Porcelaneous stoneware
    Art dimensions: 5.5" x 9.5" x 1.5"
    $80

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    Rocking Whiskey Cup #1

    Porcelaneous stoneware, gold lustre
    Art dimensions: 3" x 3.5" x 3.5"
    $98

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    Rocking Whiskey Cup #2

    Porcelaneous stoneware, gold lustre
    Art dimensions: 3" x 3.5" x 3.5"
    $98

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    Rocking Whiskey Cup #4

    Porcelaneous stoneware, gold lustre
    Art dimensions: 3.5" x 3.5" x 3.5"
    $98

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    Ramen Bowl #2

    Porcelaneous stoneware
    Art dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5" x 7"
    $140

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    Ramen Bowl #3

    Porcelaneous stoneware, gold lustre
    Art dimensions: 6" x 10" x 9"
    $330

  • Bone Cup 2

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190405C
    Bone Cup 1

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190404C
    Ramen Bowl 1

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190416C
    Rocking Whiskey Cup 3

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190408C
    Bone Sake Cup 3

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190412C
    Bones & Sinew Bowl 2

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190415C
    Bone Sake Cup 1

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190410C
    Bone Sake Cup 2

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190411C
    Bones & Sinew Bowl

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190414C
    Bone Sake Cup 4

    Porcelaneous stoneware

    LGE190413C
  • Biography
    Linda Ge was born in Fort Collins, Colorado but has lived most of her life in Iowa. She received her BFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Iowa in 2012, and relocated to Colorado in 2014 to pursue a two-year post-baccalaureate program in Ceramics at the University of Colorado Boulder. She moved back to Iowa in 2016 for a residency at the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio.

    Linda currently works as the Gallery Assistant and Inventory Manager at the Gilded Pear Gallery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

    Statement
    The sculptures and drawings I create are vague reflections of what we are familiar with. An essential subject I focus on is the human body. The body not only houses multiple micro- and macrocosms, but it in itself serves as a singular component in the complex structures of our world. By observing the anatomy and similar forms echoed in nature, I reduce these elements down to their most basic components, then reconstruct them back together. The results are often whimsical and uncanny.

    My aim is to blur the lines between two-dimensional and three-dimensional pieces. I extract forms from my drawings and flesh them out in clay, firmly grounding their existence in our reality; the ceramic sculptures and vessels in turn act as three-dimensional canvases. In this sense, my drawings and ceramic pieces are extensions of one another rather than separate entities. As a whole, the processes I go through – extracting, deconstructing, and rebuilding – are ways for me to confront the things in life that fascinate me. Things that leave me confused and unsettled. Horrified and in awe. It is through confrontation with these elements that I am able to feel, not always and necessarily more comfortable, but more understanding of the peculiar.
  • Education

    2014-2016
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
    Post-Baccalaureate in Ceramics

    2008-2012
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
    BFA (Honors) in Painting, concentrations in Drawing and Ceramic
    Graduated with Highest Distinction

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    Professional Experience

    2018-present
    Gallery Assistant and Inventory Manager
    Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
    Assisting in exhibition duties, updating and maintaining gallery inventory

    2016-2018
    Instructor and Main Studio Manager
    Iowa Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
    Developing comprehensive curriculum, maintaining main studio, coordinating the installation and de-installation of exhibitions

    2016-2017
    Gallery Assistant and Inventory Manager
    Iowa Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
    Coordinating the installation and de-installation of exhibitions, organizing and curating gallery inventory, designing event displays and advertising

    2014-2016
    Departmental Assistant in Ceramics and Sculpture
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
    Cleaning, maintaining, and monitoring the Ceramic and Sculpture facilities

    2014-2015
    Translator for Chinese Visiting Artists
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
    Interpreting lectures and translating written transcripts for visiting artists

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    Related Experience

    2016
    Studio Assistant: Firth Macmillan
    University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
    Project manager in the ceramic restoration of artist's work for upcoming exhibition

    Studio Assistant: Kim Dickey
    University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
    Casting and preparing ceramic segments, firing ceramic sculpture

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    Residencies

    2016-2018
    Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA

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    Solo Exhibitions

    2018
    • Contingere Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA
    2017
    • From Within, Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA
    2016
    • Almonds and Grapefruits, Visual Arts Complex, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
    2012
    • Manifestations, The Ark Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

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    Group Exhibitions

    2019
    • Minneapolis Evolves, NCECA Concurrent Exhibitions, ​Minneapolis Clay Collective, The Q.Arma Building, Minneapolis, MN
    • Nidec-Shimpo Juried Ramen Bowl Show, NCECA, Minneapolis Conference Center, Minneapolis, MN (Juried by Ki Cho)
    2018
    • Terra Nova: Ten Years, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
    • The Clay Cup IV: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, Juried Exhibition, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (Juried by Ayumi Horie)
    • Materials Mugs III: Underglaze, Juried Exhibition, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN (Juried by Renee LoPresti)
    • Cup: The Intimate Object XIV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
    • River 2 River, Regional Juried Exhibition, Coe College Sinclair Galleries, Cedar Rapids, IA (Juried by Clary Illian and Mitchell Spain)
    • (in)Visible, NCECA Concurrent Exhibitions, Braddock-Carnegie Library, Braddock, PA
    2017
    • Fresh Work, Arts Center of St. Peter, St. Peter, MN
    • Art Kudos International Juried Competition & Online Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, ArtKudos, Atlanta, GA (Juried by Mike Calway-Fagen)
    • Nasty Women in Iowa, Near Future, Iowa City, IA
    2016
    • Art for Philanthropy, Atrii Art Gallery, MBODI Studio, Boulder, CO
    2015
    • Emerging Artist Exhibition, Visual Arts Complex, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
    2014
    • Two Pound Show, Visual Arts Complex, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
    • WARES ArtSpace, Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café, Boulder, CO
    2013
    • Corpus Illuminata III: An Anatomical Interpretation, Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
    • Small Works Show, The Chait Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA
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