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BIOGRAPHY

Linda Ridgway

1947 Born in Jeffersonville, IN

Presently lives and works in Dallas, TX

Education

M.F.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

B.F.A., Louisville School of Art, Anchorage, KY

Solo Exhibitions            Group Exhibitions

2005

Reconsider, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX

while, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

2003

Consider, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

2002

Arrangements, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001

Without Ceremony, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Linda Ridgway: White Flowers, Dallas Visual Art Center, TX, solo exhibition to recognize the 2001 Legend Award Artist

2000

Natural Juices: Etchings and Monotypes, Flatbed Galleries, Austin, TX

Linda Ridgway: Leap Year, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

1999

Linda Ridgway: Receiving Line, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Linda Ridgway: Red Line, Art League of Houston, TX, Exhibit for 1999 Artist of the Year Award

1998

Poetry of Line, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX

1997-98

Linda Ridgway: A Survey, Poetics of Form, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, traveled to Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)

1996

Visual Essays, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX,

Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

1994

Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

1991

Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

1990

Graham Gallery, Houston, TX,

Night Voices, Studio Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX

1987

Formations, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX

1982

DW Gallery, Dallas, TX

1977

DW Co-op Gallery, Dallas, TX

1976

Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX

1974

Louisville School of Art, Anchorage, KY

Group Exhibitions            Solo Exhibitions

2005

A Summer Group, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

Natural Beauty, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas

2004

5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Steve Murphy, Linda Ridgway: Planting A Line, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX

One Hundred Drawings, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

Texas Vision: The Barrett Collection, The Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX

2003

Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Pairings: Artists’ Selections from the Dallas Museum of Art Collection, The Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Mark Making: A Drawing Show, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

Twenty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Arthur Roger, New Orleans, LA

2002

One Hunderd Years: The Permanent Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas

Spring Forward: New Work from the Studio, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CANext, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Modalities of the Visible: A Survey of Contemporary Art in North Texas, Brookhaven College For the Arts, Addison, TX

Art in Embassies Program, Paris France

2001

Private Collections: Artists, Curators and Collectors, The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

Vernissage, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland

Gallery in the Garden, Benefit for the Greater Austin Chapter of the Alzheimers Association, Governor’s Mansion, Austin, TX

Sculpture, Drawings, and Works in Relief, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Summer in the City, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Art for Art’s Sake, Arthur Rgoer Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2000

Red, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington ,TX

The Art Show, John Berggruen Gallery, New York, NY

Crossing State Lines, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Flatbed Press, Works on Paper, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Five By Seven By X, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX

1999

Les derniers ojbets du siecle? Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland

PhotoAustin: 1999 Inaugural Exhibtion, Flatbed Galleries, Austin, TX

Art/30/Basel, Galerie Gisele Linder, Basel, Switzerland

House of Sculpture, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX

Flora and Fauna, John Micheal Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

1998

Foundations: Mechanics and Instinct, CRCA, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX

Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

Oso Bay Biennial X, Art Museum of South Texas and Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX

1997

Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

New Work: Gallery Artists, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

1996

Establishment Exposed: Part I, Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX (catalogue)

Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

Five Year Anniversary Show, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

1995-96

Genesis and Fire: Works from the Green Mountain Foundry, The Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX (brochure)

1995

Link, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

Showing Off the DCCCD: Works by Art Faculty of the Dallas County Community College District, D-Art, Dallas, TX

Gang Warfare, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX

1994

Small Objects, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

Private Identity and Public Conscience: Contemporary Works from the Museum’s Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Texas Axis: 4 Artists Exploring Space, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (catalogue)

Works on Paper, Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX

Harry Geffert and Friends, D-Art, Dallas, TX

Drawings, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX

Essentials, Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Abstract Matters: Recapitulation and Transcendence, Forum Gallery, Center for the Arts, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX

Faculty Show, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX

1992

Forty + Views, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

Presence, Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

Metal and Stone: Six Young Sculptors, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX (catalogue)

1991

Sculpture Invitational, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX

1990

The Vessel, Hickory Street Annex, Dallas, TX (catalogue)

Making Metaphors, Richland College, Dallas, TX

New Sculpture, Graham Gallery, Houston, TX

Working with Harry, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, TX

1989

Group Show, N. NO. O Gallery, Dallas, TX

A Family of Artists, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

A Moveable Art Feast/Treasure Hunt, Beverly Gordon Gallery, Dallas, TX

1988

Metroplex Artist Series, Exhibition and Lecture, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Recent Work: Gallery Artists, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX

Taking Shape, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX

1987

100 Under 1000, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX

1985

The Crescent Collection II: A Celebration of Texas Artists, The Crescent Marketing Center, Dallas, TX

1984

Drawing Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX

1983

Art from Dallas Galleries, Caltex House, Irving, TX

Group Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX

Faculty Show, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX

1982

Texas Fine Arts Association Competition, City Hall, Dallas, TX

Black and White, DW Gallery, Dallas, TX

1981

Works on Paper, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX

Invitational 80-81, Longview Museum and Arts Center, Longview, TX

1979

Fire, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (catalogue)

Made in Texas, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX (catalogue)

12: Artists Working in North Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (catalogue)

Dallas Art 79, City Hall, Dallas, TX

1978

Works on Paper: Southwest 1978, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX (catalogue)

Museum Collections

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Weisman Collection, Los Angeles, CA

American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX

ARCO, Dallas, TX

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