Linda Nguyen Lopez (b. Visalia, California) is a first generation American artist of Vietnamese and Mexican descent. Her abstract works explore the poetic potential of the everyday by imagining and articulating a vast emotional range embedded in the mundane objects that surround us. Her works have been exhibited in Italy, New Zealand, England and throughout the United States including the Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Art and Design, New York; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington DC; Red Arrow, Nashville, TN; Albertz Benda, Los Angeles; The Hole Gallery, New York; David B. Smith Gallery, Denver and Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami.
Studio Inquiries: LindaLopezStudio@gmail.com
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:
2024
Drift, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2023
Hold Everything Dear, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith
Live From the Moon, Linda Nguyen Lopez and Mathew McConnell, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa
2022
ʎpoqǝɯos, Project Space, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2021
Long Lost, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MO
2019
Stranger, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2018
Intermission, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Linda Lopez and Marc Mitchell, Arkansas Historic Museum, Little Rock, AR
2016
Ghost Hands, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Linda Lopez, Volta NY with Mindy Solomon Gallery
2015
Tooth, Bark and the Laws of Contact. Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN
Linda Lopez and Mathew McConnell: Let's Just Say What We Mean, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
2013
That thing that is and isn’t, Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Dependable Contentment, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2023
Shaping the Future, Greenwich House Pottery X HB381 Gallery, New York, NY
Coalescence, Duam Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Asymmetrical Orbits, Harris Gallery, University of LaVerne, LaVerne, CA
2022
A Confluence of Coastal Creativity, Albertz Benda, Los Angeles, CA
Belonging, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
The Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum of Art, Washington DC
Mundus Inversus, Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN
2021
Crafting America, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Future Memories, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2020
B4, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
The Essential Goods Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Backbone of Things, Te Ahuaha Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
In Pursuit of a Meaningful Mark, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Surface Memory, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Fired Up in the Natural State, Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas
2019
Burke Prize, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Open to Art, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
Terra Incognita, Plant Seven, Highpoint, NC
2018
Clay Today, The Hole, New York, NY
The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Ceramics Now, Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Melting Point, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Tactic III, Gertrude Herbert Institution of Art, Augusta, GA
2017
Vigorous Form, Unit 9, London, England
Busted, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Paperweight Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Cabinet, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
A Hard Swath to Mow, Belger Crane Yard, Kansas City, MO
Tactic II, Kennedy Museum of Art. Athens, OH
Method/Accumulation, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Portland, OR
2016
If You Build It, The Willows, New York, NY
Transformed by Fire: A Collection of Contemporary Ceramics. Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Now and Then. Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, MO
Flora. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Repeat. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Shades. Bedfellow's Club, Little Rock, AR
2015
Defying Gravity: Interventions in Clay. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
Scripps Ceramic Annual curated by Julia Haft-Candell. Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Colors Defined. Cohen Gallery at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Six Under Thirty-Six. Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Public Art:
2023
Pinnacle Mountain State Park, Little Rock, AR
2018
Arkansas Artist Work Enrichment Billboard Project,1-49, Springdale, AR
Residencies:
2023 Center for Craft, Ashville, NC
2017 GAPP Residency, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Resident Artist, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2016 Resident Artist, C.R.E.T.A, Rome, Italy
2014 Surface Forum, Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN
Summer AIA Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Newcastle, ME
2013 Summer Resident, Archie Bray Foundation. Helena, MT
2010-12 Resident Artist, The Clay Studio. Philadelphia, PA
Grants and Awards:
2024 USA Fellowship, United States Artists
2023 Material Exploration Fellowship, Center for Craft, Ashville, NC
2022 Connor Fellowship, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
2021 Honorable Mention, Virgina A. Groot Foundation Grant
2019 Finalist, Burke Prize, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Individual Artist Fellowship, Arkansas Arts Council, Little Rock, AR
Residency Award, Open to Art, Milan, Italy
2018 Artist 360 Grant, Mid America Art Alliance
2016 Lighton International Artists Exchange Program Grant
2015 Faculty Research Grant, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2014 Sally A. Williams Artist Fund, Arkansas Arts Council, Little Rock, AR
2013 Bill and Sterling Sage Summer Scholarship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Collections:
Art Museum Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Betty Woodman Study Collection, University of Colorado, Boulder
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR
JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, New York, NY
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO