Linda Sormin
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Linda Sormin | |
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| Born | 1971 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Known for | Artist, educator |
| Style | Ceramics, mixed-media, installation art |
| Website | lindasormin |
Linda Sormin (born 1971, Bangkok, Thailand)[1] is a Canadian artist known for her ceramics and installations. As a young child Sormin immigrated from Thailand to Canada.[2] She attended Andrews University, Sheridan College, and Alfred University. She teaches at New York University.[3]
In 2011 her work was included in the exhibition Overthrown: Clay Without Limits at the Denver Art Museum.[4] In 2013 she was selected one of the 5 participants in the RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award competition held at the Gardiner Museum.[5] In 2018, she held a solo exhibition entitled Fierce Passengers at the Carleton University Art Gallery. [6] In 2021 Sormin was included in the exhibition No Boundaries: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics at Messum's London and Wiltshire locations.[7] The same year, she mounted a site-specific, monumental installation entitled Stream for Ceramics in the Expanded Field at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.[8] She also created a site-specific, multimedia installation for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2023.
Her work is in the collection of the Gardiner Museum[2] and the Victoria and Albert Museum.[9] Her piece, Ta Saparot (pineapple eyes), was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[10][11]
