LINDA EKSTROM
e-mail: ekstrom@arts.ucsb.eduACADEMIC
BA College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara 1982
MFA University of California, Santa Barbara, 1996
Lecturer in the College of Creative Studies, Studio Art, UCSB 1999 to presentSOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 unraveling, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica
2001 Beneath Memory, Frumkin Duval Gallery, Santa Monica
1999 Deep Sleep of Resemblance Sherry Frumkin/Christine Duval Gallery
1998 children of memory - University Art Museum, UCSB
1997 Transcriptions - Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1996 a space for memory - Holocaust Remembrance Week, UCSB Gallery 1434
1990 ...from the fire and Garden - OuterSpace Gallery, Contemporary Arts Forum
1989 Fire, Water, Night Sky, Cross and Gold - Puccinelli Gallery
1986 ARTSEEN, Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Triptych Wall
1985 Recent Works - OuterSpace Gallery, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
1982 Resolved/Unresolved: Installation - College of Creative Studies, UCSB
1982 In Search of Ancient Sisters - University of California, Santa Barbara
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Illiterature, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica
2009 Book as Sculpture, Brand Stater Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2008 Aldrich Undercover, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2008 Illiterature, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, traveling (curated by Mark Carter)
2007- 2008 ZOOM+/ - Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica; & LIMN Gallery, San
Francisco (curated by Doug Beube)
2007 Artists’ books Made Here, Elverhoy Museum of History and Art
2006 Fiber/Fabric: Angels Gate, San Pedro, CA
2006 Aldrich Undercover, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2005 Submersed: Contemporary Altered Books, International Surface Design Conference,
Kansas (curated by Teresa Paschke)
2005 Artists Create Books, Terhune Gallery, Toledo Ohio; Tiffin University, Ohio
Ohio Northern University (curated by Jean Clad)
2005 Books: An Exhibition of Exceptionally Scaled Books, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg
University Gallery, Cal Poly, Pomona
2005 Dialogue, I-5 Gallery at the Brewery, Los Angeles (curated by Michelle Onstot)
2004 Metaphorical Books, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro
2004 City Dialogues, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park
2004 Sacred Texts of the World, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
(curated by Diana Mullin; catalog)
2002 Girl Talk; Encina Gallery, Sacramento, CA (curated by Elizabeth Adan)
2002 memory/in/voice, installation created for Yom Ha-Shoah in
collaboration with Richard Hecht and Hillel, UCSB
2001 Year End LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA (curated by Christine Duval)
2001 So Cal(led) Books: Diversity in Artist’s Books from Southern California,
New York Center for the Book, New York (curated by Gloria Helfgott; catalog)
2001 Out of Line, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara
(curated by Rafael Perea de la Cabada; catalog)
2001 Theory or Faith, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Spun, The Living Room: Special Projects in Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Faith: The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium,
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
(curated by: Christian Eckart, Harry Philbrick, Osvaldo Romberg; catalog)
2000 Within Our Walls: The Museum at Pomona College, Montgomery Gallery,
Pomona College, Claremont CA
2000 Mathesis, Cerritos College, CA
2000 Faculty Exhibit, University of California, Santa Barbara,
2000 memory/in/dwelling, installation created for Yom Ha-Shoah in
collaboration with Richard Hecht and Hillel, UCSB
1999 So Cal(led) Books: Diversity in Artist’s Books from Southern California
San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco
1998 trans-, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco
1998 Open and Closed: Artists Contemporary Books as Sculpture,
Fullerton College Gallery
1998 Significant Others, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
1998 Charity2, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
1997 Second Biennial Artist’s Books Juried Exhibition,
Athenaeum Music and ArtsLibrary, La Jolla California
1997 Group Exhibition - Riverside Art Museum, Riverside. California
1997 Testimony, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, California
(curated by Rebecca McGrew; catalog)
1997 The Uncommon Book: I thought hope was home,
Sun Valley Center for the Humanities, Sun Valley, Idaho
1997 Seeking Balance, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California
1996 Reproducing Nature, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1996 Score, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
1996 Un Ange Passe, Reynolds Art Gallery, Westmont College, California
1995 Investigations, Gallery 1434, University of California, Santa Barbara
1995 Small Images, Atkinson Art Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
1995 Retrospective: Awards in the Visual Arts, Individual Artist Program,
Ro Snell Gallery, Santa Barbara
1994 Individual Artist Program:Traveling Exhibition,
Elverhoy Museum and Channing Peake Gallery
1993 Prints, selected by Ro Snell, Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara
1993 CHAIRity, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
1992 Un Ange Passe, Reynolds Art Gallery, Westmont College, California
1991 AMDG: Exhibition in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
(curated by Armand Rascone and Terrain Gallery, San Francisco)
1989 Faculty Exhibition, Atkinson Art Gallery, Santa Barbara City College
1989 AIDS CAP, Frameworks Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1988 Assemblages, Arpel Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
1987 Art Walk, Open Studios, UCSB Alumni Association,
1987 Dionysian Revel III: Garden of Earthly Delights,
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
1986 All California 86 on a Small Scale, Laguna Art Museum, California
(selected by Howard Fox; catalog)
Anchorage Alaska, Moskow Idaho (catalog)
1984 Group Show, Women’s Building, Santa Barbara, California
1983 December Group Show, Risser Gallery, Pasadena, California
1983 Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo,
(selected by Charles Garabedian; catalog)
1983 California Mystique: Contemporary Women Painters, McPhee Union Art Gallery
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California (selected by Sandy Ballatore)
1983 Western States Figurative Realism, Cypress College, Cypress, California (catalog)
1981 Big Paintings, College of Creative Studies Art Gallery, UC Santa BarbaraAWARDS and RESIDENCIES
2004 - Faculty Professional Development Grant, UCSB
Capturing the Bird: Material Forms of the Word in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson
2003 - Erasmus Institute Faculty Seminar, “Religious Hermeneutics and Secular Interpretation”
Led by Geoffrey Hartman, Yale University
1999-2005 - Artist in Residence, The Center for the Study of Religion, UCSB
1996-1998 - Visiting Scholar, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara,
1996 - Abrams Award, artist grant - UCSB Women’s Center
1995 - Abrams Award, artist grant - UCSB Women’s Center
1995 - Un Ange Passe, cash award - Westmont College
1994 - Un Ange Passe, cash award - Westmont College
1993 - Individual Artist Program, grant - Santa Barbara County Arts Commission
1986 - ARTSEEN, grant for site specific work - Santa Barbara Museum of ArtCATALOGS
1983 “Western States Figurative Realism”- Cypress College
1983 “Pacific States Print and Drawing Exhibition” - University of Hawaii, Hilo
1985 “X-Change”- Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum
1986 “All California ‘86 on a Small Scale”- Laguna Art Museum
1997 “Testimony”- Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College
2000 “Faith: The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium”
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
2001 “Out of Line, Drawings, Personal Notations,”- Channing Peake Gallery
2004 “City Dialogues at Barnsdall Art Park,” City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
2004 “Sacred Texts,” Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2006 “The Barry Berkus and Family Art Collection,” Santa Barbara County Arts CommissionGUEST LECTURES OR PAPERS PRESENTED
unraveling, Sherry Frumkin Gallery; Santa Monica, CA; December 2006
To Make Space: The Ritual Dimension Present in Contemporary Art and Practice,
Union Theological Seminary; New York, NY; November 2006
Symbol Language in Contemporary Art, Yale Institute of Sacred Music;
Yale University, November 2005
Symbol Language in the Work and Practice of Contemporary Artists,
Form/Reform: National Conference on Art and Architecture; Los Angeles, CA; 2004
Unveiling the Sacred in Contemporary Art: Interpreting Christian Boltanski, Anselm
Keifer, and Wolfgang Laib, Linda Ekstrom, Richard Hecht;
The Cultural Turn; February 2001
Material Memories, The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies;
Interdisiplinary Humanities Center; UCSB; Spring 2000
SmART talks, The Helen Rosenberg Memorial Lecture Series; Santa Barbara
Contemporary Arts Forum; Santa Barbara, CA; October 2000
Art and the Body: the body politic and the body private, University of California;
Santa Barbara, CA; October 2000
Dialogue: Linda Ekstrom and Judith Hoffberg discuss the artist’s book,Sherry Frumkin
Gallery; Santa Monica, CA; October 2000
The Book-Work and Process, Art Department, Cal State University; Long Beach, CA
lecture and graduate studio critiques; April 1998
Religion and Material Form, Department of Religious Studies, UCSB; May 1998
Testimony, a discussion of feminist concerns in religion and art, Religious Studies
Department, Pomona College; Pomona College Museum; November 1997
Testimony, discussion of bookworks, Art Studio Department, Pomona College; Montgomery
Gallery, Pomona College; Claremont, CA; December 1997
Lecture and Bookbinding Workshop, Art Studio Department, Pomona College; Claremont,
CA; binding of limited edition artists’ book, “Testimony”PUBLICATIONS
Articles Published1989, “Fire and Water: an artist explores the message of these two primal symbols”
Modern Liturgy Magazine, Vol. 16 no. 2, Resource Publications, Inc.
1997, “Space, Memory and Place” Environment and Art Letter, Vol. 10 no 1
1997, “Gober’s Mary fires debate on art, religion” National Catholic Reporter, December 5
1998, “Jewish women take another look as identity as ‘people of the book’”
National Catholic Reporter, February 6
1998, “Angels a sure winner but exhibit raises doubts on Church’s view of art”
National Catholic Reporter, May 8
2002, “LA’s cathedral’s new sacred space and ritual can offer healing”
National Catholic Reporter, November 29 (co-authored with Richard Hecht)
2007, “Ritual Performance and Ritual Practice: Teaching the Multiple Forms and
Dimensions of Ritual” in Teaching Ritual, edited by Catherine Bell,
Oxford University Press (co-authored with Richard Hecht)
2007, “Informed Source” (Linda Ekstrom featured artist and writer) Surface Design Journal;
Spring 2007, Volume 31, #3Books Illustrated or Art Contributed
1990, Words Around the Fire, Gail Ramshaw, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1990, Death Sourcebook, ed. Ginny Sloyan, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1991, Words Around the Table, Gail Ramshaw, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1991, Melodious Accord, Alice Parker, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1992, Paschal Mission 1992, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1995, Words Around the Font, Gail Ramshaw, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1995, The Psalter, (ICEL translation) Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1995, Psalms for Morning and Evening Prayer, (ICEL) Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1995, I Will Lie Down This Night, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1995, Triduum Sourcebook, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1996, The Canticles, (ICEL translation) Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
1998, The Lectionary, three volume ritual book, cover and inside art, Liturgy Training Publications, Chicago
2006, Biblical Religion and the Novel, 1700-2000, ed. Mark Knight and Thomas
Woodman, Ashgate Press
2007, Teaching Ritual, edited by Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press – Cover image
2008, Liturgy: New and Borrowed Rites; ed. Siobhan Garrigan and Janet Walton;
volume 23, no.1, Taylor& Francis Group, Routledge PressLIMITED EDITION BOOKS - hand to mouth press, Linda Ekstrom
1994, Poetry in the Hand: selected poems by Joyce Carol Oates; edition of 20
1994, The Kidnapping, story by Linda Ekstrom; edition of 20
1994, O, the night of the weeping children, a poem by Nelly Sachs; edition of 20
1995, Taboos: based on Totem and Taboo by Sigmund Freud; edition of 20
1996, Abu Steve is Coming Out of Retirement, story by Richard D. Hecht; edition of 100
1996, The Disappeared, story by Richard D. Hecht; edition of 100
1996, Jerusalem, poems by Jehuda Amichai, commemorating Amichai’s reading at UCSB;
edition of 85
1997, Testimony, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College; edition of 45
2004, Ahasuerus, poem by Geoffrey Hartman, commemorating his visit to the campus;
edition of 50
2006, The Visit, story and design by Linda Ekstrom; edition of 26
2009, Book of Isaiah, poem by Anne Carson, edition of 30ARTICLES WRITTEN OR LECTURES PRESENTED ON THE SUBJECT
“Sacred Books and Sacred Subversions: Linda Ekstrom’s Altered Bibles,” Richard D. Hecht;
American Academy of Religion, March 1998, Claremont, CA
Interdisciplinary Humanites Center; May 1998, UCSB
“Shredding the Bible at Westmont College?” Robert H.Gundry;
Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, January 23, 1996