LINDA CELESTIAN
BIO
Linda Celestian grew up in upstate NY and spent her summers living on her family boat traversing the Finger Lakes. This was the beginning of her love of being outside and her kinship with nature.
She received a BFA from Moore College Of Art and Design in Philadelphia and completed a year of Graduate Studies in Fine Art.
She has studied Public Art at Penland School of Crafts, completed a training course in mural painting through the Creative District in Wilmington, DE and a 2-week course at Corning Museum of Glass in sand blasting and fused glass.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Her work alludes to patterns that are found both in nature and the human body. She continually explores ways to use natural markings and natural occurrences such as rust and poured paint to express the undeniable connection between man and nature.
ARTIST CV
1983-1988 Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts in Fashion Design,
Post-Graduate Study in Painting and Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Solo Exhibition, Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA
2017 Confluence, Mala Galleria, Kennett Square, PA
2017 The Beach and Beyond, Camp Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2016 Fluent, Delaware Division of the Arts, Mezzanine Gallery Wilmington, DE (Fellowship)
2015 Overflowing, Crane Arts Building, Hall (InLiquid), Philadelphia, PA
2014 Crescendo, Mala Galleria,Kennett Square, PA
2013 Oceans, Isles and Shoals, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2011 Outpouring, Delaware Division of the Arts, Mezzanine Gallery Wilmington, DE
2011 Waterways, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Hatch Gallery) Wilmington, DE
2004, 2008 Annual Arden Fair Arden, DE
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Catalyze, Cambridge Innovation Center, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Flow, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
2018 Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (curated by CFEVA)
2017 Biggs Picture Juried Landscape Competetion, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE (Juror, Jason Rosenfeld)
2017 Elemental, InLiquid @ Lacey and Phillips Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Sky Frame, 2 Commerce Square, Philadelphia (InLiquid)
2013 Five in Fiber, Gallery 37, Milford, DE
Broad Spectrum: Members’ Juried Show, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Juror, Molly Donavan)
2012 Art in the Open, Philadelphia, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Vanity Fare, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Reading, PA (Jurors, Lyn Godley, Pam Ptak)
FiberPhiladelphia, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA (Jurors, Elisabeth Agro, Bruce D. Hoffman)
2011 RSVP Invitational, LGTripp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 3rd Street Gallery Community Exhibit, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 NEW: Members’ Juried Show, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Juror, Roberta Fallon)
National Small Works Painting, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY (Jurors, Mariann Loveland, Roger Smith)
2009 On the Fringe of Fiber, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA (Juror, K. Pannepacker)
The Possibilities of Pause, Delaware Art Musuem, Wilmington, DE (Juror, Carina Evangelista)
2008 Essential Elements, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Hatch Gallery) Wilmington, DE
The Natural World, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Reading, PA (Juror, Robert P. Metzger)
Natural Progression, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Hatch Gallery) Wilmington, DE
2006, 2007 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Hatch Gallery) Wilmington, DE
Grants
2018 Delaware Division of the Arts, Opportunity Grant
2016 Delaware Division of the Arts, Emerging Fellowship in Painting
2014 Delaware Division of the Arts, Fellowship Honorable Mention
2013 Delaware Division of the Arts, Opportunity Grant
2012 Delaware Division of the Arts, Opportunity Grant
2003 Delaware Division of the Arts, Artist in Residence Wilmington Montessori School
2002 Delaware Division of the Arts, Artist in Residence Mt. Pleasant Elementary School
Publications:
2015 Studio Visit, Volume Twenty-Seven
