Work
Linda Sormin / Leluhur / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 22 x 22 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Leluhur / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 22 x 22 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Leluhur (detail)/ 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 22 x 22 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Leluhur / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 22 x 22 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Leluhur / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 22 x 22 x 15 inches
Art Toronto 2019 / Linda Sormin
Art Toronto 2019 / Linda Sormin / Jacqueline Surdell, tapestry
Art Toronto 2019 / Linda Sormin / Jacqueline Surdell, tapestry
Linda Sormin / Soem doon / 2019 / ceramic, found shards, epoxy, gold leaf / 24 x 32 x 17 inches
Art Toronto 2019 / Linda Sormin / Jacqueline Surdell, tapestry / Cornelia Schulz, painting
Art Toronto 2020
Linda Sormin / Khlong Khlaew / 2019 / glazed ceramic, gold leaf, discarded 3D print, shards, found objects / 21 x 14 x 13.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Khlong Khlaew / 2019 / glazed ceramic, gold leaf, discarded 3D print, shards, found objects / 21 x 14 x 13.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Khlong Khlaew / 2019 / glazed ceramic, gold leaf, discarded 3D print, shards, found objects / 21 x 14 x 13.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Khlong Khlaew / 2019 / glazed ceramic, gold leaf, discarded 3D print, shards, found objects / 21 x 14 x 13.5 inches
Art Toronto 2019 / Linda Sormin / Cornelia Schulz, painting
Art Toronto 2019 / Linda Sormin / Cornelia Schulz, painting
Art Toronto 2019 / Linda Sormin / Cornelia Schulz, painting
Linda Sormin / Yerd yoon / 2019 / ceramic, found shards, epoxy, glitter, leaf / 13 x 13 x 12 inches
Linda Sormin / Yerd yoon / 2019 / ceramic, found shards, epoxy, glitter, leaf / 13 x 13 x 12 inches
Linda Sormin / Yerd yoon / 2019 / ceramic, found shards, epoxy, glitter, leaf / 13 x 13 x 12 inches
Linda Sormin / Yerd yoon / 2019 / ceramic, found shards, epoxy, glitter, leaf / 13 x 13 x 12 inches
Linda Sormin / The Disillusionment of the Toiler / Everson Biennial, Syracuse, NY
Linda Sormin / The Disillusionment of the Toiler / Everson Biennial, Syracuse, NY
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Gail Wight / Land of the Flies: Winter / 2014-20 / archival pigment print on canvas / 20 x 240 inches (51.6 cm x 619.2 cm)
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods (detail) / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods (detail) / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Linda Sormin / Pass safely through redolent woods / 2020 / Glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, epoxy / 21.5 x 22 x 18 inches
Installation View of Linda Sormin & Gail Wight
Linda Sormin / Sup sohn / 2019 / ceramic, shards, epoxy, gold leaf / 12 x 14 x 12 inches
Linda Sormin / Sup sohn / 2019 / ceramic, shards, epoxy, gold leaf / 12 x 14 x 12 inches
Linda Sormin / Sup sohn / 2019 / ceramic, shards, epoxy, gold leaf / 12 x 14 x 12 inches
Linda Sormin / Sup sohn / 2019 / ceramic, shards, epoxy, gold leaf / 12 x 14 x 12 inches
Linda Sormin / Paintings for Sophia Mamora / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 20.5 x 16.5 x 10.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Fair winds and following seas / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 18 x 12.5 x 11.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Paintings for Sophia / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 20.5 x 16.5 x 10.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Paintings for Sophia / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 20.5 x 16.5 x 10.5 inches
Gail Wight / Land of the Flies: Winter / 2014-20 / archival pigment print on canvas / 20 x 240 inches (51.6 cm x 619.2 cm)
Linda Sormin / Merjojong / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, shards, found objects / 18 x 23 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Merjojong / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, shards, found objects / 18 x 23 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Merjojong / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, shards, found objects / 18 x 23 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Merjojong / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, shards, found objects / 18 x 23 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Merjojong / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, shards, found objects / 18 x 23 x 15 inches
Linda Sormin / Merjojong / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, gold leaf, shards, found objects / 18 x 23 x 15 inches
Installation View of Linda Sormin & Gail Wight
Linda Sormin / Fair winds and following seas / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 18 x 12.5 x 11.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Fair winds and following seas / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 18 x 12.5 x 11.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Fair winds and following seas / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 18 x 12.5 x 11.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Fair winds and following seas / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 18 x 12.5 x 11.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Fair winds and following seas / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 18 x 12.5 x 11.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Prajnaparamitha / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 15.5 x 15.5 x 8.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Prajnaparamitha / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 15.5 x 15.5 x 8.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Prajnaparamitha / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 15.5 x 15.5 x 8.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Prajnaparamitha / 2020 / glazed ceramic, watercolor on paper, shards, leaf / 15.5 x 15.5 x 8.5 inches
Linda Sormin / Mine (I hear him unclip me) / Denver Art Museum, CO
Linda Sormin / Fierce Passengers / Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
Linda Sormin / Of All Phenomena / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found Syracuse China and other shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 19 x 16 inches
Linda Sormin / Of All Phenomena (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found Syracuse China and other shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 19 x 16 inches
Linda Sormin / Of All Phenomena / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found Syracuse China and other shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 19 x 16 inches
Linda Sormin / Of All Phenomena / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found Syracuse China and other shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 19 x 16 inches
Linda Sormin / Of All Phenomena (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found Syracuse China and other shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 19 x 16 inches
Linda Sormin / Of All Phenomena / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found Syracuse China and other shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 19 x 16 inches
Linda Sormin / Of All Phenomena (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found Syracuse China and other shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 19 x 16 inches
Linda Sormin / Of All Phenomena (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found Syracuse China and other shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 19 x 16 inches
Linda Sormin / Putting Gold on the Back of the Buddha / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 18 x 19 inches
Linda Sormin / Putting Gold on the Back of the Buddha / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 18 x 19 inches
Linda Sormin / Putting Gold on the Back of the Buddha / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 18 x 19 inches
Linda Sormin / Putting Gold on the Back of the Buddha (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 18 x 19 inches
Linda Sormin / Putting Gold on the Back of the Buddha (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 18 x 19 inches
Linda Sormin / Putting Gold on the Back of the Buddha / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 18 x 19 inches
Linda Sormin / Putting Gold on the Back of the Buddha / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 18 x 19 inches
Installation View
Linda Sormin / Putting Gold on the Back of the Buddha / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, imitation gold leaf / 14 x 18 x 19 inches
Linda Sormin / Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art, UK /
Curator James Beighton, breaking through porcelain skin in Rift
Linda Sormin / Rift / Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art, UK
Linda Sormin / In Advance / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, glitter, imitation gold leaf / 24.5 x 39 x 32 inches
Linda Sormin / Are you land or water? / West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen, Norway
Linda Sormin / In Advance (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, glitter, imitation gold leaf / 24.5 x 39 x 32 inches
Linda Sormin / In Advance (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, glitter, imitation gold leaf / 24.5 x 39 x 32 inches
Linda Sormin / In Advance (detail) / 2018-19 / Glazed ceramic, found shards, epoxy, glitter, imitation gold leaf / 24.5 x 39 x 32 inches
Videos
Virtual Studio Visit: At Home with Linda Sormin
Chief Curator Sequoia Miller, Gardiner Museum, hosts an interview with Linda Sormin on Instagram IGTV. The conversation can also be found @gardinermuseum.
BIO
Linda Sormin’s sculptures are a journey through personal archeology. Her open-ended ceramics enfold many voices and labors, from the donated memorabilia of friends and strangers in distant places, to the hands of those assisting, to the dumpster diving, searching for the discarded. The complex membranes of pinched clay provide a porous conduit bridging and breaking bonds, entwining stories and histories among those who define themselves through their separations.
Born in Thailand, working in North America, Europe and Asia, Sormin is influenced by kinetic energy, complexity, and disparate social/cultural/visual forces. While migration and identity form the backbone of the work, it’s the disruptive dissonance within her balletic balance that breaths life. The technical considerations of how Sormin’s work evolves are never far from the stories within. Multiple firings, various clays, smooth and rough surface, glaze, contrasting color, and cast away materials, are all integral elements in forming the non-linear narratives of discrete sculpture, and immersive installations.
Linda Sormin is Associate Professor of Studio Art at New York University, Steinhardt. Prior to NYU, Sormin was Professor of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University (2016 – 2019), and Associate Professor (2006- 2011) at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her work has been extensively exhibited throughout Europe, the United States and Asia, including Jogja National Museum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark, Middelfart, Denmark; and West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen, Norway. Collections include the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY; Arizona State University Art Museum; CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark, and others.