C.V.
Linda has been making and exhibiting sculpture for several decades inside and outside the Yorkshire region where she was born.
She studied Art and Design at Ripon and York St. John, Bretton Hall, Wakefield, and at Leeds University where she attained an M.A. in the History and Theory of Sculpture Studies under the tutorship of Ben Read.
Linda also worked with Peter Hibbard for a number of years after his time spent working as an assistant to Henry Moore. She is a founder member of Yorkshire Sculptors Group which was set up in 1985.
She has worked on corporate and private commissions and her work is held in private collections all over the world.
Links
Yorkshire Sculptors Group – www.yorkshiresculptorsgroup.org
List of Exhibitions
2022 | Raw Edge, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds. | |
2021 | Invasive Species: Shaping The Landscape, Wentworth Castle Gardens. | |
2021 | Passages. The Old Parcel Office, Scarborough. | |
2020 | Invasive Species, Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate. | |
2019 | Breaking Ground, Patchings Art Centre,Nottingham. | |
2018 | Connexions, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax. | |
2017 | Separation, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax. | |
2017 | Dye House Gallery, Bradford. | |
2016 | Beverley Minster. | |
2015 | Burnby Hall Gardens. | |
2014 | Scarborough Art Gallery. 'Lines of Conflict' | |
2013 | Brimham Rocks. 'Rock Solid' (Solo sculpture exhibition) funded by the Arts Council. | |
2011 | Inner Tendrils, Ripon Cathedral . (Solo sculpture exhibition) funded by the Arts Council. | |
2011 | Inner Tendrils, Durham Cathedral. (Solo sculpture exhibition) funded by the Arts Council. | |
2009 | Chelsea Gallery, London. June 2009 | |
2009 | Trinity Church. Leeds. October. | |
2008 | Durham Cathedral . | |
2007 | The Human Imprint, Ripon Cathedral. (Solo sculpture exhibition funded by the Arts Council) | |
2006 | Burnby Hall Gardens, Pocklington. | |
2006 | Wakefield Art Gallery. | |
2005 | Within The Sublime, York Minster. | |
2004 | Bowes Museum. | |
2004 | Holy Rood House, Thirsk. | |
2003 | Beverley Art Gallery. | |
2003 | Bradford Art & Craft Gallery. | |
2003 | Ripon Cathedral. | |
2002 | Parceval Hall. | |
2002 | Harlow Carr Gardens. | |
2001 | Please Touch. Beverley Art Gallery. | |
2000 | Critical Mass. St. Martin’s on the Hill, Scarborough. | |
1998 | Old School Arts Workshop. | |
1996 | Mass Appeal. Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate. | |
1996 | Grass Roots. Harlow Carr Gardens. | |
1996 | Carved & Cast. York City Art Gallery. | |
1995 | Shapes in the Past. English Heritage sites throughout North Yorkshire. | |
1995 | Sewerby Hall, Bridlington. | |
1994-95 | Swaledale Festival. | |
1993 | Swaledale Festival. | |
1993 | Heads & Tails. Design Innovation Centre. | |
1994 | In a Green Shade. Mount Grace Priory. | |
1992 | Off the Wall. Dean Clough Contemporary Art Gallery. | |
1991 | Scarborough Artists Biennale. Selected by Austin Wright. | |
1991 | Sculpture at Rievaulx. | |
1989 | Bankfield Museum. Halifax. | |
1988 | Harlow Carr Gardens. | |
1987 | Sculpture in Scarborough | |
1987 | Sculpture in the Garden. York Museum Gardens. | |
1987 | Small Sculptures and Drawings. Eastthorpe Gallery, Mirfield. | |
1987 | Recent Sculptures. Huddersfield Art Gallery. | |
1986 | Whitby Arts in Hospitals Scheme. | |
1986 | Leeds Polytechnic Art Gallery. | |
1985 | Harlow Carr Gardens. | |
Linda Thompson B.A, P.G.C.E, M.A. | ||