906-202-0511
Instagram: @linda_king_ferguson
Born 1954, Battle Creek, MI
Lives and works in Marquette, MI and Nashville, TN
Education
MFA, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT: Painting and Art Theory with
Michelle Grabner, Ruth Root, and Ulrike Mueller
MA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: Drawing with Dean Richardson and
Color Interactions with Sewell Sillman
WEAVING SEMINAR, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
BFA, Alma College, Alma, MI: Painting & Textile Design
SUMMER SEMESTER, Academia Di Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2024 AN UNTHOUGHT LOGIC, Equity Gallery Project Space, New York, NY
KISS THE SKY ll, Graci Gallery, Marquette, MI
2023 KISS THE SKY, Channel to Channel, Chattanooga, TN
2022 UP FOCUS, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
2021 THE WAITING ROOM, Channel To Channel, Nashville, TN
FROM THE CENTER, Susan Hensel Gallery, Artsy,net
2019 LISTENING ROOM, Open Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
2018 HOME FIRES, LSAA Gallery, Marquette, MI
2017 LINDA KING FERGUSON, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
2015 FROM FIELD TO FORM, LSAA Gallery, Marquette, MI
EQUIVALENCE SERIES, SmallWorks Gallery, Marquette, MI
LINDA KING FERGUSON, Bay College, Escanaba, MI
2013 BETWEEN FROM AND FORM, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI
THE LIVING ROOM, Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, NY
2012 ABSTRACTIONS, William Bonfias Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI
2010 A SPECIFIC GRAVITY, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
LINDA KING FERGUSON, Solo, Ed Gray Gallery, Calumet, MI
2009 LINDA KING FERGUSON, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 EQUITY AT WAAM, Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY
AMOUNG FRIENDS, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 THE NEW MATH, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
KISS THE SKY, Solo, Channel to Channel, Chattanooga, TN
7 x 7, Graci Gallery, Marquette, MI
OPEN STUDIOS, SoMa, Marquette, MI
2022 MAKING SENSE WITHOUT CONSENSUS, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
PRIMAL AFFINITIES, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
PRIMAL AFFINITIES, Perspectives Gallery, Whitney Center, Hamden CT
2021 LINES &OTHER FORMS, Online exhibition, dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, Wright Gallery, Northport, MI
PRIMA MATERIA, Instagram Exhibition, curated by Amy Cheng and Charles Birnbaum
PAGE TURNER, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Artsy.net
ESSENTIAL WORKS, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Artsy.net
NORTH OF THE 45TH, curated by Ron Platt, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan
University, Marquette, MI
2020 SEA CHANGE, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Artsy.net
PANDEMIC PROOF, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Artsy.net
EQUITY AND JUSTICE, New York Artists Equity Gallery, New York, NY
Eighth ARTIST FEATURE, On Instagram: tcoxStudio
REDUCTION, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
NORTH OF THE 45TH, curated by Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam, DeVos Art Museum,
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
2020 NYAEA ANNUAL MEMBERS INVITATIONAL, New York Artists Equity Gallery, juried by
Paul D’Agostino, Priska Juschka, and Luciana Solano, New York, NY
UNTITLED, Rozsa Center for the Arts, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
2019 UNTITLED (SUMMER), Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
SALON! Rozsa Gallery, Michigan Technological University, curated by Lisa Gordillo,
Houghton, MI
2018 ONLINE EXHIBITON, Trestle Gallery, curated by Sharon Louden, Brooklyn, NY
2018 MEMBERS INVITATIONAL, New York Artists Equity Gallery, juried by David Cohen
and Fran O’Neill, New York, NY
ASEMIC-MEANING LESS, MAKING SENSE, GVG Contemporary, curated by Blair Vaughn
Gruler, Santa Fe, NM, CATALOG:
NORTH OF THE 45TH, curated by Cortney Lederer, DeVos Art Museum, Northern
Michigan University, Marquette, MI
DIVERSE CONSENSUS, The Bakery, Munising, MI
2017 STOMACH ACID REFLUX, White Columns Online, curated by Ellie Rines, White Columns,
New York, NY
I LOVE YOU, I HATE YOU, DON’T LEAVE ME, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
2016 2016 BIENNIAL, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI (juried by Mary Ann Wilkinson, Adjunct
Curator of Modern Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art)
BEAVER, Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
NORTH OF THE 45th, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
VISION: AN ARTIST’S PERSEPECTIVE, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA
2015 FIBER OPTIC, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, VOLUME 113, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL (juried and
curated by Staci Boris)
AKIN, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
ABSTRACTION/ARTIST/VIEWER/DIALOG, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI (juried by Lester
Johnson)
PAPERAZZI IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SMALL ROOM, Art 101 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
LIVING ROOM PROJECT, with Molly Heron, The Living Room, Cathouse FUNeral,
Brooklyn, NY
2014 NORTH OF THE 45TH, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
RESONANCE: LIM, JACKSON, FERGUSON, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
SAVING DANIEL RHODES, with Daniel Rhodes, Meighen Jackson, and Lesa Lim, River
Gallery, Chelsea, MI
EVERYWOMAN, Rackham Exhibition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2013 ABSTRACTION, Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI
NMU FACULTY BIENNIAL EXHIBITION, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University,
Marquette, MI
2012 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, T.W. Wood Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
NORTH OF THE 45TH, DeVos Art Museum, Northern MI University, Marquette, MI (juried by
Wally Mason, Haggerty Museum of Art Director, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI)
WET PAINT 2012, Zohu B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
2012 RAWLS NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, VA
2011 WET PAINT 2011, Zohu B. Art Center, Chicago, IL
SPHERES OF INFLUENCE, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
NORTH AMERICAN GRADUATE ART SURVEY, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN
2010 NORTH OF THE BRIDGE, Crooked Tree Art Center, Petosky, MI
TRUE NORTH, Alma College, Alma, MI
VISUAL DIARIES, Gallery West, Suffolk Community College, Long Island, NY; University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL;
Farleigh Dickinson University Gallery, Teaneck, NJ; Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2009 TRANSLATING SPACE, Marquette Arts and Culture Center, Marquette, MI
BRIDGING GENERATIONS: WOMEN ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM RUTGERS’
COLLECTION, Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
AMPLIFIED AUTHORITIES, SAG Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
65TH ART ANNUAL, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
NORTH OF THE 45th, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
(curated by Mary Ann Wilkinson of the Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI)
NMU PERMANENT COLLECTION, Kaye House, Marquette, MI
Residencies
Press Here Projects, Invitational, Livernois Artworks, Ferndale, MI, 2023
IN RESIDENCE, semiannually, Cathouse FUNeral Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 2013-2016
Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA, 2009
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 2008
Publications
Artdose Magazine, Artist Profile, July 2021
Presence Magazine, Image, Photo, and Artist Profile Video, June 2021
Hyperallergic, A View from the Easel #158, May 1, 2020
Locate Arts Blog, The Focus: Silent Violence by Andres Bustamante, March 16, 2020
Studio Visit, Vol. 45, The Open Studios Press, 2020
WHAT'S NEW IN AMERICAN PAINTING by Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, 2015
New American Painting, Volume 113, 2014
Selected Awards, Projects, and Professional Experience
AWARD: Jurors Award, North of the 45th, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI, 2021
PROJECT: The Bakery, Art Site and Studio, Founder and Director, 2018-2020
AWARD: POD Personal Development Grant, State of Michigan, 2015
TEACHING: ADJUNCT FACULTY, Art & Design Dept., Northern Michigan University,
Marquette MI, 2008-2013
AWARD: Adjunct Professional Development Grant, Northern Michigan University,
Marquette, MI, 2013
AWARD: William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI, 2009
AWARD: Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, 2009
Public and Corporate Collections
Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece
Rutgers University Library, Artist Diaries, New York Feminist Art Institute Archives, New Brunswick, NJ
Conrad Hilton, Nashville, TN
HSBC Bank, New York, NY
University of Michigan Art Museum Collection/C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Bay Area Medical Center, Escanaba, MI
Daimler Financial Services, Detroit, MI
DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Alma College, Alma, MI