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1960Born Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
EDUCATION
1983 Diploma of Fine Arts, David Thompson University Center, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
1989 BFA Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1992 MFA University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1997 Residency, The Archie Bray Foundation for the Arts, Helena, Montana
2004 Residency, Tainan National College of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1996-1997 Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
1997— Professor of Ceramic Art at Alfred University School of Art and Design, Alfred, New York
Linda Sikora’s thrown porcelain or stoneware jars, bowls, and teapots are best known for their complex forms and polychrome surfaces.
Typical of earlier pieces, are manipulated or embellished details made after removal from the wheel. Sikora created these details by pinching the clay to add ruffles or, by adding small balls of clay the rim.
Sikora's work from circa 2012 on, simplifies her previously embellished forms by instead exploring the subtleties of form and surface techniques. This is evident in her 'faux wood' group of 2012.
Sikora begins her firings with wood and ends with an oil drip. Using oil to finish the firing allows some ash deposits on the work but prevents the rich colors from burning out or being clouded by ash deposits. Sikora uses either wood, oil and salt firing, or, salt firing.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum , Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Burkett, Richard. Masters: Porcelain-Major Works by Leading Ceramists. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2007.
Cooper, Emanuel. Contemporary Ceramics. London, England: Thames and Hudson, 2009.
Ferrin, Leslie. Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object. Madison, WI: Guild Publishing, 2000.
Hluch, Kevin A. The Art of Contemporary American Pottery. Iola, WI: Krause Publishing, 2000.
Hopper, Robin. Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2004.
______. The Ceramic Spectrum. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000.
Kneafsey, Kathleen, “Sources and Influences: Mentors and Students,” Ceramics Monthly (April 2012).
Peterson, Susan. Working With Clay, 2nd edition. London, England: Laurence King Publishing, 2002.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Ceramics and Americanness.” American Ceramics 11, no.2 (Spring 1994).
Shapiro, Mark. “Linda Sikora: Beneath the Surface,” interview. The Studio Potter (June 2004).
Sikora, Linda. “Necessity Presses.” The Studio Potter, (Winter/Spring 2011/2012).
_____, Linda, ed. “Contemporary Functional Pottery: A Sampling of Views,” The Studio Potter (June 2005).
Smith, Paul J. ”Handmade by Design.” Ceramics Art and Perception, no. 51 (2003).
_____. For Use-Handmade by Design. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.2000.
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