Linda Ganjian is a New York based artist who works in a variety of materials, from clay to cement to paper. Her main pursuit has involved making large “table-top” sculptures comprised of hundreds of miniature forms, that are a reinterpretation of Middle Eastern and American craft traditions (carpets, quilts, calligraphy). Much of her work presents memories and impressions of the urban landscape, the specific history of a site, or more personal narratives.
Her work has been exhibited in New York and abroad. Some exhibition highlights include: “Symbolic Convergence” at Front Room Gallery, Hudson, New York (2024); “Uncontained Consumption” at Mother-in-Law’s Haus, Germantown, New York (2023), “Future of Things Passed” with Atamian Hovsepian, pop-up at 138 W 25th, New York, New York (2022); “Jamaica Flux: Workspaces and Windows” at The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Queens, New York (2021); Art-in-Buildings at 125 Maiden Lane, New York, New York (2017–2018); Islip Art Museum, New York, New York (2016); “GRANDCHILDREN: New geographies of belonging” at Depo, Istanbul (2015); Auxiliary Projects, Brooklyn, New York (2013); Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut (2009); National Academy of Design, New York, New York (2008); “Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition” at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York (2007); “Queens International” at Queens Museum, Queens, New York (2006); “Portable” at Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, New York (2006); “Urban Designs” at eyewash@Boreas Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (2006); “Open House: Working in Brooklyn” at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (2004); and at Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden, Holland (2001).
She has received grants from: the Queens Council on the Arts (2023, 2021, 2017, 2011); Pollock-Krasner Foundation (2005); Artslink (2001); and fellowships to: MacDowell (2006), Mass MoCA Studio Program (2024, 2019), among others. She completed a public art commission for the New York City School Construction Authority in 2014 through the Percent for Art Program and the NYC MTA in 2016. In 2019, she was a QCA ArtPort resident at LaGuardia Airport. Her illustrations of Queens landscapes were translated into ceramic tiles for the restrooms of JFK Terminal 8.
She received her BA from Bard College and her MFA from CUNY–Hunter College.