Linda Ganjian

Linda Ganjian is a Queens, NYC-based artist who works in a variety of materials, from clay to cement to paper. Her work has been exhibited in New York and abroad. Some exhibition highlights include: Islip Art Museum, NY; Grandchildren at Depo, Istanbul; Artspace, New Haven, CT; National Academy of Design; Socrates Sculpture Park; Queens Museum; Storefront for Art and Architecture; the Brooklyn Museum of Art; and Stedelijk museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, Holland. She has received grants from: the Queens Council on the Arts; Pollack-Krasner Foundation; Artslink; and fellowships to: MacDowell Colony, Millay Colony, and Vermont Studio Center. She completed a public art commission for the NYC School Construction Authority in 2014 through the NYC 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 B.A. from Bard College and her MFA from Hunter College CUNY. She lives in Jackson Heights, Queens where she founded the artist talk series JH Art Talks in 2016.