Linda Craddock

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Linda Craddock
Born (1952-07-15) July 15, 1952 (age 72)
Vegreville, Alberta
EducationAlberta College of Art (Diploma); University of Calgary (BFA); University of Calgary (MFA)
Known forvisual artist
PartnerPeter Deacon
Website https://lindacraddock.ca/cv/

Linda Craddock (aka Brock, Edgar, Green) (born 1952) is a Canadian visual artist living in Calgary, Alberta. [1] Her work has been featured in exhibitions since 1973.

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Early life and education

Craddock was born and raised in Vegreville, Alberta. [2] She attended Alberta College of Art + Design (1970-1974) and completed her BFA (1979-1981) and MFA (1986-1988) at the University of Calgary. [3] In 1987 the National Gallery of Canada purchased a series of six of Craddock’s photographs to add to the Canadian Photography Institute's collection. [4]

Career

In 1988 Craddock moved to Vancouver Island where she resided with her family and worked at a post secondary photography school in Victoria. In 1997 she moved to one of the Gulf Islands and employed the location’s remoteness to reflect upon her art. [5] Craddock (then working under the name Linda Brock) found that the island's remoteness promoted contemplation of her prior life, living in the Prairies, enabling her to "go back to other times and places with ease and grace." Her exhibition Awaiting Memories (2003) was vastly inspired by these reflections on her personal life. [6] After six years of living on Pender Island, Craddock returned to Calgary, becoming involved with the Calgary Board of Education and teaching photography at the University of Calgary. [5]

In the series of paintings for the exhibition Hometown Dreams: Memory and Change, Craddock examined the elusiveness of experience, memory and time. [7] In Hometown Dreams she explored her relationship with the community of rural Alberta. [8] Craddock states, " None of us live [sic]exclusively in the present. What we understand as being 'now' is in fact an amalgamation of personal and collective experiences interactive with a current framework of existence. This defines who we are..." [7]

A source of inspiration for the exhibition Levitas, was Banff National Park, where Craddock created a series of paintings centered on the sensation of levitation that she describes as a experience that exists in our dream state, "A desire to be 'free' or to transcend the bounds of gravity also results in our spiritual aspirations and changes the shape of our memories." [2]

Craddock's work has been exhibited nationally in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan as well as being a part of a touring exhibition with the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, titled Portraits of Women in 1990. [2] Her work is included in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON; [5] the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; [9] and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, AB. [5]

Bibliography

Further reading

Feature Artists, Linda Craddock, MFA, ASA: Biography

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  1. ↑ "Artist/Maker name "Craddock, Linda"". www.app.pch.gc.ca. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Craddock, Linda". www.bugeramathesongallery.com. Bugera Matheson Gallery. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Linda Craddock, MFA, ASA". www.albetasocietyofartists.com. The Alberta Society of Artists. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Contemporary Art - Linda Craddock". www.mastersgalleryltd.com. Masters Gallery Ltd. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. 1 2 Heth, Shannon; Karlinsky, Amy; Van Sluys, Shawn; Cramp, Beverly; MacPherson, Colleen; Chapman, Rod; MacLeod, Jennifer (2003). "Artist Portraits". Galleries West. 2 (Summer) (2): 38. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "Featured artist: Linda Craddock". Mud Season Review (2). 20 October 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Linda Craddock: Hometown Dreams". www.leightoncentre.org. Leighton Art Centre. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Linda Craddock: Works by this artist". www.youraga.ca. Art Gallery of Alberta. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  9. ↑ Priegert, Portia (27 February 2018). "Linda Craddock's Levitations". www.gallerieswest.ca. GalleriesWest. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Alberta Society of Artists: Bridges". www.leightoncentre.org. Leighton Art Centre. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  11. ↑ Guerreno, Marcela; Barber, Rhonda; Larc, Thomas; Malec, Jacek; Rae, Michael; Triangle Gallery; Artists' Circle of Calgary (2008). Images and reflections: the Artist' Circle of Calgary (Catalogue). Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts. pp. 1–47. OCLC   850285329 . Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Cover Art: Linda Craddock, Summer Sunset Sky". The Malahat Review (167): Cover. Summer 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  13. ↑ Harmon, Kitty; Raban, Jonathan (2001). The Pacific Northwest Landscape: A Painted History. Sasquatch Books. pp. 1–144. ISBN   1570612846 . Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  14. ↑ Jackson, Christopher (1989). Alternate visions: eight Alberta photographers (catalogue ed.). Glenbow Museum. ISBN   0919224903 . Retrieved 12 May 2019.
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