CV
Education
| MFA University of Delaware: Painting |
| Richmond College, London, England |
| BA (Double Major) University of San Diego: Studio Art/ English |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 | What Gives, Gallery 16, San Francisco |
| 2020 | Yes Way, Gallery 16, San Francisco |
| 2019 | Hot Zone, Space K Adeline, Oakland |
| 2018 | Slowdown Summer, Roll-Up Project, Oakland |
| Half-Moon, Right Window Gallery (Artists' Television Access) San Francisco | |
| 2017 | Never Contained the Landscape, w/ Kathryn Spence, Gridspace, Brooklyn |
| 2015 | Some Other Sense of Time and Place, w/ May Wilson), Interface Gallery, Oakland |
| Far Away Closer, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, California | |
| 2013 | All The Pink Together: Boom, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco |
| 2012 | Color As Space, Sense, w/ Danielle Lawrence) 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco |
| 2011 | New Paintings at 101 California Street, ArtSource, San Francisco |
| 2010 | Inside Out, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco |
| Thirteen Watercolors, Rose Burlingham Fine Art, New York City | |
| 2007 | Paintings/ Works on Paper, House of Hengst, San Francisco |
| 2006 | New Paintings, Rena Bransten Gallery, New Work, San Francisco |
| Out of the Blue, Bau Institute, Otranto/NY, Museo Ecologie Nationale, Otranto, Italy | |
| Out of the Blue #2, Bau Institute, Otranto/NY curated by Lilly Wei, Castle Otranto, Italy | |
| 2002 | Recent Paintings, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco |
| 2001 | New Paintings, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco |
| 2000 | New Paintings, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2025 | 5 x 5 x 5, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, San Rafael |
| Instrumentals, curated by Lisa Cralle/ Rebekah Goldstein, Personal Space Vallejo | |
| Pyramid Scheme 2, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco | |
| A Living Room, organized by Joe Ferriso, former Pace Gallery (Qualia) Palo Alto | |
| XXS, curated by Wendy White, Brintz + County Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida | |
| 2024 | 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley |
| Capp Street Project Invitational, San Francisco | |
| 2022 | House Show, curated by Matt Katsoros and David Wilson, Sunset District, San Francisco |
| Midas, curated by Squeak Carnwath: Maria Guzman Capron, Ricki Dwyer, Sahar Khoury, Jerry Leisure, Kyle Lypka & Tyler Cross, and John Moore, at the Berkeley Art Center | |
| 2021 | Seconds, curated by Griff Williams at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco |
| 2018 | Way Bay Part 2, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley |
| Thinking Structure, The Buck Institute, San Rafael | |
| 2017 | About Abstraction: Bay Area Painters, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek |
| Albany Library, with Todd Bura, Colter Jacobsen, Albany, California | |
| 2016 | PURPLE [Tears of Rage] w/ Sofie Ramos and Laura Rokas, Guererro Gallery, San Francisco |
| I Dreamt That Bees Made Honey, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco | |
| 21st C Abstract Painting/Sculpture, curated by Gerald Jackson, Rush Arts, New York City | |
| 2015 | Ascent, curated by Elizabeth Leach Gallery, One California Street, San Francisco |
| New Normal #1, organized by Guererro Gallery, Oakland | |
| After Living in the Room of Realities Nouvelles, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 2014 | Color Shift, Berkeley Museum and Pacific Film Archive, curated by Apsara DiQuinzio |
| The Possible, curated by David Wilson, Larry Rinder, Berkeley Art Museum | |
| 2013 | Unruly, curated by Lucinda Barnes, Berkeley Art Museum |
| 2012 | Watercolors / Works on Paper at Pulliam Gallery, Portland, Oregon |
| 2011 | Still Life Landscape, Castaneda/ Reiman at Baer Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco |
| 2009 | Night Tide, curated by Colter Jacobsen, San Francisco |
| Frank Holliday, Stephen Mueller, and Gwen Thomas at Rose Burlingham, New York City | |
| Introductions, Pulliam Gallery, Portland, Oregon | |
| 2008 | Three-Person Exhibition at Barry Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento |
| Dream With Everything That Fades Away, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco | |
| Interference, 3-person show, HP Garcia Gallery, New York City | |
| Introductions, 3-person, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, Oregon | |
| 2007 | 7 – 07 curated by Hung Liu, at Barry Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento |
| Long Time Collective Plus One, M1 Gallery, San Francisco | |
| 2006 | Jack Davidson, Stephen Mueller, Melissa Meyer, Rose Burlingham, New York City |
| Snap, Crackle, Pop, curated by Sarrita Hunn, Playspace CCA, San Francisco | |
| 2005 | November Show, Gruen Gallery, Chicago |
| Commission 05, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery | |
| 2005 | Black Market Auction, Independent School of Art, San Francisco, curated by Jon Rubin |
| Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, Oregon, curated by Laurie Reid |
Awards/Grants/Residencies
| 2022 | MacDowell residency/ Kendall Fellowship award |
| 2021 | Pollock-Krasner grant |
| 2020 | River, a permanent public mosaic at SFO, International Terminal |
| 2019 | Facebook AIR mural project, San Francisco |
| 2019 | Sanskriti Museum Kendra Foundation, New Delhi, India |
| 2018 | Kriti Residency, Varanasi, India |
| 2017 | Alma B. Shapiro award/ residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York |
| 2012 | Berkeley Art Museum Collector's Circle Acquisition |
| 2011 | Bau Institute, Otranto, Italy |
| 2007 | Art Omi International Artists Residency, Omi, New York |
| 2006 | Bau Institute Otranto & New York, Otranto Italy |
| 1998 | Elizabeth Foundation Grant, New York |
| 1998 | Millay Colony, Austerlitz, New York |
| 1995 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant |
Other Projects
| 2025 | Passing Through: 3 etchings with Moonlight Press |
| 2024 | With Kota Ezawa, organized Fool's Gold MFA exhibition, SF Institute of Contemporary Art |
| 2022 | Open Editions blankets/ notebooks fundraiser for Berkeley Art Center |
| 2021 | Believe In Truth Teaching/ Election Initiative w/Citizens In Action Coalition Grant SF |
| 2020 | Yes Way, Sidewalks, River, 3-catalogs, Gallery 16, San Francisco |
| 2018 | Vital Voices Book Project, w/ a focus on Kiran Bir Sethi, Washington DC |
| Slowdown Summer zine, for show at Roll-Up Project, Oakland | |
| Half-Moon zine, for Right Window at Artists' Television Access, San Francisco | |
| 2014 | Open Mic for Studio Visit, organized by Apsara DiQuinzio, at Berkeley Art Museum |
| Plumb Notebooks, design project with Tucker Nichols, MacFadden & Thorpe Design | |
| 2013 | Studio Visit (book of 100 studio visits), with essay by Norma Cole, Edition One, Berkeley |
| Trapped in the Wunderkammer at the Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco | |
| Hotbox Forever, Lecia Dole-Recio, Jeff Gibson, Mary Weatherford, Wendy White, at Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco |
Teaching/Professional
| 2022-25 | Anderson Ranch Visiting Faculty, Aspen, Colorado |
| 2024 | Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art: Discussion with Theresa Baker |
| 2024 | Mickalene Thomas' and Jasmine Wahi's The Business of Art-Making class (as student) |
| 2015-25 | Professor/Painting and Graduate Fine Arts |
| 2011-24 | Chair of Painting & Drawing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
| 2022 | Karma Gallery NYC Zoom Panel Discussion with Maja Ruznick |
| Midas exhibition Zoom Panel with Squeak Carnwath | |
| 2015-19 | Anderson Ranch Visiting Faculty, Aspen, Colorado |
| 2016 | OCAC, Conversations in Craft, Visiting Faculty, Portland, Oregon |
| Visiting Artist, Mills College, Oakland | |
| 2015 | Co-Organizer of Painting Expelled, at CCA in San Francisco |
| Visiting Artist, Shasta College, Redding, California | |
| 2014 | Interview with Leonardo Drew for Art 21 premiere, CCA |
| Visiting Artist, University of San Diego, California | |
| Visiting Artist, University of Delaware, Newark Delaware | |
| Visiting Artist, New York Studio Program, Brooklyn, New York | |
| 2013 | Visiting Critic, San Francisco Art Institute |
| Co-Organizer of Painting Expanded Symposium at CCA in San Francisco | |
| 2011–12 | Assistant Chair of Painting, California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
| 2011 | Juror for exhibition at Root Division, with Rene DeGuzman, Andres Guerrero, San Francisco |
| 2010–13 | Associate Professor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
| Assistant Chair of Painting, California College of the Arts, San Francisco | |
| 2005-10 | Assistant Professor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco |
Bibliography
| 2025 | SF Arts Curator Insight,Mark Taylor, SF Arts Magazine |
| 2022 | Linda Geary and Reed Anderson at Gallery 16, Squarecylinder, by Julia Couzens |
| Maps to Get Lost By, catalog essay for exhibition at Gallery 16, by Jaimie Baron | |
| Thinking Structure exhibition catalog, Hamburg, Germany | |
| The Inside Track, catalog essay for Midas, Berkeley Art Center by Julia Couzens | |
| Faces, Furniture, Flowers, on the Midas exhibition, Berkeleyside, by Jaimie Baron | |
| 2020 | Jordan Stein, Linda Geary interview, Yes Way, Gallery 16, San Francisco |
| Larry Rinder, Could Be, writing for Sidewalks, Gallery 16, San Francisco | |
| Norma Cole, Faster Than I Can Think, poem for Sidewalks, Gallery 16, San Francisco | |
| Suzanne L'Heureux, When Rivers, writing for River, Gallery 16, San Francisco | |
| Scott Hewicker, Misshapes, writing for River, Gallery 16, San Francisco | |
| 2016 | Amy Ellingson, Memorable Works in Art, blogspot |
| 2015 | Some Other Sense of Time and Space, http://atatart.com/ Eric Dyer |
| KQED, by Sarah Hotchkiss | |
| Curiously Direct blog, Aaron Harbour | |
| Some Other Sense of Time and Space, essay by Suzanne L’Heureux | |
| Be-Art, at Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, Beatrice Chassepot | |
| Pasts, Presence and Future, by JD Beltran, Huffington Post | |
| 2014 | KQED Wish You Were Here, Sarah Hotchkiss |
| 2013 | Painting Expanded Symposium at CCA, by Leigh Markopoulos |
| Kenneth Baker, Linda Geary at Steven Wolf Fine Arts, SF Chronicle | |
| 2012 | Critic’s Picks, Art Practical |
| Scott Hewicker, Color As Space, As Sense, 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco | |
| Radio Interview, Margaret Tedesco’s KUSF In Exile Archive, Linda Geary and Jordan Stein | |
| 2011 | New American Paintings, juried by Anne Ellegood, senior curator at the Hammer Museum |
| In the Make: Studio Profile with Klea McKenna and Nikki Grattan: inthemake.com | |
| David M. Roth, Still Life Landscape at Baer Ridgway, Squarecylinder.com | |
| 2010 | Leigh Markopoulos, Reverse Psychology, catalog essay for Inside Out |
| Kenneth Baker, Linda Geary at Rena Bransten Gallery, SF Chronicle | |
| David M. Roth, Inside Out at Rena Bransten, Squarecyliner.com | |
| New American Paintings, juried by Larry Rinder, Director of the Berkeley Museum | |
| Bruno Fazzolari, Interview with John Zurier, ArtPractical.com | |
| 2009 | Mary Anne Kluth, Dream With Everything That Fades Away, Art Week February |
| 2008 | Critic’s Pick, Show at Pulliam Deffenbaugh, Portland Mercury News, February |
| Victoria Dalkey, Critic’s Pick, Sacramento Bee, February | |
| 2007 | David M. Roth, ‘7.07: Year of the Pig’ at b. sakata garo, Art Week July |
| Maria Porges, Linda Geary at Rena Bransten Gallery, Art Forum, February | |
| 2006 | Kenneth Baker, catalog essay for Out Of The Blue, June |
| Nancy Zastudil, Snap, Crackle, Pop, catalog essay, April | |
| 2003 | Colin Berry, SF in Napa? Yes, At Off The Preserve!, Art Week, June |
| Kenneth Baker, Last Picture Show at Marcel Sitcoske, SF Chronicle, August | |
| Jane Ganahl, Visual Aid Gathers All Night Crowd, SF Chronicle, November | |
| 2002 | David Bonetti, There is a ‘there’ at Oakland Show, SF Chronicle, March |
| SF Chronicle, Top of the Week, Geary’s work is part of Being There, April | |
| SF Chronicle, 30 Artists Picked to Show at Bay Area Now 3, July | |
| Kenneth Baker, Are They Spills or Deliberate Forms?, SF Chronicle, October | |
| Kenneth Baker, ‘Bay Area 3’ Peeks Into Artists’ Inner Worlds, SF Chronicle, October | |
| Glen Helfand, Bay Area Now 3 Returns to the Fountain, SF Bay Guardian, November | |
| Rene DeGuzman, Bay Area Now 3, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | |
| Stephanie Cash, Report From SF, Surviving and Thriving, Art in America, November |