| 2022 | What Gives, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA |
| 2020 | Yes Way, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA |
| 2019 | Hot Zone, Space K Adeline, Oakland, CA |
| 2018 | Slowdown Summer, Roll-Up Project, Oakland, CA |
| Half-Moon, Right Window Gallery (Artists' Television Access) San Francisco, CA |
| 2017 | Never Contained the Landscape, w/ Kathryn Spence, Gridspace, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2015 | Some Other Sense of Time and Place, w/ May Wilson), Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| Far Away Closer, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA |
| 2013 | All The Pink Together: Boom, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2012 | Color As Space, Sense, w/ Danielle Lawrence) 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco, CA |
| 2011 | New Paintings at 101 California Street, ArtSource, San Francisco, CA |
| 2010 | Inside Out, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Thirteen Watercolors, Rose Burlingham Fine Art, New York, NY |
| 2007 | Paintings/ Works on Paper, House of Hengst, San Francisco, CA |
| 2006 | New Paintings, Rena Bransten Gallery, New Work, San Francisco,CA |
| Out of the Blue, Bau Institute, Museo Ecologie Nationale, Otranto, Italy |
| Out of the Blue Part 2, Bau Institute, curated by Lilly Wei, Otranto, Italy |
| 2002 | Recent Paintings, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2001 | New Paintings, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2000 | New Paintings, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2025 | 5 x 5 x 5, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, San Rafael, CA |
| Instrumentals, curated by Lisa Cralle/ Rebekah Goldstein, Personal Space Vallejo, CA |
| Pyramid Scheme 2, Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| A Living Room, organized by Joe Ferriso, Qualia Contemporary Art, Palo Alto, CA |
| XXS, curated by Wendy White, Brintz + County Gallery, Palm Beach, FL |
| 2024 | 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA |
| Capp Street Project Invitational, San Francisco, CA |
| 2022 | House Show, curated by Matt Katsoros and David Wilson, San Francisco, CA |
| Midas, curated by Squeak Carnwath: Maria Guzman Capron, Ricki Dwyer, Sahar Khoury, Kyle Lypka & Tyler Cross, and John Moore, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
| 2021 | Seconds, curated by Griff Williams at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA |
| 2018 | Way Bay Part 2, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA |
| Thinking Structure, The Buck Institute, San Rafael, CA |
| 2017 | About Abstraction: Bay Area Painters, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA |
| Albany Library, with Todd Bura, Colter Jacobsen, Albany, CA |
| 2016 | PURPLE [Tears] w/ Sofie Ramos and Laura Rokas, Guererro Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| I Dreamt That Bees Made Honey, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 21st C Abstract Painting/Sculpture, curated by Gerald Jackson, Rush Arts, New York, NY |
| 2015 | Ascent, curated by Elizabeth Leach Gallery, One California Street, San Francisco, CA |
| New Normal #1, organized by Guererro Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| After Living in the Room of Realities Nouvelles, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2014 | Color Shift, Berkeley Museum, curated by Apsara DiQuinzio, Berkeley, CA |
| The Possible, curated by David Wilson, Larry Rinder, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA |
| 2013 | Unruly, curated by Lucinda Barnes, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA |
| 2012 | Watercolors / Works on Paper at Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2011 | Still Life Landscape, Castaneda/ Reiman at Baer Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2009 | Night Tide, curated by Colter Jacobsen, San Francisco, CA |
| Frank Holliday, Stephen Mueller, and Gwen Thomas at Rose Burlingham, New York, NY |
| Introductions, Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2008 | Three-Person Exhibition at Barry Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| Dream With Everything That Fades Away, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Interference, 3-person show, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY |
| Introductions, 3-person, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2007 | 7 – 07 curated by Hung Liu, at Barry Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| Long Time Collective Plus One, M1 Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2006 | Jack Davidson, Stephen Mueller, Melissa Meyer, Rose Burlingham, New York, NY |
| Snap, Crackle, Pop, curated by Sarrita Hunn, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2005 | November Show, Gruen Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Commission 05, SF Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2005 | Black Market Auction, curated by Jon Rubin, Independent School of Art, San Francisco, CA |
| Bay Area Bazaar, curated by Laurie Reid, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2022 | MacDowell residency, Peterborough, NH |
| MacDowell Residency Kendall Fellowship award, Peterborough, NH |
| 2021 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant |
| 2020 | SF Arts Commission Award, SFO, International Terminal, San Francisco, CA |
| 2019 | Facebook AIR mural project, San Francisco, CA |
| Sanskriti Museum Kendra Foundation Residency, New Delhi, India |
| 2018 | Kriti Residency, Varanasi, India |
| 2017 | Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York, NY |
| Yaddo Alma B. Shapiro award, Saratoga Springs, New York |
| 2012 | Berkeley Art Museum Collector's Circle Acquisition, Berkeley, CA |
| 2011 | Bau Institute Residency, Otranto, Italy |
| 2007 | Art Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, NY |
| 2006 | Bau Institute Residency, Otranto Italy |
| 1998 | Elizabeth Foundation Grant, New York, NY |
| Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY |
| 1995 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant |
| 2025 | Passing Through, Suite of three etchings with Moonlight Press, Oakland, CA |
| 2023 | Roll-up Project, The First Five Years exhibition catalog, essay by Maria Porges, Oakland, CA |
| 2022 | Nomadic Structures, exhibition catalog, curated by Annemarie Stohr, Saarbruken, Germany |
| What Gives, exhibition catalog, essay by Jamie Baron, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA |
| Midas, exhibition catalog, essay by Julia Couzens, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
| 2020 | Yes Way, Sidewalks, River catalog, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA |
| 2018 | Vital Voices Book Project, Washington, D.C. |
| Half-Moon zine, essay by Norma Cole, Right Window at Artists' Television Access, San Francisco, CA |
| 2013 | Studio Visit, essay by Norma Cole, Edition One, Berkeley, CA |
| 2010 | Reverse Psychology, essay by Leigh Markopoulos, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2007 | Out of the Blue, essay by Kenneth Baker, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2022–25 | Visiting Faculty, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, Colorado |
| 2015–25 | Professor of Painting and Graduate Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2024 | Discussion with Theresa Baker, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 2011–24 | Chair of Painting & Drawing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2022 | Panel Discussion with Maja Ruznick, Karma Gallery, New York, NY |
| Panel Discussion with Squeak Carnwath, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
| 2015–19 | Visiting Faculty, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO |
| 2016 | Conversations in Craft, Oregon College for Art & Craft, Portland, OR |
| Visiting Artist, Mills College, Oakland, CA |
| Visiting Artist, Shasta College, Redding, CA |
| 2014 | Interview with Leonardo Drew, Art 21 premiere, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| Visiting Artist, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA |
| Visiting Artist, University of Delaware, Newark, DE |
| Visiting Artist, New York Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2013 | Visiting Critic, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
| 2011–12 | Assistant Chair of Painting, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2011 | Exhibition Juror, Root Division, San Francisco, CA |
| 2010–13 | Associate Professor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| Assistant Chair of Painting, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2005–10 | Assistant Professor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
| 2025 | Mark Taylor, "Instrumentals," SF/ Arts, August 2025 |
| 2022 | Julia Couzens, "Linda Geary and Reed Anderson at Gallery 16," Squarecylinder, September 2022 |
| Jamie Baron, "Maps to Get Lost By," catalog essay, Gallery 16 |
| Julia Couzens, "The Inside Track," catalog essay, March 2022 |
| Jamie Baron, "Faces, Furniture, Flowers," Berkeleyside, February 2022 |
| 2020 | Jordan Stein, "Linda Geary Interview," Yes Way exhibition catalog, February 2020 |
| Norma Cole, "Faster Than I Can Think," Sidewalks catalog, Gallery 16, December 2019 |
| 2019 | Larry Rinder, "Could Be," Sidewalks catalog Gallery 16, November 2019 |
| Suzanne L'Heureux, "When Rivers," River catalog, Gallery 16, October 2019 |
| Scott Hewicker, "Misshapes," River catalog, Gallery 16, October 2019 |
| 2016 | Amy Ellingson, "Memorable Works in Art," blogspot, December 2016 |
| 2015 | Eric Dyer, "2nd Floor Projects," April 2015 |
| Sarah Hotchkiss, "Five Arts Events," KQED, April 2015 |
| Aaron Harbour, "Interface Gallery," Curiously Direct blog, October 2015 |
| Suzanne L'Heureux, "Some Other Sense of Time and Space," 2nd Floor Projects, March 2015 |
| Beatrice Chassepot, "Be Art at Sonce Alexander Gallery," October 2015 |
| JD Beltran, "Pasts, Presence and Future," Huffington Post, December 2015 |
| 2014 | Sarah Hotchkiss, "Wish You Were Here," KQED, April 2014 |
| 2013 | Leigh Markopoulos, "Painting Expanded Symposium at CCA," Art Practical, March 2013 |
| Kenneth Baker, "Linda Geary at Steven Wolf Fine Arts," SF Chronicle, September 2013 |
| 2012 | Art Practical staff, "Critic’s Picks, Art Practical, April 2012 |
| Scott Hewicker, "Color As Space, As Sense," 2nd Floor Projects, February 2012 |
| 2011 | Anne Ellegood, "New American Paintings," July 2011 |
| David M. Roth, "Still Life Landscape," Baer Ridgway Gallery, February 2011 |
| 2010 | Leigh Markopoulos, "Reverse Psychology," Rena Bransten Gallery, October 2010 |
| Kenneth Baker, "Linda Geary at Rena Bransten Gallery," SF Chronicle, October 2010 |
| David M. Roth, "Inside Out at Rena Bransten," Squarecyliner.com, October 2010 |
| Larry Rinder, "New American Paintings," May 2010 |
| Bruno Fazzolari, "Interview with John Zurier," ArtPractical.com, February 2010 |
| 2009 | Mary Anne Kluth, "Dream With Everything That Fades Away," ArtWeek, February 2009 |
| 2008 | Critic’s Pick, Exhibitions at Pulliam Deffenbaugh, Portland Mercury News, February 2009 |
| Victoria Dalkey, "Critic’s Pick," Sacramento Bee, February 2008 |
| 2007 | David M. Roth, "7.07: Year of the Pig," Art Week, July 2007 |
| Maria Porges, "Linda Geary at Rena Bransten Gallery," Art Forum, February 2007 |
| 2006 | Kenneth Baker, "Out Of The Blue," Rena Bransten Gallery June 2006 |
| Nancy Zastudil, "Snap, Crackle, Pop," catalog essay, April 2006 |
| 2003 | Colin Berry, "SF in Napa? Yes, At Off The Preserve!," ArtWeek, June 2003 |
| Kenneth Baker, Last Picture Show at Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, SF Chronicle, August 2003 |
| Jane Ganahl, "Visual Aid Gathers All Night Crowd," SF Chronicle, November 2003 |
| 2002 | David Bonetti, "There is a ‘there’ at Oakland Show," SF Chronicle, March 2002 |
| David Bonetti, "Top of the Week: Geary's work is part of Being There," SF Examiner, April 2002 |
| "30 Artists Picked to Show at Bay Area Now 3," SF Examiner, July 2002 |
| Kenneth Baker, "Are They Spills or Deliberate Forms," SF Chronicle, October 2002 |
| Kenneth Baker, "Bay Area Now 3; Peeks Into Artists' Inner Worlds," SF Chronicle, October 2002 |
| Glen Helfand, "Bay Area Now 3 Returns to the Fountain," SF Bay Guardian, November 2002 |
| Rene DeGuzman, "Bay Area Now 3," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, November 2002 |
| Stephanie Cash, "Report From SF, Surviving and Thriving," Art in America, November 2001 |