Biography

Linda Sormin is a Canadian artist working in ceramics and mixed media. Through objects and site-specific installations, Sormin’s work explores issues of fragility and aggression, mobility and survival. Born in Bangkok, Sormin has a BA in English Literature and worked in community development for four years in Thailand and Lao PDR. She studied ceramics at Andrews University, Sheridan School of Craft & Design (Grad 2001) and Alfred University (MFA 2003).

Sormin’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at the West Norway Museum of Decorative Arts (Bergen, NO), Denver Art Museum (Denver, USA), gl Holtegaard (Denmark), Vallauris (France) and Middlesbrough (UK). For the past eight years, she taught ceramics at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (Vancouver, BC) and the Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI).

Sormin is currently based in Toronto, Canada and is Professor, Head of Ceramics at the Sheridan School of Craft & Design.