Linda Sormin

Linda Sormin’s ceramic and mixed media sculptures and site-responsive installations embody vulnerable and fragmented parts of human experience. “Linda Sormin: Uncertain Ground” a mid-career solo museum exhibition is currently at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto (November 6, 2025 - April 12, 2026). Recent exhibitions include “Stream” a large scale installation in Ceramics in the Expanded Field: Sculpture, Performance and the Possibilities of Clay at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, (2021-23), and “Boru Sibaso Paet, on the foam of the primordial sea” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (2023). Sormin lives and works in New York City.

Since the early 2000’s, Sormin has established a distinct visual and material language, using raw clay, fired ceramics, found objects, and interactive methods. She integrates writing, video, sound and hand cut paintings with clay, metal, textiles, and wood.  Their work has always been influenced – though at times unwittingly – by cultural practices in family histories rooted in Thailand, China, and Indonesia. They have taught at leading art schools, including Emily Carr University, RISD, Sheridan College, Alfred University, and New York University, where she is a tenured Professor of Studio Art (2019-present). She holds a BA in English Literature (Andrews University, 1993), a Diploma in Craft and Design (Sheridan College, 2001) and an MFA in Ceramic Art (Alfred University, 2003). 

Sormin’s work is included in private and public collections including the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Boston, MA, USA), Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC, USA), Gardiner Museum (Toronto, ON, Canada), CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art (Middelfart, Denmark), Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, NY, USA), and Alfred Ceramic Art Museum (Alfred, NY, USA).