Biography
Born 1936, Salina, Kansas. Evan Lindquist grew up in Solomon, Kansas; Odessa, Missouri; and Emporia, Kansas. In 1958, he married artist Sharon Lindquist. They have two sons.
1950-1960: Self-employed as a calligrapher and engrosser, and also worked on commission from national Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity creating hand-lettered charters and membership certificates for national distribution.
1954-1958: Art and Biology at Emporia State University. Degree Bachelor of Science in Education with honors in 1958.
1958-1960: Employed as Staff Artist at Emporia State University.
1960-1963: Graduate Printmaking at University of Iowa with Artist-Printmaker Mauricio Lasansky. Degree Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking in 1963.
1963-2003: Professor of Art, Arkansas State University - Jonesboro. Taught Printmaking and Drawing.
2003-present: Artist-Printmaker in private studio full time.
Selected Honors
2003: Retired from teaching. Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Art, Arkansas State University.
2013: First Artist Laureate for the State of Arkansas by Act of Legislature and Governor Mike Beebe.
2010: Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), New York City.
2010: Centennial list of 100 Most Distinguished Faculty Members from 1909 to 2009, Arkansas State University
2009: 100 Years 100 Voices, 1909-2009, Arkansas State University.
2004: Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Arkansas Arts Council and Governor of The State of Arkansas.
2004: Distinguished Alumni Award, Emporia State University
1981: Outstanding Faculty Member, Arkansas State University
1981: First Chairman of the President’s Fellows, Arkansas State University
Solo exhibitions: more than 60
Prizes and awards: more than 80
Competitive exhibitions: more than
300
Selected Public Collections
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Albertina, Vienna, Austria; Art Institute of Chicago; Baltimore Museum of Art; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Bradbury Art Museum, Jonesboro; Columbia University Libraries, NYC; Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Ireland; Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New york; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; Syracuse University Art Galleries; Uffizi, Florence, Italy; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City.
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/evan-lindquist-papers-6033
and
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/james-m-ray-files-artists-6421
Selected Online Biographies
Follow links below to see detailed profiles.
"Evan Lindquist: The Artist, His Process and Influence".
by Charles Kaufman.
Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA).
Evan Lindquist, article by Charles Kaufman
Biography: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture.
encyclopediaofarkansas.net
Biography - WIKIPEDIA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Lindquist
Evan Lindquist
Personal Interview
for Baltimore Museum of Art, by Scott Ponemone
ART I SEE blog, "Evan Lindquist: An Engravers Engraver"
Newsletter of the Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Society, Baltimore Museum of Art (cover and short version of Interview).
Evan Lindquist: An Engravers Engraver
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An Artist's Statement
Throughout the 1950s, I enjoyed working as a calligrapher. In 1955, I began learning to engrave lines into copper plates, a medium which I use for Printmaking. I've concentrated on that medium since 1960.
Copperplate engraving was invented about 600 years ago and has been known under many different names, including “burin engraving” and “line engraving”. It is often confused with “etching” and “drypoint”. At one time copperplate engraving was known as the most important of the commercial printing processes, but by the 1950s, it was largely forgotten, misunderstood, and dismissed as “a lost art”.
It was considered too difficult to be commercially useful. Copperplate engraving is my favorite medium of choice.
Artist's Résumé
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Opening reception, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock. September 27 - November 10, 2002
