Evan Lindquist
Evan Lindquist has lived in Jonesboro, Arkansas, since 1963. He was born in Salina, Kansas, 1936. His wife is also an artist and a native of Kansas. They have two adult sons. His creative work explores the medium of burin engraving for intaglio printing. Other printmaking media include etching, drypoint woodcut, and wood engraving.ExhibitionsMore than fifty solo exhibitions and one hundred invitational group exhibitions. Recent solo exhibitions have been at University of Iowa, Iowa City,1995; William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, 1996; Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, 1997; Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas, 1998. His prints have been included in more than 200 juried exhibitions and have received more than 60 awards, including: Boston Printmakers, Potsdam State University, San Diego State University, Hunterdon Art Center, Silvermine Guild of Artists, Montgomery Museum of Art.CollectionsHis prints are in the permanent collections of many public institutions, including the following:The Albertina, Vienna; The Art Institute of Chicago; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; GallerÃa degli Uffizi, Florence; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin; Reina SophÃa, Madrid; Nelson-Atkins Gallery, Kansas City; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton; Portland Art Museum, Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland, Oregon; San Francisco Art Museum, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts; St. Louis Art Museum; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.EmploymentProfessor of Art at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, 1963. Named Outstanding Faculty Member at ASU and first chairman of the President's Fellows. Teaching includes courses in Printmaking, Drawing, Honors courses, and others at various times. Served as director of Arkansas State University Art Gallery 1970-1980. He was the Exhibition Director of the Delta National Small Prints exhibitions in 1996 and 1997. Staff Artist, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, 1958-60.EducationUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, Master of Fine Arts, 1963. Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, Bachelor of Science in Education with Honors, 1958.Source:http://www.astate.edu/docs/acad/cfa/art/Arkansas State University, Jonesboro