Education

2012 MFA, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT: Painting and Art Theory with Michelle Grabner, Ruth Root, and Ulrike Mueller

1980 MA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: Drawing with Dean Richardson and Color Interactions with Sewell Sillman

1978 WEAVING SEMINAR, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

1976 BFA, Alma College, Alma, MI: Painting & Textile Design

1973 SUMMER SEMESTER, Academia Di Belle Arti, Perugia, Italy

Solo Exhibitions

2024 AN UNTHOUGHT LOGIC, Equity Gallery Project Space, New York, NY

2024 KISS THE SKY, Graci Gallery, Marquette, MI

2023 KISS THE SKY, Channel To Channel, Chattanooga, TN

2022 UP FOCUS, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

2021 THE WAITING ROOM, Channel To Channel, Nashville, TN

2021 FROM THE CENTER, Susan Hensel Gallery, Online: Artsy.net

2019 LISTENING ROOM, Open Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN

2018 HOME FIRES, LSAA Gallery, Marquette, MI

2017 LINDA KING FERGUSON, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

2015 FROM FIELD TO FORM, LSAA Gallery, Marquette, MI

2015 EQUIVALENCE SERIES, Small Works Gallery, Marquette, MI

2015 LINDA KING FERGUSON, Bay College, Escanaba, MI

2013 BETWEEN FROM AND FORM, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI

2013 THE LIVING ROOM, Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, NY

2012 ABSTRACTIONS, William Bonfias Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI

2010 A SPECIFIC GRAVITY, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2010 LINDA KING FERGUSON, Ed Gray Gallery, Calumet, MI

2009 LINDA KING FERGUSON, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 EQUITY AT WAAM, Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY

2024 AMOUNG FRIENDS, Metaphor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2023 THE NEW MATH, Equity Gallery, New York, NY

2023 7 x 7, Graci Gallery, Marquette, MI

2023 OPEN STUDIOS, SoMa, Marquette, MI

2022 MAKING SENSE WITHOUT CONSENSUS, Equity Gallery, New York, NY

2022 PRIMAL AFFINITIES, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

2022 PRIMAL AFFINITIES, Perspectives Gallery, Whitney Center, Hamden CT

2021 LINES &OTHER FORMS, Online exhibition, dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2021 YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, Wright Gallery, Northport, MI

2021 PRIMA MATERIA, Instagram Exhibition, curated by Amy Cheng and Charles Birnbaum

2021 PAGE TURNER, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Artsy.net

2021 ESSENTIAL WORKS, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Artsy.net

2021 NORTH OF THE 45TH, DeVos Art Museum, curated by Ron Platt, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI  

2020 SEA CHANGE, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Artsy.net

2020 PANDEMIC PROOF, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Artsy.net

2020 EQUITY AND JUSTICE, New York Artists Equity Gallery, New York, NY

2020 Eighth ARTIST FEATURE, On Instagram: tcoxStudio

2020 REDUCTION, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 

2020 NORTH OF THE 45TH, DeVos Art Museum, curated by Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

2020 NYAEA ANNUAL MEMBERS INVITATIONAL, New York Artists Equity Gallery, juried by Paul D’Agostino, Priska Juschka, and Luciana Solano, New York, NY   

2020 UNTITLED, Rozsa Center for the Arts, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

2019 UNTITLED (SUMMER), Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY

2019 SALON! Rozsa Gallery, curated by Lisa Gordillo, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

2018 ONLINE EXHIBITON, Trestle Gallery, curated by Sharon Louden, Brooklyn, NY

2018 2018 MEMBERS INVITATIONAL, New York Artists Equity Gallery, juried by David Cohen and Fran O’Neill, New York, NY

2018 ASEMIC-MEANING LESS, MAKING SENSE, GVG Contemporary, curated by Blair Vaughn Gruler, Santa Fe, NM

2018 NORTH OF THE 45TH, DeVos Art Museum, curated by Cortney Lederer, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

2018 DIVERSE CONSENSUS, The Bakery, Munising, MI

2017 STOMACH ACID REFLUX, White Columns Online, curated by Ellie Rines, White Columns, New York, NY

2017 I LOVE YOU, I HATE YOU, DON’T LEAVE ME, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT

2016 2016 BIENNIAL, Detroit Artist Market, juried by Mary Ann Wilkinson, Adjunct

Curator of Modern Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Detroit, MI

2016 BEAVER, Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY

2016 NORTH OF THE 45th, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

2016 VISION: AN ARTIST’S PERSEPECTIVE, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA

2015 FIBER OPTIC, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY

2015 NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, VOLUME 113, juried and

curated by Staci Boris, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL

2015 AKIN, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT

2015 ABSTRACTION/ARTIST/VIEWER/DIALOG, Detroit Artists Market, jjuried by Lester Johnson, Detroit, MI

2015 PAPERAZZI IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015 SMALL ROOM, Art 101 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015 LIVING ROOM PROJECT, with Molly Heron, The Living Room, Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, NY

2014 NORTH OF THE 45TH, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

2014 RESONANCE: LIM, JACKSON, FERGUSON, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI

2014 SAVING DANIEL RHODES, with Daniel Rhodes, Meighen Jackson, and Lesa Lim, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI

2014 EVERYWOMAN, Rackham Exhibition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2013 ABSTRACTION, Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI

2013 NMU FACULTY BIENNIAL EXHIBITION, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University,  Marquette, MI

Residencies

2023 Press Here Projects, Invitational, Livernois Artworks, Ferndale, MI

2013-2016 IN RESIDENCE, semiannually, Cathouse FUNeral Studio, Brooklyn, NY

2009 Morris Graves Foundation, Loleta, CA

2008 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL

Publications

2021 Artdose Magazine, Artist Profile

2021 Presence Magazine, Image, Photo, and Artist Profile Video

2020 Hyperallergic, A View from the Easel #158

2020 Locate Arts Blog, The Focus: Silent Violence by Andres Bustamante

2020 Studio Visit, Vol. 45, The Open Studios Press

2015 WHAT'S NEW IN AMERICAN PAINTING by Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL

2014 New American Painting, Volume 113

Selected Awards, Projects, and Professional Experience

2021 AWARD: Jurors Award, North of the 45th, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI

2018-2020 PROJECT: The Bakery, Art Site and Studio, Founder and Director

2015 AWARD: POD Personal Development Grant, State of Michigan

2008-2013 TEACHING: ADJUNCT FACULTY, Art & Design Dept., Northern Michigan University, Marquette MI

2013 AWARD: Adjunct Professional Development Grant, Northern Michigan University, Marquette MI

2009 AWARD: William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, MI

2009 AWARD: Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI

Public and Corporate Collections

Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece

Rutgers University Library, Artist Diaries, New York Feminist Art Institute Archives, New Brunswick,  NJ

Conrad Hilton, Nashville, TN

HSBC Bank, New York, NY

University of Michigan Art Museum Collection/C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Bay Area Medical Center, Escanaba, MI

Daimler Financial Services, Detroit, MI

DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

Alma College, Alma, MI