SLiNK Love / Kelsey Linder
Contact: slinderk123@gmail.com
www.slink.love & www.smallworldmarket.org
Education:
MFA - University of Cincinnati DAAP '24
Yates Fellowship
BFA - University of Cincinnati DAAP ‘18
Art Therapy Certificate
Women’s, Gender & Sexualitites minor
Awards & Titles:
Yates & Provost Fellowship Award
Sara and Michelle Vance Waddell Scholarship Fund for Equity in the Arts
Three Arts Masters Scholarship Inc.
President of ArtistxCommunity (AC)
Residencies:
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020: Artist in Residence @ Zentrale - The Institut Fur Alles Mogliche, Berlin Germany https://www.i-a-m.tk/
Jun - Aug 2019: Artist in Residence @ The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
Teaching / Leading Experience:
January 2024 - Present: President of Artist x Community https://campuslink.uc.edu/organization/ArtistxCommunity
April 2024 - Art on the Rise @ Cincinnati Art Museum - Cincinnati OH
July 2018 - Aug 2019: Teen Educator Assistant @ The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
Supervisor: Elizabeth Hardin-Klink: ehardin-klink@contemporaryartscenter.org
Gallery:
August 2022 - April 2024 - Gallery Manager @ UC DAAP MFA Annex “Gallery 429” - Cincinnati, OH
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Zemblanity @ Gallery 429 - Cincinnati OH
2023 i struggle to communicate digestibly. @ Gallery 429 - Cincinnati, OH
2020 ART IS NARCISSISM @ institut für alles mögliche, Berlin, Germany
2018 #NotUrBitch @ Reed Gallery, DAAP, Cincinnati OH
2017 Ladylike @ 840 Gallery, DAAP, Cincinnati OH
Group Exhibitions:
2024 “UNFUCKTHEWORLD” - Rodin Response: FIELD family secrets @ Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH.
2024 Self/Realization @ Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
2023 Transitions @ OTR Stillhouse, Cincinnati OH
2023 BOTH/AND @ Gallery 429, DAAP, Cincinnati OH
2023 Its Annoying But Its Fine @ Tabula Rasa Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2022 evoke @ ClubPlex, underground, Indianapolis IN
2022 Annexhibition @ The Annex, DAAP, Cincinnati OH
2022 Criss Cross 3 @ Mockbee, Cincinnati OH
2018 #NiceForWhat @ Rusconi Pizza Pub, Cincinnati OH
2018 SOS Art - A Group Show for Peace and Justice @ The Art Academy, Cincinnati OH
2018 Swap Meet @ The Carnegie, Covington, KY
2018 Complimentary Opposites @ The Mockbee, Cincinnati OH
2017 International Sculpture Day @ Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park OH
2017 Queen City @ Bunk News Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2016 SPEAK: A Space for Thoughtful Expression @ The Mockbee, Cincinnati OH
Performance:
June - September 2024 “UNFUCKTHEWORLD” - an unscripted happening within the digital Untitled sculpture - part of Rodin Response: FIELD family secrets @ Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH.
October 2023 - ‘rest, here, now’ - a manipulated happening - Co-Organized by the International Institute of Social Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam - part 1 @ Contemporary Art Center & part 2 @ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
Fashion:
June 2024 - Reclaimed Runways - @ Flora & Flair, Cincinnati OH
May 2024 - Anti-Prom: Adventure Club - @ Alice OTR, Cincinnati OH
April 2023 - High Off Fashion - @ Drip Coffee Lounge, Cincinnati OH
May 2023 - REBIRTH IS INEVITABLE - @ The Junkyard, Cincinnati OH
June 2022 - SHEDDING SKINS - @ The Place, London, England
Art Direction & Curation:
June 2024 - Club Alt'R: 4 the Homies - @ Cincinnati, OH
April 2024 - SHOWCASE - AxC & DAAP MFA launch event @ 429 Gallery, DAAP and TUC Green, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
October 2023 - ‘rest, here, now’ - a play - Co-Organized by the International
Institute of Social Studies Erasmus University Rotterdam - part 1 @ Contemporary Art Center & part 2 @ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
August 2023 - Small World Market: Bridging Gaps @ OTR Stillhouse, Cincinnati OH
July 2023 - Small World Market: Transitions @ OTR Stillhouse, Cincinnati OH
May 2023 - Small World Market: Flowers @ Samuel Adams Taproom, Cincinnati OH
April 2023 - Mecca Jane @ Mecca OTR, Cincinnati OH
Dec 2022 - Small World Market @ Rhinegeist Brewery, Cincinnati OH
Oct 2022 - Small World Night Market for BLINK @ Findlay Market, Cincinnati OH
April 2021 - A Fools Fever Dream @ The Mockbee, Cincinnati OH
Collections:
Fall 2023 & Spring 2024 - Poetry Stacked - Sponsored by DAAP, University of Cincinnati Libraries and the Elliston Poetry Room (College of Arts and Sciences)
2021 - “Nympho” Magazine
2018 - "For A Better World 2018" - private archive of Saad Goshen - Cincinnati OH
Press:
2023 I TOLD FISH
2022 Master of Fine Arts
2022 Interview with Donuts&Akahol: