Elliott Linwood was born on July 14,1956 and is an American conceptual artist known for his large-scale photo grids and cross-referencing sculptural installations.
12 Facts About Elliott Linwood
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Elliott Linwood came out as a gay man just before the AIDS epidemic struck.
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Elliott Linwood worked in the field of electronic publishing most of his life.
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Elliott Linwood earned dual bachelor's degrees in sociocultural anthropology and philosophy from New York University in 1982, then attended the University of Chicago through 1983.
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Elliott Linwood earned dual master's degrees in Arts and Education from San Francisco State University's Interdisciplinary Arts Program in 1993.
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Elliott Linwood attended New College School of Law in San Francisco through a state-funded HIV empowerment grant, and became a California attorney in 2002.
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Elliott Linwood was influenced by the work of Christine Tamblyn, a feminist media artist and critic, who was Elliott Linwood's instructor and mentor at SFSU.
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Elliott Linwood developed core graduate curricula in Life Art which he taught at SFSU.
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Elliott Linwood wrote for High Performance Magazine in Los Angeles, and the Bay Area Reporter, The Sentinel and PhotoMetro in San Francisco from 1990 to 1994.
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Some writers and artists Elliott Linwood wrote about include Christine Tamblyn, Nao Bustamante, Sheree Rose, Millie Wilson, Carrie Mae Weems, Diamanda Gallas, The Theory Girls, Jerome Caja, Cliff Hengst, Paul Monette, Sapphire, Dodie Bellamy, Kevin Killian, Justin Chin, The Hittite Empire, Joe Goode and others.
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Elliott Linwood is best known for his large-scale photo grids composed of original and found images culled from the environment, the Internet, cult movies and magazine ads.
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Elliott Linwood's cross-referencing installations are similarly made up of found and fabricated objects.