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BACKGROUND
Mark Lindquist, wood sculptor, artist and photographer, is best
known for his significant contributions to the American Studio
Woodturning / Wood Sculpture movement that gained serious momentum
during the mid-1970's.
Throughout his 40
plus years of professional involvement as a wood sculptor he has
been committed to photography and has worked professionally over the
years on special projects in addition to creating his own
photographic art.
In the late
1970s, Mark Lindquist was photographer on the project to duplicate
the Oval Office Desk
for the JFK Memorial Library in Boston,
Massachusetts. He helped to photograph, measure,
and pattern the
desk which was subsequently made by master craftsman Robert Whitley.
Mark Lindquist
working on the Resolute Desk, Oval Office, The White House.
Photos by Mark Lindquist Copyright © 1977-2013
Currently he owns
and operates Lindquist Studios in North Florida, a 25,000 sq. ft.
facility consisting of studios and galleries
in several disciplines,
including photography, printing, digital asset editing and
management, wood sculpture,
metal working/machining, robotics,
drawing, design, library and Lindquist Studios archives.
Photo: J McFadden
Lindquist is a
MacDowell Fellow, American Craft Council Fellow, NEA Fellow,
Honorary Lifetime Member of the AAW (2010) and received the American
Association of Woodturners first POP fellowship award 2006. He has
received numerous awards and is widely recognized as a pioneer in
his field.
(http://lindquiststudios.com)
(Left to
right): Kathy Lindquist, Art Historian Robert Hobbs, First
Lady Hillary Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Mel Lindquist, Mark
Lindquist,
attending a reception for the White House Collection of
American Craft, The White House, Washington, DC, December, 1993.
EDUCATION
BA - New England College-1971
(Painting / Sculpture / Photography)
MFA Program Pratt Institute, 1971
(Painting / Sculpture / Photography)
MFA - Florida State University, 1990
(Painting / Sculpture / Art History)
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