Linda Sormin is a visual artist who creates sculptures and site-responsive installations using raw clay, fired ceramics, found objects and interactive methods. Her work explores themes of fragility, upheaval, and transformation that reflect her diasporic experiences.

Sormin is an associate professor of Studio Art and Head of Ceramics at New York University. Her work is included in the permanent collections of institutions including the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Artist talk: Thursday, March 6 from 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Manetti Shrem Museum. The talk is open to the public. Doors open at 4 p.m.

Organized by the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program and supported by the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. Co-sponsored by the Manetti Shrem Museum.