Lindsay Smith Gustave lives and works in Greenville, SC. A multidisciplinary artist, she frequently utilizes objects found or inherited from family–beads, vessels, and figurines–and explores connections with those common objects to preserve relationships with family and depict the intergenerational lineage of inherited traits like trauma, mental illness, beliefs in social institutions, cultural constructs, and norms. Explorations of specific moments, vague memories, and the stories we tell ourselves challenge the division between past and present experience. Gustave was awarded a Master's in Art History and received a BFA with Honors, both from the University of Denver. She has exhibited work in Germany, Colorado, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. She is currently serving as an adjunct professor at Furman University and has curated a number of projects as a member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville (TSA GVL.) Gustave has been featured in DARIA Art Magazine and as a Colorado Creative in Denver's Westword.
Education
2014 Master of Arts, Art History and Museum Studies, University of Denver
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Denver
Two-person Exhibitions
2020
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, with Marsha Mack, Leon Gallery, Denver, CO
2018
A Breath Before, with Kaitlyn Tucek, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO
Group Exhibitions
2024
TSA x TSA, featuring members of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville, Tri-Star Arts, Knoxville, TN
after the dust settles, an international exchange between Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville and Frontviews, co-curated with Aline Schwörer and Kathrin Köster, Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA
F*Bomb, Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
15 Years, Tiger Strikes Asteroid LA, Los Angeles, CA
To Offer/To Leave, curated by Kiera McIntosh, Union Hall, Denver, CO
2023
In the Nick of Time, Good Art Co., Greenville, SC
(Re)Introductions, Thompson Art Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, SC
2022
Tiger Strikes Satellite, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, FL
One of Many, curated by members of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville and Ann Stoddard, Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
Field Companions, curated by members of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Volcano Lovers, curated by Susan Klein and Suzanne Dittenber, Frontviews/Haunt, Berlin, Germany
alter - object, curated by Kara Blanken Soper, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greenville, SC
2020
MASK, Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Home/Maker, online exhibition benefitting Mercy Housing, curated by Hey Hue, Denver, CO
Literally Behind, curated by George P. Perez, Union Hall, Denver, CO
In the Making, curated by Odessa as part of Dearly Disillusioned, McNichols Civic Center Building, Denver, CO
2019
Sommers Daughter, curated by George P. Perez, GEORGIA Art Space, Denver, CO
Juried Alumni Exhibition, Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Home/Maker, exhibition benefitting Mercy Housing, Denver, CO
2018
(inhabit), guest curated by John Vogl, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO
Rethinking Urbanism: RedLine's 5th-Annual Juried Exhibition, curated and juried by Louise Martorano, RedLine, Denver, CO
Curatorial Experience
2024 after the dust settles, an international exchange between TSA GVL and Frontviews, co-curated with Aline Schwörer and Kathrin Köster,
Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA
2022 Between States of Being featuring Andrew Bailey Arend, Dakota Gearhart, Martha Glenn and Rachel Meginnes, TSA GVL, Greenville, SC
Work Experience
August 2022 - present Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art and Art History, Furman University
November 2021 - present Member, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville (TSA GVL)
June 2022 - May 2024 Director, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville (TSA GVL)
July 2020 Teaching Artist, Breakthrough Kent Denver / La Napoule Art Foundation
May 2016 Visiting Artist, Teen Drop-In Night at MCA Denver
November 2015 & March 2016 Visiting Artist, Teen Drop-In Night at MCA Denver
November 2014 - November 2017 Member, Board of Directors, CultureHaus
Bibliography
2020 Velasquez, Derrick. “Marsha Mack and Lindsay Smith Gustave: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral.” Daria Art Magazine. October 13.
2019 Froyd, Susan. “Colorado Creatives: Lindsay Smith Gustave.” Westword. January 28.
2018 Austin, Drew. "Studio.Public: A Conversation with Lindsay Smith Gustave." Studio.Public. March 29.