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. Reproductions of specific moments, vague memories, or stories infuse them with meaning by challenging the division between memory and immediate 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 Berlin, Denver, Greenville, and Washington state. She is currently serving as an adjunct professor at Furman University and is 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, two-person exhibition with Marsha Mack, Leon Gallery, Denver, CO
2018
A Breath Before, with Kaitlyn Tucek, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO
Group Exhibitions
2023
In the Nick of Time (upcoming), Good Art Co., Greenville, SC
(Re)Introductions (upcoming), 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
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
Work Experience
August 2022 - present Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art and Art History, Furman University
June 2022 - present Director, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville
November 2021 - present Member, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Greenville
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.