About
Background
Artist Statement
Background
William is a fine artist and designer who works in Geneva, Switzerland and Cincinnati, Ohio USA. Having enjoyed a rewarding career as a designer, creative director and branding consultant, he turned his focus to fine art in 2005.
Experience
Artist Statement
Background
While living in Switzerland, Linthicum made painting the landscape his primary focus, working in oil, acrylic, and pastel. He had five solo exhibitions in Geneva and was in group shows in Cologny, Anières, Epesses, Paris, Brittany and Baltimore. 2016, he was artist-in-residence at the International School of Geneva. Since arriving in Cin
While living in Switzerland, Linthicum made painting the landscape his primary focus, working in oil, acrylic, and pastel. He had five solo exhibitions in Geneva and was in group shows in Cologny, Anières, Epesses, Paris, Brittany and Baltimore. 2016, he was artist-in-residence at the International School of Geneva. Since arriving in Cincinnati, William's work has been selected for thirteen juried exhibitions. He works in his studio at Kennedy Heights Arts Center.
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
Nature is abstract. Among my earliest observations were the rhythmic qualities of water, the elusive shapes passing clouds, and the blankets of light that changed reality from one moment to the next. In all its vastness, nature never repeats a shape or form.
Recently, my work responds to the turbulence of climate change. The tempestuous beauty of storms fascinates me.
Exhibitions
Chêne-Bourg Biennial 2008
Geneva, Switzerland (Gold Medal)
Art’Air 2008
Geneva, Switzerland (Silver Medal)
Concours des Meilleurs Talents 2008
Galerie Terre-des-Arts, Paris, France (Gold Medal)
Rêves des Paysages 2009
Galerie Le Clin d’Oeil,
Corsier, Switzerland (solo show)
Artelier Overt 2009
Musée du Château du Rochefort-en-Terre
Britanny, France
Un American Amoureaux de la Suisse 2010
Galerie Le Clin d’Oeil, Corsier, Switzerland
(solo show)
Head in the Clouds 2011
Galerie Nest, Geneva, Switzerland (solo show)
Artistes de la Galerie 2011
Galerie Les 3 Soleiles, Epesses, Switzerland
Salon d’Automne 2011
Champs-Élysées, Paris, France (juried)
Mélange d’Eté 2012
Galerie TOXnCO, Geneva (solo show)
La Lumière Fantastique:
Brittany Shines in Baltimore 2013
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, Maryland (juried)
La Passion du Paysage 2014
Galerie d’Anères, Anères, Switzerland (solo show)
William W. Linthicum: Artist in Residence 2016
International School of Geneva (solo show)
The Golden Ticket 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Clifton Cultural Arts Center Cincinnati (juried)
Atmosphera: Three Artists Respond to Nature 2018
Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Hamilton Current 2019
Fitton Center for the Creative Arts,
Hamilton, Ohio (juried)
Art Comes Alive 2019
ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio (juried)
Dark 2019
Manifest Creative Research Gallery
Cincinnati, Ohio (juried)
75th Ohio Annual Exhibition 2020
Zanesville Museum of Art, Ohio (juried)
Best in category award for drawing
Viewpoint 54 2022
Cincinnati Art Club Cincinnati, Ohio (juried)
Bare, Imperative Beauty and Response 2023
Wash Park Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio (juried)
Stormy Weather 2023
Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Mariemont, Ohio
(juried)
Landscapes 2024
The Barn, Cincinnati Woman’s Art Club
Cultural Center, Mariemont, Ohio (juried)
Education and Teaching
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Towson University,
graduate studies in fine art
Maryland Institute College of Art,
graduate studies in fine art
Johns Hopkins University,
graduate studies in management
Art teacher, Baltimore City Schools
Instructor of art,
Dundalk Community College, Baltimore
Instructor of drawing and painting,
Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD Atlanta)
Instructor of graphic design,
Maryland Institute College of Art
Instructor of color theory and painting, ALLMinds,
Geneva, Switzerland
Artist in Residence,
International School of Geneva
Instructor of drawing and painting
Kennedy Heights Arts Center