Lynda E. Andrus
Manhattan, Kansas

Dainty Desserts for Dainty People
mixed media
29 x 17 x 16 cm
2005

____Selected exhibitions

  • Wish You Were Here, Honorable Mention, Cork Gallery, New York, 2005
  • 11th Salon International du Collage et de l’assemblage Contemporain, Espare St. Martin, Paris, 2004
  • 20th Annual Collage Society Exhibition, Strathmore Fine Arts Center, North Bethesda, Maryland, 2004
  • 5th Annual Open Exhibition, Irene Wensauer Torok Memorial Award, Guadalupe Arts Center, Austin, Texas, 2004
  • Art Rethreads International Fabric Show, Best in Show Juror’s Award, All Points Gallery, Taos, New Mexico, 2003
  • Assemblage 100, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand, 2003

Born in 1956 in Lawton, Oklahoma, Lynda Andrus is a professor at Kansas State University, Manhattan. She holds a BFA, 1978, from the University of Hawai‘i, and a MA, 1979, and MFA, 1981, from the University of Iowa. Andrus is the author of Creating Art from a 3-D Perspective and Art Projects for Teachers and Students. She has received grants from Harcourt Publishers, Thomson Publishers, Kansas State University, and the Kansas Art Education Association.
I use artifacts of everyday life that express the subtle tactile qualities of human history--paper, fabric, and found objects from the home. Profane objects take on a sense of the sacred--materials becoming precious links with those who have handled them.