About
A studio artist, educator, surface designer & color consultant.
LINDA GRAVINA RIDINGS lived in Italy and England for 20 years and was classically trained and educated at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, where she received her fine arts degree.
Influenced by her Venetian mother and the heady environs, Gravina Ridings experienced first hand the sensory delights of Italian arts and crafts.
After earning her Masters of Fine Arts in Surface Design, she launched a highly successful ornamental painting and design business, Artemura, which teamed her with nationally recognized interior designers and architects who relied on her sense of color and style to create custom spaces and furnishings.
PressLinda Gravina Ridings’ work has been featured in publications such as House Beautiful, British House and Garden, Women’s Wear Daily, Southern Accents, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles and books such as House Beautiful Great Style Series, Nouvel Objet Korea and Fabrications, as well as profiles in The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Life Magazine, Style Magazine and Maryland Public Television’s “Artworks This Week”. Her line of one of a kind, hand painted silk velvets were available at The Textile Museum in Washington DC, The Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and Bergdorf Goodman in New York.
The Illuminated Manuscript, 2010
She collaborated with the Manuscript and Rare Books department of the Walter’s Art Museum and Maryland Institute College of Art, conducting workshops on the Art of Gilding and Illuminated Manuscripts.
She has been a workshop leader and educator on subjects as varied as Surface Design, Textile Embellishment, Renaissance Gilding and Painting Techniques since 1989.
She has taught at the Atlanta College of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and the International Center for the Arts in Umbria, Italy, and other institutions.
Throughout her career studying and working in the United States and Europe, Gravina Ridings embraced her broad cross-cultural experiences; her bilingual skills heightening her cultural sensitivity and diplomacy.