Linda Fleming was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is an American sculptor and university professor currently teaching at the California College of the Arts (CCA). She lives and works in Benicia, California, and maintains studios and homes in the Smoke Creek Desert in Nevada and Libre, Colorado. Although Fleming is primarily a sculptor, working in steel, wood, rubber, felt, and paper, drawing is an essential component of her work. Her sculpture can be identified by intricate patterns resembling lace, tendrils of smoke, or webs. Her practice, while not site-specific, draws from the desert and mountain environments surrounding her studios. The cyclical migration between these spaces is a catalyst for the development of her work.
