Available at the Alberta Craft Gallery - Calgary

Linda Chow was born and educated in Hong Kong and came to Canada to attend the Alberta College of Art (AUArts), where she studied with eminent jewellery artist Harold O’Connor. She was the recipient of the Alberta Craft Excellence Award 2018, awarded to an established craftsperson who excels in their area of craft.

She established her goldsmithing business after graduation and has thirty years of experience in the jewellery industry. Linda co-owned The Benchmark goldsmith Ltd. and later the Simply Metal Studio in Calgary and appreciates having the opportunity to exercise her creative abilities. She continually enters jewellery and metalsmithing competitions in which she has won numerous awards, including Certificates of Excellency from the American Pearl Company (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) and first place in Stephen F. Austin University’s (Texas, USA) “Refine” competition.

She co-founded Arts InformAll, where artists of different disciplines meet and share their knowledge and interests.

In addition to traditional jewellery, she creates wearable sculptures such as whimsical hats made from recycled house wares which exemplify her philosophy that the balance in life is essential and often difficult. Her work has appeared in galleries in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom and numerous private collections.

She has been invited to teach jewellery design and techniques in various venues in western Canada and she gives private instruction to students from all over Alberta.

ACC Exhibitions: Wind-chill (2004), Body Ornament West (2005), InSERIES (2006), Going Green (2006), Once Upon a Time (2006), Brew-haha (2007), Gone Green (2009),Unity & Diversity (2009), Cheongju Selection (2010), Intangibles (2010), Pulp Paper Pages (2012-13), Continuum (2014), 15 on 35 (2015), Masterworks (2015), Along the Bow II (2017-Calgary), Re:consider (2019)The Recipients (2019)