Meg Linton

Who is Meg Linton?

Meg Linton is a curator and the Director of Galleries and Exhibitions at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. She was previously the Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum and has held many curatorial and teaching positions in California and New York.

Linton holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California at Irvine and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Exhibition Design and a Certificate in Museum Studies from California State University, Fullerton. In 2007, she completed the prestigious Museum Leadership Program at The Getty Leadership Institute. She was the Executive Director of the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum from January 1999-June 2003. Prior to that the Curator of Exhibitions at the University Art Museum at California State University, Long Beach. She was co-founder and curator of Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions in Venice Beach and Costa Mesa, California, and has also worked at The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Laguna Art Museum, Newport Harbor Art Museum, and The Severin Wunderman Museum. She serves on the executive committee for the Southern California Chapter of Art Table and is a Board Member of the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce. She is also a member of IKT, the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art.