Lindquist was born in Wilmington, North Carolina. He earned his BA in Art and Design and English from North Carolina State University and an MFA in Painting and MA in Art History at Pratt Institute. Lindquist co-founded the Art Books in Review Section of The Brooklyn Rail, where he was co-editor until 2017. Lindquist’s work has been exhibited at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum and University of Arizona Museum of Art. He has been awarded the Sharpe-Wolentas Space Program, Milton and Sally Avery Foundation Grant, the Pollock-Krasner Grant and ArtOMI residency. His recent paintings and participatory installations have focused on applying the beauty of landscape and abstraction to raise awareness of environmental concerns. He participated in the Whitney Museum of Art’s Independent Study in 2017-18 in the Studio Program. He currently teaches at the New York Academy of Art, Pratt Institute and the Rhode Island School of Design.