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EDUCATION
M.F.A. Summit University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Attended San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
BA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 Bay Model Visitor Center, Solo Exhibition, Sausalito, California
2018 Carnegie Institution for Science, "Linda Colnett, Solo Exhibition," Stanford, California
2018 Mill Valley City Hall, Solo Exhibition, Mill Valley, California
2018 "Falkirk Cultural Center Spring Open Juried Art Exhibit" San Rafael, CA, juried by Lynn Sondag
2015 "Collaboration" Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA. Second Place Award
2015 "Mainly Black and White" Sebastapol Center for the Arts, Sebastapol, CA, Juried by Paul Mahder
2014 "50/50," Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, juried by Jack Fischer
2014 "Aliens Took My Girl", Oliver Hawke Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 "Creativi Tea," ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Award of Excellence
2012 "Branching Out," Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA
2011 "Restoration," Nagoya Citizen Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2010 "The Green Show," California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 "Water Cube," (La Memoria dell’acqua), Primo Piano Livingallery, Lecce, Italy
2009 "Alchemy," Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, Juror, Ruth Braunstein
2008 "Global Culture Center 10th International Group Show", Honolulu, Hawaii
2006 "Sister Cities-Berkeley/Sakai", Sakai Museum of Art, Sakai, Japan
2004 "The Ceremony of Tea" Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2003 "City of Santa Clara Sculpture Biennial", Santa Clara, California (Award of Merit Prize)
2002 "Exposition Franco-Americaine" Association France-Ameriques, Paris, France
2001 "Bringing the Dark Madonna Into the Light," Thatcher Gallery, Univ. of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2001 and 1998 "Selections, Best of San Francisco Open Studios," Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
2001 "Seoul-Peace," International Group Show, War Memorial Museum, Seoul, Korea
2000 "Human Evolution", Global Culture Center Fifth Int'l Group Show, World Trade Center, Osaka, Japan
CATALOGUES
2009 "Water Cube" (La memoria dell’acqua), Lecce, Italy
2002 "Feminine Dialogue", Paris, France
2001 "Selections", San Francisco, California
2000 "5th GCC International Group Show", Osaka, Japan
1999 "Global Culture Center International Group Show", Toluca, Mexico
1998 "Citizen", San Francisco, California
1996 "Panoramic Visions", Hong Kong
ORGANIZATIONS
Global Culture Center, International Artists Association
Alliance of Women Artists
Linda Colnett, Artist and Activist
Artist's Statement
While ecology, spirituality, gender, cross-cultural connections, and geopolitical power struggles have been inspirations for my work, much of my recent body of work has been devoted to tree imagery.
Versatility and experimentation have formed my art over the years. Utilizing paint, mixed media, sculpture and computer technology to create works, I have also developed large and small-scaled installations. Fascinated by texture, my work often assumes an organic quality.
From Coastal Trees Series
Bio
After a career in the advertising and public relations industry, I began my art career in the 1980's . My work has been exhibited extensively in the U.S., as well as group shows in Hong Kong, Paris, Mexico, Japan, Korea and Italy. I was a nominee for the SFMOMA SECA award and the U.S. Art in Embassies Program selected my paintings for exhibition. My work has twice been chosen for "Selections," a juried competition of the SF Open Studios. I have been a member of the Alliance of Women Artists, an international coalition dedicated to the support of women in the visual arts, and participated for twelve years in the Global Culture Center dedicated to promotion of an international exchange of art and culture.