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ARTIST'S C.V.
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BIOGRAPHY
1966- Born in Coral Gables, Florida
1988- BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Honorable Mention in 1988 Fellowship Competition
1992- MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Honorable Mention in 1993 Fellowship Competition
MAJOR COMMISSIONS
1996-2000- Building America, a multi-canvas painting (54 running-feet) exploring the history of the United States with emphasis on the transformation of the landscape, commissioned by a Los Angeles collector
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2002-2004- Prague, Czech Republic, a privately awarded residency and travel fellowship
AWARDS
2009- Al Smith Individual Artist Grant, Kentucky Arts Council
1993- Honorable Mention, Fellowship Competition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1991- Merit Award, Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association
1989- Honorable Mention, Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association
1988- Honorable Mention, Fellowship Competition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
EXHIBITION HISTORY
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Chronicles of a Dark Age, Quonset Hut Gallery, Louisville, KY
2007- Better Angels & Worse Demons, Project Room, Grand Central Art Center, California State University Fullerton, Santa Ana, CA
2006- The Color(s) of Rust, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2005- Prague Knights, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
2004- Souvenirs & Scars, Galeria el Quijote, Instituto de Espanol, Prague, CZ
2003- Old Worlds/New Worlds, Meduza Gallery, Prague, CZ
2001- Building America (Premiere), Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
1998- New Work, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
1992- Historical Paintings, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009- End of the Ô80s: SAIC Alumni Show, Avram Eisen Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009- 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Grand Central Art Center, California State University Fullerton, Santa Ana, CA
2006- Faculty Exhibition, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2005- The Ever-Changing Landscape, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Louisville, KY
2004- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Gallery Doubner, Prague, CZ
2002- New Work, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
2001- Paradise, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL
2001- New Work, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
2000- Creatures of Strange Beauty, Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY
1998- Oh, Oh, Oh--Oh, Lovable Me!, Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995- Separate Visions II, Galerie Hertz, Louisville, KY
1993- MFA Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Honorable Mention in Fellowship Competition
1991- Good Humor, Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY
1991- Peep Show: A Glimpse Into the American Landscape and Psyche, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1991- Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY; Merit Award
1990- Fast Cars, Mirrors, and the Unknown, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1990- Small Works, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1990- Look, No Horses!: New Art from Kentucky, Franklin Square Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990- Zephyr Gallery Invitational, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1990- Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
1990- Ample and Substantial, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1990- Best of Louisville, Capital Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
1989- Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association; Honorable Mention
1988- Fellowship Exhibition Part I, Columbus Drive Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Honorable Mention in Fellowship Competition
1988- You Make Life Worth Living, Rizzoli Int'l Bookstore Gallery, Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS
Aug. 1998- New American Paintings: Catalog of the Seventeenth Open Studios Competition; The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA; juried by Carl Belz, Dir. of the Rose Art Museum at Brandies Univ.: pp. 64, 65, 121
AWARDS
Honorable Mention, 1993 Fellowship Competition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Merit Award, 1991 Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association; Honorable Mention, 1989 Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association; Honorable Mention, 1988 Fellowship Competition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
COLLECTIONS
Louisville Gas & Electric Co., Louisville, KY; The Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, KY; private collections around the U.S., including Chris & Marnie Ware, and Don Baum;; and in Nagoya, Japan, and Prague, Czech Republic
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2008- ReSOURCE: Artists who use collecting to create or inspire their work, Cressman Center for Visual Arts Gallery, University of Louisville, Curate and organize exhibition, author the catalog essays
1993- Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars: Death, Reverence, & the Struggle for Equality in America, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Proposed the exhibition, Co-curated with Don Baum, and Authored the catalog essay, funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council
1991- On Target, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1990- Meet Mr. Mulligan: an Introduction to the Work of Mark Anthony Mulligan, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; Co-Curator with Al Gorman and Author of an accompanying essay
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006- Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, Multi-Level Drawing
2006- Instructor, Jefferson Community & Tech. College, Louisville, Introduction to Art
2006- Instructor, Jefferson Community & Tech. College, Louisville, 2-D Design & Color Theory
2005- Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, Fundamentals of Drawing
2005- Instructor, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Fundamentals of Drawing and Design
2001- Instructor, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2-D Design & Color Theory
2000- Instructor, Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY, Art Appreciation
1992- Teaching Assistantship, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for Stephanie Bird, Multi-Culturalism and Painting
1992- Teaching Assistantship, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, for Phil Hanson, Multi-Level Painting
1992- Instructor, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY, Introduction to Oil Painting
1992- Visiting Artist/Instructor, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY, LVAA Summer Art Camp
1991- Instructor, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY, Introduction to Oil Painting
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-Present- Assistant Director of Galleries, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville (KY)
2004- Program Assistant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Winter Study-Trip, Prague, CZ
1992-1995 - Registrar and Project Coordinator for an image database funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, David & Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
1991- Executive Director, Louisville Artists Cooperative, d.b.a. Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
© 2001-2009 Bruce Linn
