BRUCE LINN

ARTIST'S C.V.

BIOGRAPHY

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

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010- Aesthetic Refugees, Huff Gallery, Spaulding University, Louisville, KY

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

2011- Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2011- 11th Year Anniversary Show, Cannibal Flower, Los Angeles, CA

2009- End of the '80s: 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

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; Commnwealth Bank, Louisville, KY; Colbalt Ventures, Louisville, KY; private collections around the U.S., including Chris & Marnie Ware and The Estate of Don Baum, and in Nagoya, Japan, and Prague, Czech Republic

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2010- It's Not Easy Being Green, Forecastle Festival, Louisville, KY; curatorial committee member: the committee selects artists to create art installations for a large outdoor music festival; we work with the artists to develop themes and artworks appropriate for the venue

2010- Richard Willenbrink: Figure Paintings, Drawings & Etchings, Cressman Center for Visual Arts Gallery, University of Louisville; worked with the artist to curate and organize exhibition; author the catalogue essay

2010- The Death of Painting Is Dead, Hite Galleries-Schneider Hall, University of Louisville; curate and organize exhibition; author the catalogue essay

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

PRESENTATIONS

2010- The Wealth of Nations, a talk on intuition, meaning, material culture & art from the  perspective of an artist & curator: Blackburn College, Carlisle, IL (Professional Practices Class); University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (Professional Practices Class); University of North Texas, Denton, TX (Drawing)

2010- Artist Panel - Artists Who Curate, Speed Art Museum, Louisville

2009- Artist Lecture, Indiana University Southeast (Painting Classes)

2001- The Making of Building America, The School of the Art Inst. of Chicago (Mural Class)

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-2010- Assistant Director of Galleries, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville (KY)

2005-2007- Contributing Writer, Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), Louisville,KY; profile people, issues, and policies affecting the city's art scene

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

MEDIA - REVIEWS, PROFILES, ETC.

Erica Lawson, “Bruce Linn, “ Louisville Arts Review, Issue 7, June 16, 2010, 11-12

Jo Anne Triplett, “Aesthetic Refugees by Bruce Linn,” Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), June 9, 2010, Staff Picks

Interviewed & artwork featured, Villionaire: Louisville's Rich Arts Culture, ICN2 (Insight Cable Louisville), first aired, September 6, 2009.

Jeffry McNary, “Review: End of the 80s/Avram Eisen Gallery,” Newcity Art (art.newcity.com), posted August 3, 2009.

Diane Heilenman, "Bruce Linn, Dark Fun," The Courier-Journal, April 26, 2008, I-3.

Jo Anne Triplett, "Chronicles of a Dark Age," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), April 22, 2009, 34.

Interview about the University of Louisville’s Cressman Center, Louisville Life, Kentucky Educational Television, Spring 2008.

Photographs of exhibition installation by James R. Southard with catalog essay excerpts by Bruce Linn, "ReSOURCE: Artists and Their Collections,” Bejeezus, Issue 10, Spring 2008, 30-31.

Jo Anne Triplett, "ReSOURCE," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), January 30, 2008, 31.

"Art Highlight: From the Source," Velocity, January 23, 2008, 39.

Diane Heilenman, "Collecting inspires creative impulse," The Courier-Journal, January 13, 2008, I-3.

Diane Heilenman, "U of L gallery job enticed painter out of studio," The Courier-Journal, September 9, 2007, Arts Season Preview, 6-7.

Justin Carter, "Imagination led Linn to pursue art," The IUS Horizon, October 9, 2006, 3.

Jo Anne Triplett, "'Prague Knights' by Bruce Linn," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), May18, 2005, 26.

Diane Heilenman, "'Prague Knights' Gives Realities of Europe," The Courier-Journal, May 8, 2005, I-2.

Travis Jeppesen, "The Ascension: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow," Think Again: Prague's (Almost ) Bilingual Magazine, May, 2004, 28.

Travis Jeppesen, "Bruce Linn," Think Again: Prague's (Almost ) Bilingual Magazine, November, 2003, 18.

Diane Heilenman, "Reviews," The Courier-Journal, April 1, 2001, I-4.

Bruce Nixon, "Bruce Linn at Galerie Hertz," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), March 14, 2001, 21.

Diane Heilenman, "Building America," The Courier-Journal, March 4, 2001, I-1.

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.: Aug. 1998,    pp. 64, 65, 121

Bill Stamets, "Artists Turn Pop Perspective on Lincoln and Malcolm X," Chicago Sun-Times, January 5, 1994, 35.

Ada M. Phillips, "Reception Heralds Exhibit on Equality," Chicago Daily Defender, December 14, 1993.

Grant Arndt, "We Hold These Truths...," Voices: The University of Chicago's Arts & Entertainment Journal, January 11, 1994, 12.

Diane Heilenman, "Reviews," The Courier-Journal, July 26, 1992, I-4.

Diane Heilenman, "Reviews," The Courier-Journal, June 9, 1991, I-6.

Diane Heilenman, "Reviews," The Courier-Journal, July 8, 1990, I.

Diane Heilenman, "Reviews," The Courier-Journal, May 6, 1990, I-6.

Diane Heilenman, "Reviews," The Courier-Journal, April 23, 1989, I.

PUBLICATIONS - FEATURING WRITING

Catalog essays, “ReSOURCE: Artists who use collecting to create or inspire their work,” Cressman Center for Visual Arts Gallery, University of Louisville, January 2008.

"The man comes around: A Louisville gallerist for 25 years, Chuck Swanson works all sides of the city’s art scene," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), 2007 Arts and Entertainment Guide, August 29, 2007,16-17.

“Please, please, please, don’t go!!! Seeing and hearing the best of America in James Brown,” Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), January 3, 2007, 9.

Visual arts year in review, Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), December 27, 2006, 24.

"Making it legal: Mayor's Committee on Public Art creates legit venue for graffiti art," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), October 4, 2006, 11.

"Back from the Brink: Artist Billy Hertz survives his own private 'Siberian Winter'," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), 2006 Arts and Entertainment Guide, September 6, 2006, 20.

"Brave New World: 21C Museum Hotel," Co-written with Elizabeth Kramer, Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), May 31, 2006, 12.

Report on efforts to cultivate art collectors in Louisville, Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), 2005 Arts and Entertainment Guide, Fall, 2005, 10.

"Spotlight on Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown: Helping the 'City of the Seventies' forge ahead," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), 2005 Arts and Entertainment Guide, Fall, 2005, 23.

"Spotlight on Allen R. Hite Gallery:  Expanded space helps connect to grand new ideas," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), 2005 Arts and Entertainment Guide, Fall, 2005, 25.

"Spotlight on Mark Anthony Mulligan," Louisville Eccentric Observer (Free Weekly Paper), 2005 Arts and Entertainment Guide, Fall, 2005, 29.

Catalog essay, "Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars: Death, Reverence, and the Struggle for Equality in America," Betty Rhymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, December, 1994

Essay, "Meet Mr. Mulligan:  an Introduction to the Work of Mark Anthony Mulligan," University of Cincinnati, 1990

 

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