LINDA K. CHRISTENSEN
Kalispell, MT 59901
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
2009 “Vision Quest” watercolor accepted into the “Sacred Art” Exhibition at the Lofthouse Gallery in Wessobrunn, Germany. This gallery is located in a Benedict monastery in Bavaria.
2008 Linda’s painted umbrella is included in a project called "Art Intrude" bringing art to the citizens of Shanghai, China at the Zendai Museum of Modern Art. Umbrellas were painted and exhibited by 31 artists from 10 countries. Linda’s umbrella remains in the permanent collection.
2007 “Still Life with Goat” solo show at the Knead Café in Kalispell, MT. November.
2007 “Nature- Live! Standing at the Edge of the World” solo show at Mako Gallery. Whitefish, MT. October.
2007 “I See Paintings as I Listen to the World” solo show at Sage Gallery in Whitefish, MT. July.
2006 “Surviving Dark Times” watercolor accepted into the Flight of Imagination Exhibition in Gruyeres, Switzerland at the H. R. Giger Museum.
2006 “The Healing” toured Italy and Germany in the Magical Lakes and Enchanted Forests 2006 Exhibition.
2005 “Taking Flight” painting accepted into “The Inner Eye” European Touring Exhibition in Italy, Germany and Spain.
2005 “Four Artists” exhibition at the Stillwater Gallery in Whitefish, MT. September
2005 Winner of the 2005 Big Mountain Summer Festival poster contest. Whitefish, MT
2004 “I Am Water” painting accepted into Water Exhibition in London, England
2004 Winner of the 2004 Big Mountain Summer Festival poster contest. Whitefish, MT
2003 “Crops of People” juried into “Brave Destiny”, the largest showing of living surrealist artists. WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY.
2003 Hockaday Museum of Art. Solo show of watercolor portraits.
2000 “100 Sacred Visions”, Payerbach, Austria. July-August. Juried international exhibition accepted “Seeking Golden Objects” painting in oil and egg tempera.
EDUCATION AND WORKSHOPS:
2019 Collage Transformation workshop with Drea Frost , Astoria, OR October.
2019 Beth and Tom Argue about Art with Beth Kehoe and Tom Jensen, Astoria, OR. October.
2018 Egg Tempera Workshop with Justyna Kisielewicz, Astoria, OR, October.
2018 Figure Painting Intensive workshop with Arvie Smith, Astoria, OR, February.
2017 Know Thyself: Tactile Mapping and Self- Image workshop with Ghislaine Fremaux, Astoria, OR, October
2016 Small is Big - Abstract Painting workshop with Laura Viola-Preciado, Astoria, OR, October
2016 Figure Painting with Henk Pander, Astoria,OR, January.
2016 Gesture Drawing with Ellen Soderquist, Astoria, OR, January.
2014 Design & Figure Drawing workshop with Grace Benedict, Astoria, OR, March.
2011 Master class with Native American Rick Bartow of Portland, Oregon. November.
2008 Watercolor workshop with Tom Francesconi, NWS. June.
2005 Watercolor workshop with Skip Lawrence of Mt Airy, MD. April.
2004 Watercolor landscape painting workshop with Jan Hart of Arizona. October.
2003 Painting workshop with Carole Barnes of Boulder, Colorado. October.
2003 Portrait workshop with Diccon Swan of England.
2001 Figurative Watercolor Painting. Watercolor course with Ted Nuttall of Phoenix, AZ. Oct- December.
2001 Old Masters-New Visions, Reichenau, Austria. Mixed technique of egg tempera and oil painting with Philip Rubinov-Jabcobson and Michael Fuchs. April.
1999 Old Masters-New Visions, Payerbach, Austria. Mixed technique of egg tempera and oil painting with Philip Rubinov-Jabcobson, Michael Fuchs and Brigid Marlin. July.