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Exhibitions

  • 2011
    • Nurturing Nature: Artists Engage the Environment OSilis Gallery at Concordia College | Bronxville, NY | Curators: Amy Lipton, Director, ecoartspace NYC, and Patricia Miranda, Director, OSilas Gallery
  • 2010
    • Upcycle Open Doors ‘10/Expo 33/Newark Arts Council   |  Newark, NJ   |  Curator:  Jade Ariella Lien
    • Figment Interactive Sculpture Garden Governor’s Island, NY  |  Curator:  Jenn Upchurch
    • End of the Line Green Spaces   |  New York, NY  |  Curator:  Roberto Rhett, Director
    • Repurposed Rethought Ocean City Arts Center  |  Ocean City, NJ  |  Curator:  Jade Ariella Lien
    • Trade Show (Traveling Exhibition – California/Turkey)   |   Zirrat Bankasi Gallery, Ankara, Turkey  |  Curator:  Anna Stump
  • 2009
    • Trade Show (Traveling Exhibition – California/Turkey)  |  Garage Gallery, San Diego, CA,   Edgar Varela Fine Arts, LosAngeles, CA,   Isik University Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey   |  Curator:  Anna Stump
    • Nest and Branch The Schuylkill Center | Philadelphia, PA  |  Curator:  Zoe Cohen, Director
    • Wish You Were Here A.I.R. Gallery   |  Brooklyn, NY
    • Figment Governor’s Island, NY   |   Curators:  Jo-Anneke van der Molen, Melissa Shaw
    • Community-Word Project Benefit  National Arts Club  |  New York, NY
  • 2008
    • Recycling Nature II PS 122 Gallery Hallway Project Space | New York, NY | Curator: Susan Schreiber, Director
    • Will’s Creek Survey 2008 Saville Gallery   |  Cumberland, MD   |   Juror:  Sarah Newman, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Corcoran
    • Projects ‘08 Islip Museum Carriage House  |  East Islip, NY  |  Jury Selection
    • Walk-Ins Welcome Umbrella Arts/Curcio Projects   |  New York, NY  |   Curator:  Robert Curcio
    • The End of Nature The Gallery at Warehouse  |  Washington D.C.   |  Curator:  Ruth Trevarrow
    • Inaugural Gala  A.I.R. Gallery & Umbrella Arts at the Puck Building  |  New York, NY
    • Women’s Voices, Women’s Vision  St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery  |  New York, NY  |  Jury Selection
  • 2007
    • New Art ‘07 Kingston Gallery  |  Boston, MA | Juror:  Nato Thompson, Curator, Creative Time NYC
    • Detritus   Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University  |  South Orange, NJ  |  Curators:  Laura Browarny, Kelsey Quillen, Mark Schlemmer
    • The Vanishing Birds Project   6BC  |  New York, NY  |  Curator:  Karen Tighe-Izzo
    • The Vanishing Birds Project  Musee de Monoian/Society For Cultural Exchange  |  Pittsburgh, PA  |  Curator:  Elizabeth Monoian, Director
    • Flights of Fancy   E32  |  New York, NY  |  Curator:  Linda Griggs
  • 2006
    • Illumination Musee de Monoian  |  New York, NY  |  Curator:  Barb Monoian
    • Nurturing The Edge   Cue Art Foundation/NurtureArt Benefit   |  New York, NY
    • Art Outdoors/Sculptures of Lights Festival  Clinton Street  |  New York, NY  |  Curator:  MB Nelson
    • 5 on 4Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center  |   New York, NY
  • 2005
    • Fading Structures(Solo Exhibition) | KHN Center for the Arts | Nebraska City, NE |
      Curator: Kathy Puzy, Director
    • Recycling Nature Realform Project Space | Williamsburg, NY | Curator: David Gibson
    • ArtView 2005 City Museum of Washington D.C.  |  Washington D.C.
    • Art Outdoors/Sculptures of Lights Festival  Clinton Street  |  New York, NY   |  Curator:  MB Nelson
    • MBP – Method Becomes Practice  Gallery of the Manhattan Borough President  |  New York, NY  |  Curators:  Paul Clay, Suzanne Varni
    • Boats   Islip Art Museum  |  East Islip, NY  |  Curator: Judy Collischan
    • The Matzo files Streit’s  |  New York, NY
  • 2004
    • The Matzo files Streit’s  |  New York, NY
    • New York Painters ’04  Barrett Art Center   |  Poughkeepsie, NY  |  Juror:  Susan Cross, Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
    • Shared  Streit’s   |   New York, NY  |  Curator:  Mark Powers
    • LES Art Show  Artists Alliance   |  New York, NY  |  presented in conjunction with the Howl Festival
  • 2003
    • Mixed Bag  Studio 402   |  New York, NY
    • Summer Celebration of the Arts  Anderson Center at Tower View   |  Red Wing, MN
  • 2001
    • New Directions ’01  Barrett Art Center  |  Poughkeepsie, NY   |  Juror:  Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum
  • 2000
    • Fresh Produce  Charas/El Bohio  |  New York, NY   |  Curators:  Maya Puchkoff, David Pushkin
    • Spring Benefit  Artists Alliance  |  New York, NY  |  Curator:  David Pushkin
    • The Room  Apeiron  |  New York, NY  |  Curators:  Jason Entner, Eric Berlent
  • 1998
    • Summer Invitational   Abrazo Interno Gallery  |  New York, NY
  • 1997
    • Linda Byrne/New Work  Caffe Delle Artiste  |  New York, NY
  • 1996
    • Punto 1/Women’s Group Show   Abrazo Interno Gallery  |  New York, NY
    • We All Came from the Ocean  Bell Cafe  |  New York, NY
  • 1992
    • Salon 92  612 Gallery  |  Brooklyn, NY
    • Ridge Time  Ridge Street Gallery  |  New York, NY
    • The Salon of the Mating Spiders  Herron Test Site  |  Brooklyn, NY
  • 1975
    • Best of Young Artists   Queens Museum of Art  |  Flushing, NY

Awards/Grants

  • 2010
    • The Artists Summer Institute (ASI) Governor’s Island, NY | A partnership of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Creative Capital
  • 2008
    • Barbara Hurd & Stephen Dunn Sculpture Award
  • 2006
    • Weir Farm Artist Residency  Wilton, CT
  • 2005
    • The Drawing Center Slide Registry  New York, NY
  • 2004
    • The Drawing Center Slide Registry  New York, NY
    • Ucross Foundation Artist Residency Clearmont, WY
    • Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency  Nebraska City, NE
  • 2003
    • Jerome Foundation Grant
    • The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies  Red Wing, MN
    • Jentel Artist Residency  Banner, WY

Reviews

  • 2010
    • Philadelphia CityPaper,  April 24, 2010
      First Friday Focus/Schuylkill Center  by Carolyn Huckabay
    • BizBash New York,  April 22, 2010
      SalonEco: TriBeCa Loft With Environmental Touches  by Anna Sekula
  • 2008
    • The Suffolk County News,  Septermber 4, 2008
      Zigzagging Across the Medium Spectrum  by Liz Finnegan
    • Deist,  April 15, 2008
      End of Nature@Warehouse Gallery by Lynne Venart
    • New York Press,  March 11, 2008
      The Do’s and Don’ts on Collecting in Style: The 2008 Whitney Biennial by Julia Morton
  • 2007
    • The Boston Phoenix,  July 20, 2007
      The Soft Shock of the New by Greg Cook
  • 2005
    • The New York Times,  August 21, 2005
      Islip Show Sets Sail on a Metaphor by Helen A. Harrison

Education

  • 1998
    • The Compleat Sculptor  New York, NY
  • 1988-1989
    • Parsons School of Design  New York, NY
  • 1986-1989
    • Fashion Institute of Technology  New York, NY
  • 1988
    • Academy de Belle Arts  Barcelona, Spain
  • 1978/1982
    • Art Students League  New York, NY
  • 1975-1977
    • Parsons School of Design  New York, NY
  • 1974-1975
    • St. John’s University  Queens, NY 
      Art Techniques Scholarship Program

Memberships

  • 2009-2010
    • Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center New York, NY | Board Member
  • 2004-2005
    • The Matzo files New York, NY | Founding Member, File Coordinator, Treasurer
  • 1999-2005
    • Artists Alliance, Inc. New York, NY | Board Member, Treasurer 1999/2000
  • 1995-1997
    • Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center New York, NY | Open Studios Committee
All work © 2010-2011 Linda Byrne