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SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2022
ArtsWestchester, WOMEN: This Much and More, White Plains, NY
2021
Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, WOMEN: This Much and More, North Salem, NY
2016
BeanRunner Café, 100 Reasons to Eat Something, Peekskill, NY
2015
Saunders’ Farm, Collaborative Concepts’ Farm Project 2015, Linda Jean Fisher: Work Period Prose Poems, Garrison, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Hamlet of Harvard Hall, Linda Jean Fisher: Six Million: Giclées, Videos, and Prose Poems, East Branch, NY
2008
Time and Space Limited, A Different Country, Hudson, NY
2007
1929 Gallery, Eisenhower Hall, Linda Jean Fisher: The Color of Loyalty, A Tribute to Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, U.S. Academy at West Point, NY
2005
Gallery 25N, Linda Jean Fisher: Paintings, Peekskill, NY
Monmouth College, Linda Jean Fisher: Color From the Inside Out, Monmouth, IL
- This exhibition was supported in part with funds from Special Opportunity Stipends Program through New York Foundation for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, administered in Mid-Hudson by Garrison Art Center.
2004
williamMAXWELL FINE ARTS, Linda Jean Fisher: Order and Chaos II, Peekskill, NY
Chappaqua Library, Linda Jean Fisher: Order and Chaos, Chappaqua, NY
2002
Hendrick Hudson Free Library, Linda Jean Fisher: The Birren Experiment, Montrose, NY
1999
Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Tell It Like It Is: Linda Jean Fisher and Vernita N’Cognita, Valhalla, NY
1998
Highland Cultural Center, Linda Jean Fisher: Transcending Boundaries, Highland, NY
1995
Subculture Gallery, Linda Jean Fisher and Susan Walsh, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Westchester Community College, Fall 2021 Alumni Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
2018
BeanRunner Café, HIGH CONTRAST: Culture Confronts Chaos, Peekskill, NY
2017
Jeanette J. Phillips Health Center Atrium, Transplanted Too, Peekskill, NY
Mezzanine Gallery, Paramount Hudson Valley, Transplanted: Hopes, Fears and Dreams, Peekskill, NY
BeanRunner Café, Strong As A Woman, Peekskill, NY
2014
Mezzanine Gallery, Paramount Hudson Valley, Brains, Boobs, & Backbones, Peekskill, NY
Mezzanine Gallery, Paramount Hudson Valley, Sneak Peek Art Showcase at the Paramount, Peekskill, NY
2013
Westchester Community College Gallery, It’s Not Always Black & White, Peekskill, NY
2009
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Art Along the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY
2007
williamMAXWELL FINE ARTS, The Flat File Show: A Multitude of Paperworks By a Multitude of Artists, Peekskill, NY
2006
williamMAXWELL FINE ARTS, Unexpected Visitors: An Uncanny Art Show, Peekskill, NY
2005
Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Color By Numbers, Valhalla, NY
2003
willaimMAXWELL FINE ARTS, Holiday Salon Show, Peekskill, NY
Coulter Young Gallery, Everything But the Kitchen Sink, Peekskill, NY
2002
Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, 2002 Westchester Biennial, New Rochelle, NY
2001
williamMAXWELL FINE ARTS, Holiday Salon Show, Peekskill, NY
Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, Between the Lines, New York, NY
Westchester Arts Workshop Gallery, Peekskill Artists Open Studio Group Show, Peekskill, NY
The Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery at Hudson Guild, Lucky Draw, New York, NY
2000
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Good Business Is the Best Art: Twenty Years of the Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx, NY
1999
The Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery at Hudson Guild, Millennial Fever: Cutting-Edge Art of the Future, New York, NY
The Alternative Museum, The Millennium Exhibition, New York, NY
80 Washington Square East Galleries, Small Works, New York, NY
1998
Upper Gallery, The Paramount Center for the Arts, Remembrance of Things Past: Memory Into Art, Peekskill, NY
5 & 10 Store, Face to Face, Peekskill, NY
Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, 1998 Westchester Biennial, New Rochelle, NY
Flat Iron Gallery, Works in White, Peekskill, NY
1997
Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, The Clothes Show: Objects For and About Clothes, Detroit, MI
Upper Gallery, The Paramount Center for the Arts, Face to Face-The Hidden Self, Peekskill, NY
SPACES, Obsessions, Cleveland, OH
Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, KMAA Group Exhibition, Mount Kisco, NY
Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, An Organic Palette, Purchase, NY
1996
CERES, Hallelujah ‘96, New York, NY
SAUCE, The SAUCE Fashion Show, Brooklyn, NY
Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Constructivists, Detroit, MI
One Station Plaza, On the Human Condition: Vanishing, Peekskill, NY
Upper Gallery, The Paramount Center for the Arts, Diverse Fragments: A Montage Of Collage, Peekskill, NY
1995
Gallery Korea, Markers of Identity, New York, NY
1994
The Alternative Museum, 1994 National Showcase Exhibition, New York, NY
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Artist in the Marketplace XIV, Bronx, NY
SOHO 20, The Pushpin Show, New York, NY
1993
Bywood Gallery, Social Works, Peekskill, NY
1992
Fine Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Alumni Exhibition, Valhalla, NY
1991
Gallery 211, Frameworks, Ossining, NY
1988
Atlantic Gallery, Black and White Drawing Show, New York, NY
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2008
The Country Shopper, Remembering the Holocaust through art and fingerprints, Rich Monetti, July 19
2007
North County News, The Color of Loyalty: Fisher’s Homage to Oppenheimer, Danny Lopriore, January 10-16
2004
The Star, Exhibits showcase art and process, Brian J. Howard, December 2
The New York Times, A Language of Color Tells the Tale of the Atomic Bomb, D. Dominick Lombardi, October 17
The Westchester County Times, Visual Effects, October 2004
2002
The Star, Making a living from making art, Ann Denion Hoskins, October 17
Cortlandt Magazine, Artist Linda Jean Fisher Presents The Birren Experiment at Hendrick Hudson Free Library Gallery, Beverly Army Gillen, October 2002
2000
The Star, Linda Jean Fisher on the ride of her life, Eve Marx, December 1
The New York Times, Sketches and Notes, and Pieces Take Shape, D. Dominick Lombardi, May 14
1998
Record Review, The Persistence of Memory, D. Dominick Lombardi, October 2
Gannett Newspapers, Narrowing the Gap to Manhattan, Georgette Gouveia, May 31
The New York Times, 29 Works Are Exhibited By 18 Artists in a Biennial, Vivien Raynor, May 24
Daily Freeman, Cultural Center Exhibit Transcends Boundaries, Joan D’arcy, March 27
1997
Detroit Free Press, From Quirky Undies to Liturgical Shoes, Clothes is a Fashion Romp, Keri Guten Cohen, June 22
The Detroit News, Art Couture: Gallery Creates an Ensemble Out of Some Unusual Hang-Ups, Joy Hakanson Colby, June 11
North County News, Face to Face Explores the Hidden Self at Paramount Center, Florence Hutton, June 11
The Westchester County Weekly, So It Ain’t SoHo: The Downtown Artist District of Peekskill Is Full of Working Studios Where Real Work is Going On, Elizabeth Hilts, May 14
The Cleveland Free Times, Obsessive Replay, Siobhan La Piana, March 26
The Westchester County Weekly, Applied Physics, Elizabeth Hilts, March 20
Gannett Suburban Newspapers, Nuts and Bolts Do an Artist Make, Wendy DeGiglio, March 16
The Plain Dealer, Disturbing, Provocative Views of the Mundane, Steven Litt, March 14
The Peekskill Herald, Exhibit at Flat Iron Adds Color to Winter, D. Dominick Lombardi, February 6
1996
The Peekskill Herald, Artist with Roots: Linda Fisher Returns to Work in Hometown, Trev Leger, October 17
The Detroit News, Women Use Industrial Materials to Fabricate Whimsical Works, Joy Hakanson Colby, September 19
1995
Now! Magazine, Peekskill Artist Transforms Memories Into Rubber, Jennifer Gant, October
1994
The New York Times, A Showcase for Artists Learning Their Business, Holland Cotter, August 19
The New York Times, A Religious Spirit Vies With Fun, William Zimmer, July 31
PUBLICATIONS
1998
1998 Westchester Biennial, designed and published by Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
1994
Artist in the Marketplace XIV, by Marysol Nieves, Lydia Yee, and Jackie Battenfield, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2004
New York Foundation for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend
1993
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Artist in the Marketplace XIV
COMMISSIONS
1996
Katharine Livingston, SCRAP Performance Group, Philadelphia, PA
COLLECTIONS
2007
Department of Physics, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
2000
Pfizer Corporation, Doral Arrowwood Education Center, Rye Brook, NY
Hendrick Hudson Free Library, Montrose, NY
Private Collections in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Michigan, and Pennsylvania
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
1991-1992
Westchester Arts Workshop, White Plains, NY
Art and Feminist Studies
1988-1990
The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Figure Sculpture
1989
Ecole Albert Defois, Les Cerqueux Sous Passavant, France
Figure and Portrait Sculpture
1988
Italy
I studied the painting methods of Roman Baroque and Venetian artists.
1987
The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Painting in New York
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2011
Guest Speaker, First Monday Salon, A Woman’s Work is Never Done: Six Million, BeanRunner Café, Peekskill, NY
Guest Speaker, A Woman’s Work is Never Done: Six Million, Fine Arts Department, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
2005
Guest Speaker, How to Manage a Freelance Career as an Artist, Fine Arts Department, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
Slide Lecture, Linda Jean Fisher: Applied Physics, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
2004
Slide Lecture, Linda Jean Fisher: Order and Chaos, The Chappaqua Library Theatre, Chappaqua, NY
Guest Speaker, How to Manage a Freelance Career as an Artist, Fine Arts Department, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
2002
Slide Lecture: A Chronological Survey of My Craft and Detailed Descriptions of My Various Processes, Hendrick Hudson Free Library, Montrose, NY
2001
Slide Lecture, Applied Physics: Art by Experiment, Gallery 211, Ossining, NY
1999
Slide Lecture: A Chronological Survey of My Craft and Detailed Descriptions of My Various Processes, Eastchester High School, Eastchester, NY
Guest Speaker, How to Manage a Freelance Career as an Artist, Fine Arts Department, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
1997
Slide Lecture, The Women Artists Series @ One Station Plaza: Linda Jean Fisher and Melinda Boiko Cosentino, One Station Plaza, Peekskill, NY
Slide Lecture: A Chronological Survey of My Craft and Detailed Descriptions of My Various Processes, Eastchester High School, Eastchester, NY
Guest Speaker: The Tools and Techniques I Use To Develop and Sustain My Art Career, Valley Artists Association, Peekskill, NY
Slide Lecture: A Chronological Survey of My Craft and Detailed Descriptions of My Various Processes, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY
1996-2003
Slide Lecture: A Chronological Survey of My Craft and Detailed Descriptions of My Various Processes, Art History Survey, Mercy College, Westchester County and Bronx, NY
1995
Gallery Talk: The Techniques I Use To Design and Build My Sculptures, Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Slide Lecture, Friday Night Series Women in Art: Linda Jean Fisher, One Station Plaza, Peekskill, NY
1994
Guest Speaker: The Tools and Techniques I Use To Develop and Sustain My Art Career, Senior Arts Seminar, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY
1992
Gallery Talk: The Techniques I Use To Make My Paintings, Fine Arts Department, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
EDUCATION
1988
The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
B.F.A. Painting
1985
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
A.A.S. Fine Arts, Curriculum Award Winner