Linda Hall
107 Crest Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32301
850-591-4693
[email protected]
Education
MFA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1993
BFA, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1987
TCC, Tallahassee Florida, 1984
Exhibition Record
Solo Exhibitions
What is Left, Galerie Alexandre, Bernay, France, May 2022
“Wall of Blooming and Passing”, an invitational exhibition for American Craft Council week, Signature Gallery, Atlanta GA , September 2021
“Surface Tension, Gadsden Museum of Fine Art, Gadsden Alabama, August-September 2021
“Masked Anxiety”,Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon Georgia, February-June 2021
“Beyond Gone”, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy Florida, January- February 2020
“The Unsound and the Furry”, Signature Gallery, Atlanta Georgia, April – June 2016
“Borrowed Bodies”, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee Florida, March-April 2015
“Crossing Over”, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, Valencia College, Orlando Florida, Jan.-March 2014
“Hollow Dogs and Other Remnants” Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta GA, May-June 2013
“Holy Remnants”, The Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee FL,
February 2013
“Empty But Occupied”, Still Life in G Gallery, Bradenton Florida. February 2012
“Linda Hall’s Cabinet of Curiosities”, Phipps Gallery, Tallahassee Museum, Aug.-Nov. 2010
“The Beast in Me”, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta Georgia, 2008
Group Shows
“Non-Anonymous”, Two person with Becki Rutta, The Hambidge Cross-Pollination Lab, Atlanta, February-March 2022
“Social Distance”, Two person with Becki Rutta, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, August-December 2021
“Liten”, Invitational exhibition, Bountiful Davis Cart Center, Bountiful Utah, September-October 2019
“Artfields”, juried exhibition Carter Jones Gallery, Lake City SC, May 2019
“Sign of the Times”, invitational fundraiser for Hambidge, Weave Shed Gallery, Rabun Gap, GA
March 2018
“Untethered: Stories Come Like Charms”, Wasmer Art Gallery at Florida Gulf Coast University, Two person show with Barbara Balzer, October-November 2017
“The Sacred and Profane”, Signature Gallery, Atlanta GA, invitational group collaborative project. October 18th- November 11th2016
“Embody, Embed, Invoke”, Eye Drum Gallery, Atlanta GA, August 13th-September 16th 2016
Swan Coach House Summer Exhibition, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA, May-August 2015
“Deep in the Woods, They Parade at Night”, North Florida Community College, Madison Florida, two-person show with Mark Messersmith, January-February, 2015,
“Feral Beauty”, Grassroots Gallery, Thomasville GA., two-person with Michelle Smith Grindberg, April 20th-July 15th 2014
“Saints and Storms”, Signature Gallery, Tallahassee, two-Person Show with Joe McFadden, Fall 2011
“Lite-Box”, Litebox Gallery, Birmingham AL, invitational group show, Aug.- Sept. 2010
“Contemporary Capital”, Pedestrian Project Gallery, Jacksonville FL, group invitational show. 2007
“Presence”, Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, , NY,NY. Group show. 2007
“New American Paintings”, 2007 Southern edition, volume #70, juried exhibition in print. 2007
“Love Your Mother: a Pictorial Discourse on the Environment”, LeMoyne Center for Visual
Art Center. Tallahassee FL. group invitational show. 2007
“Lovely Dark and Deep: Women Artists Retake on the Fairy Tale”, Pelham Arts Center, Pelham NY. group exhibition. 2007
“Suspended Dreams,” 621 Gallery, Tallahassee FL. Three-person show. 2006
“Notre Combat,” collaborative international project in which each artist manipulates a page from Mein Kampf. Paris, France. The combined works have become a book and film. 2006
“Florida Focus: Northern Tropics,” Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL. group invitational show. 2005
“Art and Ecology,” Mary Brogan Museum of Art, Tallahassee, group invitational show. 2005
“Looking in on the Way Out,” Gadsen Art Center, Quincy, FL, two-person show with Joan Matey. 2003
“Where’s Freedom, the Dog,” live puppet performance at 621 Gallery, Tallahassee. Two person performance with Dave Morris. 2002
“Boxes Boxed,” Marimar Gallery, Sarasota FL. Group show. 2002
“Florida Artists,” Panama City Community College Gallery., Panama City, FL, Two-person with Mark Messersmith. 2001
“Florida State University Faculty Group Show,” The Art Center, Panama City, FL, January. 2001
“Revelation for Revolution,” Revolving Museum, Boston, MA, curated by Rebecca Hoffenberger,
group show. 2000
“Live Puppet Performance,” Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, VT three week internship and
performance. 2000
“Grounded,” 621 Gallery, Railroad Square, Tallahassee, FL, Solo. 1999
“Altered Beliefs,” City Gallery East, Division of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA. Group invitational show. 1998
“The Boy Who Was Aware,” Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY. Consignment. 1997
“On This Earth,” Artport, Tallahassee Regional Airport, Tallahassee, Solo. 1997
“Florida State University Faculty Show,” FSU Art Museum, Tallahassee. Group show. 1997
“BAA-621 Exchange Show,” The Birmingham Art Association, Birmingham, AL. April. Juried
group show. 1995
“Sleeping Beauty and Other Tales of Magic and Loss,” 621 Gallery Tallahassee. September.
Solo. 1994
“Pollen,” Rented storefront in Durham, NC. Four-person invitational show. 1993
Awards
2019 - Merit Award, Artfields, May
2014 - Hambidge Art Center Fellow, October
2010 -Grant from Education and Civic Leadership, FSU for the Earth Project course
2007 -Artist Enhancement Grant, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
-New American Paintings, Southern edition, volume #70.
1998 -Intern at Bread and Puppet Theatre, June, July
Permanent Collections
Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers Florida
Museum of Arts and Science, Macon Georgia
Reviews, Articles and Citations
Raw Vision Magazine, Weekly Online version #202, “Museum of Arts and Science Anxiety Masks” February 5th 2021
Tallahassee Democrat, Kati Schartl, “Behind the masks: The fantastical world of Linda Hall”
October 2, 2020
Tallahassee Magazine, Steve Dollar, “Tallahassee Artist Linda Hall Conjures Otherworldly Creations”, November 2018
Flamingo Magazine Diane Roberts, “Where the Wild Things Are” September 2018
Arts Southwest Florida, Tom Hall, ”Linda Hall’s Masks and Puppets on Display in Ghostbird’s ‘Orbs’”, February 2018
Beautiful Decay, Hayley Evans, ”Linda Hall’s Beautifully Grim Textile Animal Sculptures Embody Pain, Healing and Spiritual Hybridity, July 14, 2015
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Felicia Feaster, “Year End High Points, Atlanta Flaunts it’s Depth of Talent”, December 29th 2013
Burnaway, Rachel Reese, “In 200 Words: Linda Hall in 4 by 4”, June 25th 2013
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Felicia Feaster, “Strange and Wonderful Works of 4 at the Barbara Archer”, June 6th 2013
Arts ATL, Dinah McClintock, “Review: From Four Artists, Four Forms of Transformation”, Atlanta,”, June 5, 2013
Oxford American, ,Jullianne Ballou, “ Linda Hall’s Nature, South beat staff blog,May 30 2013
Tallahassee Democrat, “Linda Hall’s Cabinet of Curiosity”, Tallahassee FL , August 2010
Art Cat, online magazine based in Greenwich Village NY NY, Kenneth Feingold, Fall 2007
Creative Loafing, David Lee Simmons, “Best Bets”, Atlanta Georgia, September 15th 2008
Tallahassee Democrat, article about a mural project at PACE School for Girls, TaMaryn Waters, September 21, 2006.
St. Petersburg Times Lennie Bennet, “Northern Exposure, , St. Petersburg, FL, September 25, 2005.
Boston Globe, Gerry Duehr, Taking a Spin At The Revolving Museum,” Boston, MA,“February, 2000.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jerry Cullom, “A Worldly-wise Black Aesthetic”, Atlanta, GA,. July 17, 1998.
Creative Loafing, Cathy Byrd, “Altered Beliefs,” Atlanta, GA, July 25, 1998.
Tallahassee Democrat, Mark Hinson “Hallmarks,”, Tallahassee, Sept. 25 1997.
The Daily Sentinel, “Best Art Show in East Texas Opens,” Nacogdoches, TX, March 31, 1996.
Tallahassee Democrat, Mark Hinson ,“Linda Hall’s Dolls,”, September 15, 1995.
Teaching Experience
Florida State University
2009-2017, Adjunct Professor, Florida State University, Department of Art, part-time Art and Ecology , Soft Sculpture, foundations classes
2005- 2019, FSU Summer Florida State University International Programs Art Faculty, Photography for Non-Art majors, Survey of Studio Art Practices and Sketching the environment
-Florence Italy Program 2017, 2019
-London Program 2008-2018
-Leysin Switzerland Program, 2005-2007
2001- 2002- Visiting Artist, Florida State University, Department of Art, full-time
2003-2005 Executive Director
621 Gallery. Tasks included chairing committees for exhibitions, installation, grant-writing and fundraising. Railroad Square, Tallahassee, FL. Full-time. January 2003-January 2005.
2007-2008 Americorps member
Wakulla Springs State Park. Environmental outreach projects and
Conducting interpretive tours down the Wakulla river. Full-time. Jan. 2007- Dec. 2008
1998-2020 Various Experience/ Collaborations/ Workshops and Community Service
Mask Embellishment Workshop, led a zoomed workshop in conjunction with “Social Distance exhibition, Museum of Fine Art, Florida State University, October 2021
Procession of Blooming and Passing, director and performer a procession of art and music at American craft Council Art week, Buckhead, Atlanta, September 2021
Women Among Us, Coordinator in photography exhibition featuring local women over 70. Le Moyne Art Center, October 14-30th. 2021
Musicircus, performance as a demon in a John Cage piece arranged by Stephen Montiquue, FSU Museum of Fine Art, 6-802pm, Tallahassee FL April 13th 2019
Juror, Valdosta National Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta Georgia.January 2018
Collaboration with Ghost Bird Theatre, “Orbs” making five large puppets that are worcen on the body for a site-specific play at Koreshan State Park, written and directed by Barry Cavin of Ghost Bird Theatre, Estero Florida, February 2018.
Workshop, Mask, puppet and prop making with Theatre students at Florida Southwestern State College, January/February 2018
Workshop, Mask making with Florida Gulf Coast University sculpture students, November 2017
Collaboration with Dance, Made a mask for “InterState” film. The film features dancer Illana Goldman, choreographed by Gabriel Williams and music by Patrick Mckinney, 2017.
Board of Directors, Sharing Tree, an organization that recycles materials from waste stream and sells them in a community shop, Tallahassee, 2015-2017.
TEDXFSU, Art designer for dance performance by Luis Lopez- Maldonado, Florida State University, April 2015
Community Mural Director, organized and directed the local artists in painting a mural in a park in Downtown Tallahassee. Each artist painted a panel featuring an endangered animal in Florida. Participants included thirteen local artists, an art club from Lincoln High, a local High School, and a group of students from LeMoyne Foundation a summer art camp. July 2007
Howard Middle School Murals, Project director and teacher in Art in Education Grant project, a federal grant through the Department of Education at Florida State University involving seventh grade students in the painting of murals. Howard Middle School, Monticello, FL January-May, September-December, 2005.
Art Instructor, Project director and teacher in Art in Education Grant project, a federal grant through the Department of Education at Florida State University involving seventh grade students in the painting of murals. Howard Middle School, Monticello, FL January-May 2004, September-December 2005.
Public Art Director of Railroad Square Art park, In exchange for studio space I directed plays, parades, mural and cabarets for a converted industrial space where artists lived and worked. 1995-2005
Art Teacher, SAIL High School. School For Applied and Individual Learning. Tallahassee. Part-time. Aug. Fall 1999- Spring 2001, directed an Art club
Visual Art Director, F.A.C.E. ( Florida Arts and Community Enrichment), a program involving
underprivileged children with various art forms. Art Director and site supervisor for several mural
projects on exterior walls in the Frenchtown and Downtown areas. Part-time. 1993-2001
Art Instructor, “Fresh Start”, a summertime dropout prevention program that targets students from ages 9-12. Florida High School, Tallahassee. Summer term.1994
Art Instructor, Women’s Prison, ‘Writing As Outreach” program from FSU’s Creative Writing department, a program that combined courses in writing and visual art for inmates. Jefferson County Correctional Institution, Monticello, FL. Jan- April 1998
Art Director, Tallahassee Junior Museum, project leader for designing sets and costumes for a
fashion show in which 7 home schooled children each designed a costume as a natural habitat.
The show traveled to local schools and libraries. June,1996.
Art Director, FSU Art Education program, led in designing and painting a peace mural that was sent to Nagasaki for the 50thanniversary of the bombing.1995.
Art for CDs and Publications
Animals, Animality and Literature, Cover image of book edited by Bruce Boehrer, Brian Masumi and Molly Hand 2019
Despair Knot, Cover and interior art for music CD for Dean Newman, 2013
Anhinga Press, cover and interior image, Literary magazine. 2013
New American Paintings, Southern edition, volume #70, 2007
My Last Door, Cover art for a book of poetry by Wendy Bishop, Anhinga Press, Spring 2007.
Langtree, Cover art for music CD by Patrick McKinney, August , 2003.
SunDog, FSU Literary Magazine, Tallahassee FL, editor, Stephanie Harrell, Spring 1998.
Three-Legged Dog, cover art for a book of fiction by Donald Caswell, Fall 1999.
Workshops, Conferences and Lectures
Florida Public Art Conference, Sculpture in the Land of Landscape Painters, a lecture called Emerging Environment Art Movement: Green Sculpture, featuring the public art projects that I directed including projects by students in Art and Ecology Classes at FSU, May 2010
TEDx FSU talk, The topic of Compassion, Fine Arts Building FSU, May 2009
Green Guide Girls Program, a presentation about Art AmeriCorps and Ecology to a group of young women from a local high school involved with a Math and Science grant from Motorola.
Workshop, Puppet-making workshop for Heart of The Earth Organization, building large puppets of endangered birds that were presented at an event promoting Between Two Rivers, a book about ecology by regional authors. Tall Timbers Reserve, Tallahassee. Fall, 2004.
Lecturer, Tallahassee Artists League, discussed how to critique art. March, 2004.
