LINDA D. BERKLEY
Fine Artist and Educator
EDUCATION
2010 Natural Scientific Illustration certificate, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1992 MFA, Drawing/Painting, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1986 & 87 4th & 5th Year Diploma, Drawing/Painting, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, MA
1986 BFA, Studio Art, Tufts University, Medford, MA (SMFA affiliate)
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Fine Artist, professional since 1986. Painting, Drawing, Mixed Media
www.lindaberkley.com, www.lindaberkley.net website
Studio Art Faculty & Department Chair tenured 2006 – present
Everett Community College, Everett, WA
Courses taught include:
Drawing I, II, III, IV, Intro to Studio Art, Life Drawing I, II, Art Foundations and Design, Watercolor I, II, Professional Practices, Advance Studio Art
Gallery Director Cascade Gallery 2006 – 2007
Portland Community College, OR
Art Department Chair 2002 – 2005, Art Faculty 1995 – 2005
Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, Portland, OR
Instructor – Art Workshop Intensives 1997 – Present
Popover Perch Studio, Redmond, WA
Creative Arts Community, Columbia Gorge, OR, Anderson Ranch Arts, CO,
Subjects: Creative Process, Collage, Watermedia, Painting, Drawing, Gallery Exhibitions
RESIDENCIES
1993-94 Artist-in-Residence in Painting & Summer Workshops Assistant
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Oct 1988 Workshop Residency
Vermont Studio School and Colony, Johnson, VT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Awakening to Presence Russell Day Gallery, Everett, WA Fall 2014
2005 Metaphors are to be Mined Firehouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
2003 Observations Triple J Salon, Kirkland, WA
First Thursday Umpqua Bank Gallery, Portland, WA
2002 Points of View Endless Health, Bellevue, WA
1999 Invitational Studio Show Market Street Studios, Portland, OR
1998 In the Veins Sugar from the Bone Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 The Beckon of Light – Drawings Rock Creek Gallery, PCC, Portland, OR
1996 Held Breath – Diving into the Elements Oregon State U, Corvallis, OR
Garden of the Spirit Rock Creek Gallery, Portland, OR
Gesture Cycle Vita Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Openings Fireplace Gallery, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
1994 Embryo Series Dow’s Barn Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO
1992 Memorials University of Arizona Museum of Fine Arts, Tucson, AZ
Recalling Myself Hall of Fame Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1991 A Staging of Ascension Phantom Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Recalling Persephone 830 Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Flight of One Hundred Teabags and Linda’s Thicket U of AZ, Tucson, AZ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS selected
2014 Drawing on Nature: Flora and Fauna WA State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2013 The Spirit of Observation Russell Day Gallery, Everett, WA – Curator & Participant
2012 GNSI Annual Exhibit Pei Ling Chan Gallery for the Arts, Savannah, GA
2010 A Celebration of the Natural World Burke Museum, UW campus, Seattle, WA
2005 Beauty Revisited Mt Scott Art Center, Portland, OR
Juried Show 2005 Gresham City Hall Visual Arts Center, OR
2004 Kate: Inside and Out Northview Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Sitka Invitational Forestry Center, Portland, OR
Faculty Show, PCC Cascade West Linn Library Gallery, OR
Beyond Line Festival of the Arts, Lakewood Center, Lake Oswego, OR
Arte de Campe Graystone Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Art Beat 2001 No Holes in the Wall Gallery, Portland, OR
Real Art To Go Graystone Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Art Beat 2000 No Holes in the Wall Gallery, Portland, OR
Summer Show Gallery at Menucha, Columbia Gorge, OR
MEMBERSHIP and SERVICE
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Member 2010 – present
Creative Arts Community Board Member 2000 – present
Eastside Association of Fine Arts Member 2006 – 2010
Invited Artist, Artrain April 2006, Skykomish, WA
F.A.T.E. Foundations in Art, Theory & Education Member 2003 – present
Invited Artist Lecturer 1999 Portland Arts and Artists Lecture Series Lake Oswego, OR
Invited Artist Lecturer Women’s History Month, 1999 Portland Community College, OR
Invited Artist 1997 Evening with an Artist STEP Benefit, Pacific Northwest College of Art, OR
Art Selection Committee Member 1998-99 Oregon Arts Commission Percent for Art OIT
Juror 1997 Beaverton Arts Showcase, Oils and Acrylics, Beaverton, OR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS and AWARDS
2020 Crosscurrents Magazine, published illustration
2019 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Summer in the Studios for Art Educators, PNCA, Portland OR
Digital Painting, CG Master Academy with David Merritt, Instructor
2018 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Summer in the Studios for Art Educators, PNCA, Portland OR
Rozome, Advanced Techniques, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
Ro Kata Intensive Workshop, Pacific NW Art School, Coupeville, WA
Crosscurrents Magazine, published illustration
2017 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Rozome:Japanese Patterns and Textures, Mendocino Art Center, CA
2014 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Rozome I, Japanese Batik, Southeast Fiber Alliance, Atlanta, GA
2009-10 Vertebrate and Botanical Illustration courses, UW Extension, Seattle, WA
2007 Botanical Illustration Workshop, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
2005 Percent for Art Purchase, Portland Community College, Portland, OR, Public Collection
2004 Professional Development Grant Recipient PCC, Portland, OR
Creative Arts Community Workshop and Sitka Center for the Arts, OR
2003 Foundations in Art, Theory & Education (FATE) Conference, Saratoga, FL
2002 Professional Development Grant Recipient PCC, Portland, OR