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 current, www.lindaberkley.net archive website
Studio Art Faculty & Department Chair tenured 2006 – 2023 (retired)
Everett Community College, Everett, WA
Courses taught include:
Drawing I, II, III, IV, Intro to Studio Art, Painting I, II, III, 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, Water media, Painting, Drawing, Gallery Exhibitions
RESIDENCIES
April, May 2015 Faculty Exchange and Residency
Study of Japanese Dye Craft – Katazome, Otemae University, Nishinomya, Japan
June 2015 DrawInternational Artist-in-Residence
Callus, France
July, Aug 2015 NES Artist-in-Residence
Skagastrond, Iceland
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
2023 Faculty Invite Group Show Russell Day Gallery, Everett, WA
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
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT –
WORKSHOPS, ACHIEVEMENTS and AWARDS
2024 Rozome Revisited – April May, Workshop with Master Kiranada Sterling, Ghost Ranch, NM
2023 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Rozome Intensive, with Master Kiranada Sterling, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Confluence of Art and Poetry, Northwind Art Center, Port Angeles, WA
2019-2022 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Digital Painting – 2019, Absolute Beginners – 2020, Animal Drawing – 2021,
Dynamic Sketching – 2022, CGMA Master Academy courses
2022 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Digital Drawing & Painting, Frame Point Studio course
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, with Master Kiranada Sterling, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
Ro Kata Intensive Workshop, with Master Kiranada Sterling, Pacific NW Art School, Coupeville, WA
Crosscurrents Magazine, , Washington Community College Humanities Association
‘Yukata – Spring Cycle’, published artwork
2017 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Rozome: Japanese Patterns and Textures, with Master Kiranada Sterling, Mendocino Art Center, CA
2016 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Rozome, Rozome III – Sekidashi, with Master Kiranada Sterling, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
2014 Professional Development Funding, EvCC, Everett, OR
Rozome I, Japanese Batik, with Master Kiranada Sterling, Southeast Fiber Alliance, Atlanta, GA
2012 Crosscurrents Magazine, Washington Community College Humanities Association
Begonia Escargot’, ‘Northern Flicker, Colaptes auratus’, published artworks
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
MEMBERSHIP and SERVICE
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Member 2010 – 2014
Creative Arts Community Board Member 2000 – 2006
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