LINDA JACOBSON
Born in Los Angeles, CA
Lives & works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1973 - 75 Postgraduate studies with Lorser Feitelson, a pioneer abstractionist painter
1971 - 73 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA BFA Degree, Summa cum laude
1968 - 70 California State University, Northridge, CA BA Degree
1966 - 67 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 “Salon Exhibit” Curated by Michael Goodman MRG Gallery, Venice, CA
2016 “Luminous: Landscapes of the Mind” MRG Fine Art Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA
2010 “Rhythms of Nature” Cal State University Channel Islands, Ventura, CA
“Color Story” Studio MNX, San Pedro Art Walk, San Pedro, CA
2006 “Light & Color” Private Studio Exhibit, Venice, CA
2004 “Watercolors in Nature” Private Studio Exhibit, Venice, CA
2003 “Santorini” Private Studio Exhibit, Venice, CA
1994 Judith Samuel Fine Art, Venice CA
1993 Whittier College, Whittier CA
1988 Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
1986 La Maison du Caviar, Beverly Hills, CA
1985 Gianni Versace, Beverly Hills, CA
1985 “Abstract Landscapes,” Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
1983 Orlando Gallery, Encino, CA
1983 Arizona Southwestern College, Yuma, AZ
1982 Murphy/Lancaster Associates, Los Angeles, CA
1979 Bolen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1977 Seventh Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Winter – Fuyu” S.E.A. Contemporary Gallery + Gallery 612, Santa Monica CA
2019 “Life Model, Charles White & his Students,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art, curated by Sarah Jesse & Paulina Alvarez Los Angeles
2019 “Joys of Sin” Lisa Derrick Gallery, Chinatown, LA, CA
2017 “LA Meets Shanghai in Berlin” Galerie Rohling, Berlin Germany
“A Woman’s Perspective: Empowering the Female Vision” MRG Fine Art, Sherman Oaks, CA
2016 “California Landscapes” West LA College, Culver City
“Spectrum-Gestalt3” b/G Gallery, Bergamot Station
2015 “Gallery Exhibit” Molly Barnes Studio, Los Angeles, CA
“12x12” b/G Gallery, Bergamot Station
2014 “Spectrum-Gestalt” b/G Gallery, Bergamot Station
“Three Winged Chrysalis” b/G Gallery, Bergamot Station
2013 “Still Life” b/G Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012 “Paper” George Lawson Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011 “Pacific Standard Time Preview” Bleicher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show, Bleicher Golightly, Santa Monica, CA
“LAMAG Benefit” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall
2010 “The Many Faces of Art” Art Auction, LA Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 “Insight/Inside L.A.” Mt. St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles CA
Karpeles Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2001-8 Caldera Gallery, Santorini, Greece
2007 “Forces of Nature” SPARC Gallery, Venice CA
“Pillow Talk” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles CA
“California Coastline” Rose Café, Venice, CA
2002-6 Group Exhibits, SPARC, Venice, CA
2004 California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA
2002 “Myth & Matter” Gallery West, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Rose Café, Venice CA
1999 “Luminous Secrets,: Artforum Gallery, Encino, CA
1998 “Inner Works II,” Available Light Gallery
“Landscapes of the Mind,” Mt. San Jacinto College
1997 “Inner Works,” Available Light, Burbank, CA
1996 Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
Gallery Illuminati, Internet Gallery
Art on Washington Gallery, Los Angeles
“Religions and Rituals,” South Bay Contemporary Mus. of Art, Torrance, CA
1995 Cal State University Los Angeles, Luckman Fine Art Gallery, Four Person Exhibition
Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
Sunquest Gallery, Big Sur, CA
Gallery Illuminati, Internet Gallery
1994 California State University Gallery, Northridge
1993 Nemiroff-Deutsch Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1992 “Life on Earth,” Mt. St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
1990 “L.A. Open Festival” Los Angeles Central Library
1989 “Caracen Art Auction,” Fred Hoffman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Art and Soul” Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Valerie Miller Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1988 “Venice Art Walk,” curated by Mary Jane Jacobs & Tressa Miller, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
1987 “Caracen Art Auction,” Turske-Whitney Gallery, L.A curators: Howard Fox, Mary Jane Jacobs
Whitely Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Theatre Gallery, Design Center of Los Angeles, CA
1985 “Drawings,” Gallery K, Washington D.C.
“The New Abstract,” curated by Bill Wheeler, Brand Art Library, Glendale, CA
1984 Metro Rail Transit Consultants, LAVA Sponsored, L.A., CA
Simard Gallery, Los Angeles
“Six from Downtown” Rose Cafe, Venice, CA
"LACE Open Studio Tour,” Los Angeles, CA
Studio 1617, Silverlake, CA
1983 “New Acquisitions,” University of Michigan, Dearborn
Orlando Gallery, Encino, CA
Studio 1617, Silverlake, CA
“LACE Open Studio Tour,” Los Angeles, CA
1982 “Interiors,” California State University, Los Angeles, CA
“LAVA '82,” (Los Angeles Visual Arts)
“Selected Works of Permanent Collection,” Palm Springs
Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Orlando Gallery, Encino, CA
Brand Art Library, Glendale, CA
Zenith Gallery, Washington D.C.
1980 Lerner-Heller Gallery, New York, N.Y.
“A Fine Line,” Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles
Collectors Choice Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
Venable Neslage Gallery, Washington D.C.
“Los Angeles Bi-Centennial Celebration,” California
Museum of Science & Industry, Los Angeles
Bradley Gallery, Montecito, CA
Gallery du Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland
Kathryn Markel, New York, NY
1979 Galerie Marquet, Paris, France
1977 Image and the Myth Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
PERFORMANCE/INSTALLATIONS
1999 Performance & Exhibition for One World Millenium Symposium, Monterey, CA
1998 “The Elements,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Barnsdall, Opening Ceremony to Exhibit
SELECTED PUBLIC/PRIVATE/CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Luckman Fine Arts Complex, CSULA, Los Angeles
South Bay Museum of Art, CA
University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI
Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
IBM Corporate Collection, Los Angeles, CA
MGM Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Computer Sciences, Newport Beach, CA
Bank of the Golden Pacific, Los Angeles, CA
Irell and Manella Permanent Collection, Century City, CA
Northrop Corporate Collection, Los Angeles, CA
The Faulkner Company, Los Angeles, CA
Westco Savings, Culver City, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Billy Crystal, Pacific Palisades, CA
Burt Lancaster Collection, CA
Don Miguel Ruiz, CA
Mme. Moncade, Gallery du Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland
Included in numerous other private collections in Tokyo, Greece, Paris, London, Vienna, Switzerland and California
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Conversations with Linda Jacobson, Interview, Voyage LA
Aug 2019 Alvarez, Paulina LACMA Unframed “Life Model 101: Linda Jacobson” for
Life Model: Charles White and His Students LACMA Newsletter, Unframed
2016 Frank, Peter, Art Critic & Curator, “Linda Jacobson: The Shaman’s Tree and the Landscape of Energy” for “Linda Jacobson: Luminous” Exhibition Catalog Essay
2009 Emens, T./Vandeburgt, M. “Art in Southern California: Insight/Inside LA” DVD Catalog
2008 Eshleman, Clayton, Vermillion Scarves Resounding
2002 Cover Art, Whole Life Times, North Carolina
2001 Entypon publishers, "Santorini Dreamscapes," Calendar
2000 Zakian, Michael, Essay, Director of Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, CA
June 1998 Woodward, Josef, “Landscape Visions,” Los Angeles Times
Fall 1996 Jessup-Woodlin, Dr. P., Multi-Cultural Approaches to the Visual Arts, Kendall/Hunt
Cover image, text
Spring 1994 Williamson, Katya, Visions Magazine Review
Oct 1993 Duryee, Maria, Whittier Daily News, Review
1986 Rauschenbush, Marylou, "Women of Consequence" Photo essay,
July 1983 Pincus, Robert, Los Angeles Times) Review
July 1983 Eshleman, Clayton, "Court of the Wind's Eye," Artweek, Review
1979 Bolen Gallery, Exhibition Catalog,
March 1979 Sanchez, Stephanie, Artweek,
April 1977 Review, Pasadena Guardian,
1977 Gordon, Phillip, "Jacobson's World," Los Angeles Free Press,
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Jacobson, Linda "Art and Transformation: Unleashing Your Inner Artist" book in process
1991 Jacobson, Linda, "Drawing the Shadow," in Meeting the Shadow, ed. by Zweig & Abrams, pub. by Jeremy Tarcher
1982 Jacobson, Linda "Jack Reilly," Arts Magazine,
1980 Jacobson, Linda, "New Spatial Concepts, 1980," Catalog
1978 Jacobson, Linda "Leslie Labowitz-Starus,” High Performance
1977 Jacobson, Linda, The Complete Book of Photographers,ed. by Partnow & Brown, pub. by Macmillan
1975 Jacobson, Linda, "Drawings of Harry Carmean,” Master Draughtsman Series, Borden Publishing Co.
1973-5 Jacobson, Linda, Los Angeles co-editor & staff writer for Artweek, articles on Hans Burkhardt, Lorser Feitelson, Simone Gad & others
1974 Jacobson, Linda, "Seventh Street Gallery," Pasadena Guardian
AWARDS & HONORS
1992 "Instructor of the Year," UCLA Extension,
1990 Artist in Residency Fellowship, Dorland Artists' Colony,
INTERVIEWS AND LECTURES
Interviews:
2008 KarmaAir.com
1999 “Talk With Spirit,” Radio,
1996 Century Cable, Videotape,
1993 Ukrainian T.V., Videotape,
1991 FNN Cable T.V., Videotape,
1989 "Nite Side L.A.," Radio
Lectures:
1998 Healing Arts Coalition, Torrance Memorial Hospital,
1989 Artsreach Program, California Institute for Women,
1990 Palisades Art Association, Los Angeles,
1988 Surface Design Conference, CSUN, Northridge, CA
1983 Arizona Southwestern College, Yuma
1980 "A Fine Line" Loyola-Marymount University,
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999 - 2022 Otis College of Art and Design
1987- 2010 UCLA Extension
1990 - 2014 Venice Art Forum(www.veniceartforum.org)
1992 - 2022 “Art & Spirit” Artists Retreats & Seminars in Europe and the U.S.A.
2000 Creativity Seminar, University of British Columbia, Canada
1996 - 97 Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
1982 - 84 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
