selected resumé
Solo Exhibitions
2019 St. Catherine University, C.G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2016 Sabes Jewish Community Center, Minneapolis, MN
2009/2010 St. Paul Academy and Summit School; House of Hope, St. Paul, MN
2006 Unity Church, St. Paul, MN
1997 Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1994 Jewish Community Center of St. Paul, MN
1990 St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, MN
1986 The Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1983 Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Film In The Cities, St. Paul, MN
1981 Barry Richard Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1979 George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY
1978 Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
1977 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1976 Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Minneapolis Institute of Art, “Foot in the Door 5: The Virtual Exhibition”
2019
“SHOWING (work x family)” pregnancy in the workplace; traveling CA, CO
2018
Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN, “Journeys Here”
2017
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, “50 Works in 50 Years”
Dallas Bath House Cultural Center, TX, “In This Day and Age”
2016
Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA, “Collected”
Joseph Bellows, La Jolla, CA, “The Teen Years”
Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, NV; Living Arts of Tulsa, Myers Gallery, OK, 4th International Combined Caucus
Exhibition, juror Aline Smithson, Society for Photographic Education (SPE) National Conference
Minneapolis Photo Center, MN, juried, “The Ties That Bind, Rituals & Memories We Call Family”
St. Paul Academy and Summit School, H. M. Drake Gallery, “sky.water.food nourish” (2 person)
Concordia College, St. Paul, MN, Concordia Photography Biennial, “The Art of Teaching”
2015
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, NOLA, Society for Photographic Education juried “Combined Caucus Exhibition”
2013
Harrington College of Design, Chicago, IL, SPE juried “Combined Caucus Exhibition”
2012
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, “Wish You Were Here: The Buffalo Avant-garde in the 1970s,” Buffalo, NY
IFP, St. Paul, MN, “The Photographers’ Show”
St. Paul Academy and Summit School, MN, “Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition”
2011
Trois Gallery, Atlanta, GA; ASU, Tempe, AZ juried “Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image”
2010
Minneapolis Photography Center, MN, “Portraits,” Juror David Little
2008
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, “Diverging Views,” juried
Minnesota Center for Photography, “Fashioned,” curated by George Slade (6 person)
Tru Blue Minnesota, St. Paul Jumbo Tron Program outside Republican National Convention, juried
AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN, “A Portrait of America”
2005
Frank Stone Gallery, Mpls, MN; St. Paul Jewish Community Center, MN, “YOUNG VOICES: photographs of/by girls/teens/women”
2004
Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, “Photo Bravo,” Invitational Exhibit/Sale
Northwest Area Foundation, “Grassroots & Groundwork,” Conference/Exhibition
2003
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, “High School Art Teacher Exhibit”
2002
St. Paul Academy and Summit School, “Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition,” (6 person)
2001
Orbit Gallery, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN, “image/word/collaborations” (2 person)
2000
Minnesota State Art Board, St. Paul, MN; Fellowship Recipients
1999
Page Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM; with National Women’s Studies Conference
pARTs Photographic Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, “family in context” (3 person)
1997
St. Paul Academy and Summit School, MN, Women’s Caucus-Society for Photographic Education, “In Cahoots”
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, “Creating and Connecting”
1995
Jewish Community Center of St. Paul, MN, “Life Stories”
1994
U of M, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, “McKnight Fellowship Recipients”
1990
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, “Her Family” Southdale, Edina, MN, “12 Photographers”
1989
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY; UC Santa Cruz; Rutgers University; University of MN “FIX IT,” traveled
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, “Faculty Exhibition”
University Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, “Recaption: Recontext”
1988
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT; juror Lucy Lippard
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, “Portraits”
1987
Aperture, NY, NY, “Mothers and Daughters,” traveled for three years
The Santa Fe Center for Photography, NM, “Photographing Children”
Film In The Cities, St. Paul, MN, “Aging With Dignity,” video “Now is the Time: Older Women and Leadership”
1986
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, “Lifestories”
1985
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, “Appearances: Minnesota Photographers” University of Minnesota, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, “Family: tradition/ transition”
MC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1984
University of Minnesota, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, “Faculty Exhibition”
1983
George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY, “Contemporary Photographers IX,” traveled
Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN
Jewish Community Center, St. Louis Park, MN
SUNY at Buffalo, NY, “Alumni Invitational”
1982
MIT; Windsor, CT, “Between Twelve and Twenty,” traveled
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, “Chicago-Minneapolis: New Work”
WARM, Minneapolis, MN, “Minnesota Women 82”
Nagase and Company, Tokyo, Japan
1981
Vienna, Austria, “5 Weiner Internationale Biennale”
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
Foto Gallery, NY, NY
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, MN, “Photography Permanent Collection”
1980
Cal Arts, Valencia, CA, “Eccentricities”
Bemidji State University, MN, “Breaking Barriers”
1979
Landmark Center, St. Paul, MN, “In Situ”
College of St. Teresa, Winona, MN, “Three Women Artists”
North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN
1978
Hanson-Cowles Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, “Six Photographers”
Weber State College, Ogden, UT
1977
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, “Faculty Exhibit”
Kansas City Outdoor Art Festival, MO
1976
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “36th Western NY Exhibition”
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Hallwalls & Delaware Park, Buffalo, NY, S.E.M. ensemble FESTIVAL
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, “Noise”
1975
CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, “Works by Brooks, Carey, Jacobs, Matthews, Sherman”
Honors And Grants
2018-2020 Hermitage Fellow, Hermitage Artist Residency, Englewood, FL
2019 Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, an initiative of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation, Project Grant
2018 Visiting Artist, Women’s Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN
2018, 2015, 2010 Artist Initiative Grants, Minnesota State Art Board
2008 Hasselblad Masters, Semi-Finalist (more than 1400 applicants)
2000 Artist Fellowship, Minnesota State Art Board
1993-94, 1989-90, 1986-87 Film In The Cities, McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowships
1982 Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts
1980 Project Grant, Minnesota State Art Board
Selected Publications
2021
Afterimage, Sally Stein, PROXIMITIES art, education, activism book review, June 2021
2020
PROXIMITIES art, education, activism, Linda Brooks, TC Photo, Minneapolis, MN
2016
Collected, Pier 24, San Francisco, CA, Jonathan Blaustein, June 10, 2016
4th International Combined Caucus Exhibition, catalog, Society for Photographic Education
Lenscratch, Aline Smithson, July 21, 2016
4th International Combined Caucus Exhibition, catalog, SPE
The Ties That Bind, Rituals & Memories We Call Family, catalog, Minneapolis Photo Center, MN
2012
Wish You Were Here: The Buffalo Avant-garde in the 1970s, Heather Pesanti, Albright-Knox, Buffalo, NY
2010
Star Tribune, Mary Abbe Martin, “Promising Portraits,” January 15, Minneapolis, MN
2008
MPLS.ST.PAUL, Stephanie Xenos, “Looking Good,” May, MN
2005
StarTribune, “Widening the lens,” “The power to represent,” Maria Baca, February 21, Minneapolis, MN
Jerome Hill Centennial Photography Exhibition, catalog, Linda Brooks, George Slade, Harry M. Drake Gallery, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, MN
2000
Pregnant Pictures, S. Matthews, L. Wexler, Routledge Press, NY and London
1998
afterimage, “Feminist Looks,” Dore Bowen, March/April, Rochester, NY
1995
REFRAMINGS: New American Feminist Photographies, Diane Neumaier, Temple U. Press, PA
1994
Highland Villager, “Picture Perfect,” Janet L. Hanafin, January 12, St. Paul, MN
1992
Views, “Family Practices,” Deborah Bright, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
1989
Artpaper, artist’s back page, December, St. Paul, MN
1988
exposure, “Survey of Women and Persons of Color in Post-Secondary Photographic Education,” Linda Brooks, Catherine Lord, Barbara Jo Revelle
Portraits, catalog, Cheek, Leimkuhler, Purdue University, W Lafayette, IN
1987
Mothers and Daughters, Aperture Foundation, Inc., NY, NY
Women Photographers in America, catalog, LA Municipal Art Gallery, CA
1986
Chicago Tribune, “Visionaries,” January, 24, IL
1985
Family: tradition/transition, catalog, Linda Brooks, Minneapolis, MN
1983
New Work Chicago Minneapolis, catalog, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN
1982
Between Twelve and Twenty, Walter Rabetz, The Loomis Institute, Windsor, CT
1979
In Situ, St. Paul Art Collective at Landmark Center catalog, St. Paul, MN
1978
SIX PHOTOGRAPHERS, catalog, St. Catherine College, St. Paul, MN
1977
Minneapolis Tribune, “Hand-colored photos in Walker Exhibit, January 23, 1977, MN
MIDWEST ART, “Linda Brooks’ Hand-Colored Photographs of Landspaces,” Syma Cohn, Spring 1977
1976
Buffalo Evening News, “Linda Brooks Brings Beauty and Balloons,” Anthony Bannon, May 14, 1976, NY
Buffalo Evening News, “Hallwalls Gallery, Ingenious Artistic Introspection,” Hal Crowther, June 8, 1976, NY
Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Cray Research, Minneapolis, MN
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
University Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Education
1973 B.F.A. Photography, State University of New York at Buffalo
1976 M.F.A. Photography, State University of New York at Buffalo
Work Experience
1989-2016 St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Visual Art Faculty, MN
1987-89 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Lecturer, MN
1976-1986 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus, Assistant Professor, Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Studio Arts; Associate Faculty Women’s Studies; Affiliated Faculty Center for Advanced Feminist Studies (1984-86)
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