education

M. F. A., Painting, The University of Oklahoma, Norman OK (1990);
M. A., Aesthetics, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
University of Texas at Dallas (1979);
B. F. A., Painting, The University of Illinois, Urbana IL (1972);
Graduate Study in Painting, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (1974)

awards & fellowships

forthcoming: Affiliate Artist in Residence, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC (2013/14)
Affiliate Artist in Residence, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC (2004/06)
http://www.mccollcenter.org/artists-in-residence/alumni/113/linda-luise-brown;
Fellowship in Painting, Oklahoma University, Norman, OK (1988/90);
Fellowship in Painting, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH (1984)
http://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-indexfellows.php (Linda Brown)

 

selected exhibitions

solo

2009
Color & Motion, Design Within Reason, SouthPark, Charlotte, NC
2008
Linda Brown Abstractions at Simpson College Art Department,Farnham Gallery, Indianola, Iowa
2007
Linda Luise Brown at Dialect, Charlotte, NC
2006
Lyrical Abstractions, Modern Eye Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2005
FRESH PAINT: New Paintings from the McColl Center, UNC-Charlotte College of Architecture, Storrs Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2000
New Paintings, Queens University Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1992
Constructed Fragments, UNC-Charlotte College of Architecture, Storrs Gallery

two-person

2010
LB-squared, GalleryUp, Rock Hill, SC (LB2 :Laura Barnhart & Linda Luise Brown collaborative show)
2002
New Work with Elizabeth Marin, Center of the Earth Gallery,Charlotte, NC
1995
Constructed Episodes with David Walters, Chroma GalleryLittle Rock, AR
1994
Surface & Palimpsest with David Walters The Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC Curator: Ronald L. Crusan, Director of the Waterworks NC
1992
Building Polemics, Juried Competition with David Walters, College of Architecture, UNC-Charlotte, NC, Juror: Ken Bloom, Director, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
1992
Rhyme and Reason, with David Walters, Chroma Gallery, Little Rock, AR
1990
Modules of Reality with David Walters, Baker Gallery, Little Rock, AR

group invitational & competitive

2011
The Power of Energy, Siemens Energy, Inc., jury prize; juror: Jane Allen Nodine, professor of art and director of the Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery, University of South Carolina upstate, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC
2011
Three North Carolina Artists in Juried Exhibitions Series in Chapel Hill Chapel Hill Town Hall, Chapel Hill, NC
2011
NC Artists Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, NC • juror: Peter Nisbet, Chief Curator of the Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011
Showdown, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2010
Fusion, Three Artist Show, Providence Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2010
Through the Rabbit Hole, The Galleries at Cabarrus Arts Council Historic Courthouse, Concord, NC
2010
30 Small Works, (LB2 collaborative piece),GalleryUp, Rock Hill, SC • Ce Scott, juror
2010
North to South, (LB2 collaborative piece),Green Rice Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2009
30 Small Works,(LB2 collaborative piece),GalleryUp, Rock Hill, SC • Sharon Dowell, juror
2009
Flower Power, Edge Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008
Non-Objective Energies, Edge Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007
SOUP 4, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC, October-November 2007
2003/04
Maker versus Material, Twelfth Annual Art Exhibition, Main Atrium, Bank of America Plaza Charlotte, NC Sponsor: Trizec Properties; curator: Joie Lassiter Gallery NC
2002
What's New, Juried Exhibition of art by Carolina artists; Sponsor: McColl Center
for Visual Art Spirit Square Galleries, Charlotte, NC; curator: Pallas Lombardi
2001
The Energy of Color, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2000/2001
Artists of Charlotte, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC

affiliates of McColl center for visual arts

2011
ARPA, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL
2011
ARPA RAW, GalleryUp, Rock Hill, SC
2010
ARPA Abundance/Abundance Lost, Adam Ramsey Miller (ARM) Gallery, Concord, NC
2009/2010
ARPA Abundance/Abundance Lost, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC
2008
ARPA 10 Just Works, Rock Hill Arts Council, Dalton Gallery Rock Hill, SC
2008
ARPA InsideOut, Rauch Gallery, Gaston College, Gastonia, NC
2008
ARPA 10 Just Works, UNC at Charlotte, Rowe Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2007
ARPA 10 Affiliations Inside and Out, traveling group exhibition origination: Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2005
Fall 2005 Affiliate Artists, McColl Center for Visual Arts Charlotte, NC
2005
Spring 2005 Affiliates Exhibition, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC
2005
Summer 2005 Affiliates Exhibition, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC

collections

corporate & institutional
Ally Bank, Charlotte
Alltel Corporation, Little Rock
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
Bank of America, Charlotte
Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Charlotte
Commerz Bank International, Germany
Federal Reserve Bank, Charlotte
Hytrol Corporation, Jonesboro, Arkansas
IBM, Dallas
Invesco Funds Group, Atlanta
Kajima International Development Corp., Atlanta
Port Arthur Public Library, Port Arthur, Texas
S.A.S Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta
Taushe, Martin, Lonsdorf Advertising, Atlanta, Atlanta
T. D. K. Electronics, Atlanta, Atlanta
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of Oklahoma Museum of Art
private
Atlanta, GA
Berlin, Germany
Boston, MA
Cairo, Egypt
Charlotte, North Carolina
Dallas, Texas
Des Moines, Iowa
Houston, Texas
Little Rock & North Little Rock, Arkansas
Los Angeles, CA
New York, New York
Norman & Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Sacramento, CA
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Urbana, Illinois
Washington, D. C.

bibliography

2010
"Color rules at Pease Gallery’s Oil Spill Exhibit" by Barbara Schreiber Point 8 blog in Visual Art; Creative Loafing (08.10) http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/point8/2010/08/31/color-rules-at-pease-gallerys-oil-spill-exhibit/
2010
Studio Visit: Juried Selection of International Visual Artists Volume Eleven, The Open Studios Press
2009
Studio Visit: Juried Selection of International Visual Artists Volume Five, The Open Studios Press
2008
"Women's Work" at Edge Gallery by Jessica Fowler, WHERE PHILADELPHIA (08.08) Philadelphia, PA
Women on the Edge: edge gallery presents five woman artists at Edge Gallery by Jan Feighner, Art Matters (08.08) Philadelphia, PA
2007
A Painter with the Write Stuff By Susan Rivers Profile: Linda Luise Brown, Today's Charlotte Woman (09.07) Charlotte, NC
2005
Sanctuary of Creativity By Meg Freeman Whalen "Four local women... inside the McColl Center for Visual Art..." Charlotte Magazine, (12.05) Charlotte, NC

teaching & related activities

2012
Spring 2012 forthcoming instructor “Beyond Scrapbooking – Collage as an Art Form” Hodges Taylor Humanities Campus, The Center for Lifelong Learning, Hayworth College, Queens University of Charlotte
2006
Artists' Forum "Painter and McColl Center for Visual Art affiliate Linda Luise Brown and UNC-Charlotte professor and digital media specialist Jeff Murphy talk about their work." Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
1990-1997
Adjunct Instructor, Two-Dimensional Design, Art Criticism, and Graduate Seminar: Aesthetics, Theory & Criticism, Department of Art and Design Winthrop University, School of Visual & Performing Arts, Rock Hill, SC
1990-1992
Adjunct Instructor, Two-Dimensional Design and Art Appreciation, Department of Visual Art, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1991
Adjunct Instructor, Summer Enrichment Program for children and teens, The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
1990-1991
Adjunct Instructor, History of Art II (The Renaissance) Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC

current gallery representation

For Linda Brown:
Chroma Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
Dialect, Charlotte, North Carolina
For LB2:
Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina